Article 2FDCX Windows 10 users complain about intrusive new OneDrive adverts

Windows 10 users complain about intrusive new OneDrive adverts

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Samuel Gibbs
from Technology | The Guardian on (#2FDCX)

Microsoft tries to sell cloud service OneDrive subscriptions with new ad within Windows 10's File Explorer, to the annoyance of customers

Users are complaining about Microsoft inserting adverts for its OneDrive cloud service directly into Windows 10's File Explorer.

The adverts pop up while a user is trying to manage files in a dedicated pane at the top of the Quick Access view within File Explorer, and are part of what Microsoft calls "sync provider notifications".

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