Windows 10 now has ads in File Explorer, and this is how to remove them.
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Recently Microsoft has decided to start embedding ads into File Explorer. Not Internet Explorer, but File Explorer. When you open up a folder like My Documents or My Computer you can now have an ad placed at the top of the window. I have seen this recently myself and the internet is buzzing about it. Unfortunately it is automatically enabled by default, but luckily you can disable it.
- Launch File Explorer
- Click the View Tab and select Options
- Under Folder Options, click the View tab
- In the Advanced Settings window scroll down to the bottom.
- Somewhere close to the bottom you should see “Show sync provider notifications”. You will want to uncheck this box.
- Click Apply then OK.
So far this should disable ads from inside File Explorer. This is very new and only been happening for a few days. It seems to run ads for products you may already be using, but they offer a “Pro” version at a cost. Just be careful of these, because there has not been a lot of detail about what the ads may contain. It could possibly make it where you think you may need to update your software when you do not need to.
-Mike Rasmussen