Say goodbye to mandatory app updates (if you want to)
Microsoft's been catching some heat over its forced update policy in Windows 10, though it's hoping to douse some of the flames by now allowing users to disable automatic app updates through the Windows Store.
There's no official blog post from Microsoft announcing the new capability, though after you install the recently released Windows 10 Cumulative Update 5 and reboot your Windows 10 PC, you'll find that the option to disable app updates is no longer grayed out.
To access it, go the Windows Store, click on your profile image, and select Settings. Assuming you're rocking the latest Windows 10 updates, you should now be able to flip the switch under "Update apps automatically" from On to Off, should you want to.
Don't confuse this newfound capability with Microsoft's mandatory Windows OS updates. Windows 10 Home users are still forced to install security updates, and as we saw recently when a bad update resulted in some users being stuck in an endless reboot loop, the policy can have unintended negative consequences.
Windows 10 Pro users can delay security updates for up to eight months. Might that option one day be available to Home users? The answer probably depends on how well automatic updates work in the future and how much pressure Microsoft receives from the public.
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