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		zaat on Sept 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla has defeated Microsoft’s default browser p... So I was at my parents house some time ago and my mom's computer is for some reason set allow installing software from the Microsoft store only. Nobody knows how that was set, my mom's computer usage is characterized by randomly clicking on things until the website she wants open, but somehow that option have appeared for her to click on.

criley2 on Sept 13, 2021 [–]

Windows 10S only allows Microsoft Store downloads and you have to change to Home/Pro to allow .exe's to run at all.

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