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Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by disguised_doge@kbin.earth to c/technology@lemmy.world

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TLDR:
Windows 11 v24H2 and beyond will have Recall installed on every system. Attempting to remove Recall will now break some file explorer features such as tabs.

YT Video (5min)

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 63 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember them doing this with Internet Explorer back in the 90s.

"We can't remove this thing we don't want to remove! Look! It's hastily integrated with the OS! We can't remove it ever!"

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

yep exactly my thoughts. IE couldn't be ripped off a Windows computer at all

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It still can’t.. Hidden somewhere deep in windows, there is still a IE, believe me.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

At very least there's an OCX for InteractiveHtmlView or some stuff. It's how South Korean banks apps run. I think even the EU-specific "unbundled IE" versions still have that ActiveX / OLE control registered, though it might be crippled.