Microsoft has quietly removed the long-standing option in the Microsoft Store to keep automatic app updates turned off indefinitely — the Store now forces a time-limited pause that resumes updates automatically after a selected window (commonly one to five weeks), aligning Store behavior with...
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Microsoft has quietly changed the Microsoft Store’s update model: the long-standing, user-facing toggle to permanently disable automatic app updates now appears to be replaced on many consumer devices by a limited pause-only option that forces automatic updates to resume after a fixed interval...
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