By Simon Batt
Publication Date: 2026-08-09 04:12:00
Summary
- Microsoft accidentally pushed OneDrive Photos to enterprise PCs via the OneDrive background sync.
- It auto-installed without consent; enterprise PCs often lack permissions to open it.
- Microsoft says it’s fixing this and will build a tool; in the meantime, remove OneDrive or wait.
As big as Microsoft is, it can make mistakes sometimes. Recently, people noticed that Windows 11 had installed a new OneDrive app on their PCs, even if they didn’t ask for it. Worst of all, the app arrived on enterprise PCs, which don’t have the right permissions to even open it. Well, it turns out that Microsoft had slipped up and pushed it…
