<story><title>Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop</title><text>Yesterday morning, I powered up my desktop with Win 10 Pro, and I noticed a shortcut for Edge browser on my desktop. I figured it must&amp;#x27;ve been put there during the most recent update and sent it to the recycling bin.&lt;p&gt;This morning, I power up the same PC, and it&amp;#x27;s back. So as far as I can tell, the update forces the presence of an Edge browser shortcut on the Windows 10 desktop.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>nailer</author><text>I wish there was a genuine Pro version of Windows I could pay for that didn’t have any of this.</text></item><item><author>chadlavi</author><text>This is the kind of shenanigan that happens when you use an OS that literally has third party advertisements in its start menu</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>LeifCarrotson</author><text>LTSC doesn&amp;#x27;t, but it&amp;#x27;s not easily available through conventional retail channels. If you&amp;#x27;re putting a Windows machine in a kiosk, POS, machine, or similar commercial setting, though, LTSC is the way to go.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop</title><text>Yesterday morning, I powered up my desktop with Win 10 Pro, and I noticed a shortcut for Edge browser on my desktop. I figured it must&amp;#x27;ve been put there during the most recent update and sent it to the recycling bin.&lt;p&gt;This morning, I power up the same PC, and it&amp;#x27;s back. So as far as I can tell, the update forces the presence of an Edge browser shortcut on the Windows 10 desktop.</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>nailer</author><text>I wish there was a genuine Pro version of Windows I could pay for that didn’t have any of this.</text></item><item><author>chadlavi</author><text>This is the kind of shenanigan that happens when you use an OS that literally has third party advertisements in its start menu</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Yoofie</author><text>Its called Windows 10 LTSC. I have been running it for years and everytime I use a non-LTSC version of Windows, i&amp;#x27;m baffled by the amount of bullshit MS manages stuff in their OS. It&amp;#x27;s almost as if they are actively trying to make people leave their ecosystem.</text></comment>