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Microsoft has been caught injecting ads into the Windows 11 File Explorer. The company says it didn't mean to... yet.

Microsoft is no stranger to sneaking advertising into its products, often to public outcry, and it looks like it might be happening again. People are already getting riled up after one Windows Insider has found a small ad bar for Microsoft services in their Explorer window.The Windows Insider shared a screenshot of the updated explorer window on Twitter (via BleedingComputer), where they go by flobo09. The image shows a strip line advert below the address bar in Explorer, encouraging users to cl...

Microsoft Ads on File Explorer were subject to widespread criticism and the company claimed it was “experimental” and “turned off”. But, there are other Windows 10 or Windows 11 ads you may want to get rid of.

Microsoft has stated that it accidentally started showing ads in File Explorer in Windows 11. However, it hasn't completely ruled out the possibility of this intentionally happening in the future.

Because that’s one way to make people give up on Windows 11

Windows users threaten to make the switch to Linux after an Insider flagged new adverts in File Explorer

While the adverts are still in testing, Microsoft has tried this before, and we worry what this might mean.

Last week, Microsoft released a new preview build with a few unannounced features, as they are more or less buried and require some additional steps to enable....