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Don't worry—that's the way we designed it. By exclusively running apps from the Microsoft Store, Windows 10 S helps keep your PC running fast and secure and provides peace of mind by removing the risks that come with downloading apps from other places. You can install any browser available in the Microsoft Store and browse to any other search engine website.

If you want to install a browser or any other app not in the Microsoft Store, you'll need to switch to Windows 10 Pro. Try checking with an app's publisher for the latest info on when that app is coming to the Microsoft Store. If you need the app right away, you'll need to switch to Windows 10 Pro to install it. Windows 10 S More Hi there I have not yet tried creating another user with Admin rights, I'll give that a go.

I only have the windows firewall, which I keep off most of the time. I have AOL anti-virus which runs all the time in the background, unless I close it off. Perhaps, closing that off, and then trying to download may help? Never thought of that, although I do think it's Windows security that's causing the problem. I'll try creating another user with admin rights meantime.

Thanks Meg, Scotland, UK. Keep us posted. Hi Again Thanks for all your help. It seems it must have been my anti-virus software running in the background that was holding me back. I shut it all down and hey-presto, downloading was a piece of cake Creating another account etc did not work, as I tried that first of all. So thanks again for all the help. Another case solved Meg, Scotland, UK. Great news You can mark your thread Solved by clicking on thread Tools at the top.

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Android Mobile Devices. On some occasions, however, you may find SmartScreen overstepping its bounds and blocking you from downloading a file you know to be safe. I don't recommend turning SmartScreen off completely because it is helpful in preventing you from downloading a malicious file or app, but you can disable it in Microsoft's Edge browser if you want to override its protection and go ahead and download a file it doesn't recognize.

You can disable SmartScreen in the Windows Defender Security Center app in total or just for Edge, but for the latter it's faster to do so right within Edge itself, particularly if you are already using Edge. Here's how to toggle SmartScreen off and on in Edge:. The possible causes could be: software conflict, framework corruption, shortcut damage, Windows update, etc. Please keep reading to master the following solutions. Read More. Scroll down for the next news Scroll down.