2024-07-16 11:11:22
Who has the right to decide which applications are installed on a PC? The owner of the computer, or Microsoft? It is a question that is increasingly being asked. Microsoft has gone a step further by Stop updating Windows 11 if you have an app called StartAllBack installed.
It is understandable that Microsoft blocks an app if it is a virus, malware, carries out illegal actions, etc. StartAllBack brings back some Windows 10 and Windows 7 features to Windows 11 which Microsoft has removed.
The application works perfectly and its users have been using it for years without problems. However, for Microsoft causes “security or performance issues” in Windows 11, without explaining why. Its author has not received any kind of warning or information from Microsoft.
Windows 11 won’t update if you use StartAllBack
The StartAllBack application integrates into Windows 11 some highly appreciated Windows 10 and Windows 7 features that Microsoft removed. Among them, The classic Start button and taskbar.
Interestingly, one of these features, ungrouping folders on the taskbar, has been back in Windows 11 for a few weeks now.
Microsoft certainly doesn’t like anyone tinkering with the operating system or changing things, especially when it comes to features that include data and usage tracking. But it’s a legal app, as long as it doesn’t break anything and isn’t malware.
Many users prefer the menus and functions of Windows 7 and 10, designed for computerswhich includes certain Windows 11 features designed for tablets and small touch screens. And since Microsoft doesn’t let you choose, apps are created to take care of that.
According to has discovered Security expert Enderman, now When Windows 11 detects that you have StartAllBack installed, it refuses to update the systemarguing that this application has “security and performance issues”:
Windows 11 asks you to uninstall this application in order to continue installing system updates.
Of course, There is a chance that the app actually has security issuesIf they are performance-related, that is the user’s decision, not Microsoft’s.
But if you have found any bug or security flaw, The logical thing is to communicate it to the creator of the app. StartAllBack has confirmed in X that has not received any communication from Microsoft.
If the block is only due to Microsoft not wanting anyone to be able to change Windows 11 features, we return to the question in the introduction: If an application is legal and not harmful… Who decides what is installed on a PC?
For now, Microsoft continues to prevent users who have StartAllBack installed from updating Windows 11Its author claims that simply renaming the Setup.exe file in the application folder will prevent Windows 11 from detecting it and continuing to update the system.