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Re:Epic Games founder says Microsoft's patches will make Ste... by GrumpyYoungMan on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @11:12AM (#12173451)
>With UWP you have no choice, it goes through Windows.

False. With Windows 10, sideloading is permitted by default. The caveat being, of course, that you're on your own for making sure the app is safe if you choose to use a sideloaded app.

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Re:Epic Games founder says Microsoft's patches will make Ste... by squeaky-clean on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @11:21AM (#12173529)
It appears to be disabled by default, though it's not very difficult to enable. I bet this would confuse a huge number of non-technical users.

http://www.howtogeek.com/219651/windows-10-allows-you-to-sid...

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Re:Epic Games founder says Microsoft's patches will make Ste... by WorldMaker on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @11:30AM (#12173602)
It has been enabled by default since November's update to Windows 10.
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Re:Epic Games founder says Microsoft's patches will make Ste... by GrumpyYoungMan on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @11:30AM (#12173604)
How odd. I just re-checked two freshly installed Windows 10 Pro systems I have next to me and that setting is configured to allow sideloading by default. Perhaps it's a recent change?
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Re:Epic Games founder says Microsoft's patches will make Ste... by Silhouette on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @12:00PM (#12173916)
With Windows 10, sideloading is permitted by default.

For now.

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