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<div class="gmail_quote">George N. White III wrote:<br>
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<div>Googling "site:<a href="http://docs.microsoft.com">docs.microsoft.com</a>
S mode cmd.exe" found</div>
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href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/windows-10-s-planning">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/windows-10-s-planning</a>.</div>
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<div>This has a list of programs blocked in S-mode. There are
documents that walk you thru the process of converting</div>
a side installer to the Windows App Store, but there is no point
trying to make an app that uses and banned programs.</blockquote>
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Thank you George; that is a most useful reference (I quote the
most relevant part below). I will look to see if my draft
letter to <whoever>@microsoft.com can be amended to take
these facts on board.<br>
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<h3 id="what-is-blocked-in-windows-10-in-s-mode"
class="heading-with-anchor">What is blocked in Windows 10 in
S mode?</h3>
The following components are blocked from running in Windows
10 in S mode. Any script or application that calls one of
these blocked components will be blocked. <br>
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Philip Taylor</div>
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