Solved Background apps doubt


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If I uncheck the "Let apps run in background" setting, will apps still automatically update without having to do it myself via the Microsoft Store app (I hardly ever use it)?
 

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If keeping apps updated is not important for you, you can easily control which apps can run in the background.
 

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If keeping apps updated is not important for you, you can easily control which apps can run in the background.

It is, I want to keep them updated. I'm asking this just out of curiosity. So, if I uncheck the "Let apps run in background" setting, will apps still automatically update without having to do it myself via the Microsoft Store app?
 

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If you open the Store and click on your profile picture then choose Settings you can turn auto update of apps on or off, this setting is independent of the background apps running setting.
 

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If you open the Store and click on your profile picture then choose Settings you can turn auto update of apps on or off, this setting is independent of the background apps running setting.

Then I guess if I disable all background apps they'll still be updated? There's a setting to disable all background apps in NTLite and Winaero Tweaker. What will happen if I check it? If the Microsoft Store app is responsible for updating apps, then I guess it shouldn't be able to do it and so I'd have to manually run it to update them and because of that I might as well not check this setting. If on Windows 11 background apps must be disabled one by one unlike in Windows 10, then I don't get how can a setting that disables all apps exist in NTLite and Winaero Tweaker.

EDIT: I checked the disable background apps setting in Winaero Tweaker and now the setting inside each app to disable itself no longer show up so I'll uncheck it and I'll stop checking the NTLite setting to disable background apps as well. Also, I manually ran Microsoft Store and it detected updates for itself.
 

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240 W Power Supply
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