When it was October 2022 We first learned about Microsoft PC Manager, an application designed to check the configuration of the operating system in search of elements that could negatively affect its performance. And of course, if any problem of this type was detected, it offered us (you’ll soon understand why I’m speaking in the past tense) to automatically perform the cleanup actions necessary to fix those problems.

This is a common type of application with links like CCleaner (which coincidentally was blacklisted by Microsoft a few years ago), so it seemed like an interesting option for regular users at first. It initially debuted in the Chinese market, but was made available in the Spanish market earlier this year, indicating its general availability. However, after that jump, some information started to emerge… let’s just say disturbing.

For example, we reported a few days ago that Microsoft PC Manager reported that the system was “broken” if the user was not using Microsoft Bing, and further investigation found that the software contains affiliate links and also resets the default Edg search engineand Bing, if the user has modified it. So it seems that the software arrived with a few “surprises” and due to the controversy that has arisen, it is currently not available for download from the Microsoft Store.

Now that doesn’t mean they’ve given up. On the contrary, as we read in Digital Trends, Microsoft has included Microsoft PC Manager in the Windows 11 insider beta in China. Thus, the application ceases to be an optional element that can be downloaded from the Windows application store, and begins to expand the list of applications that are a standard part of the operating system. I think the word you are looking for is bloatware.

Unfortunately, Microsoft has remarkable results in creating good apps that later damaged their image based on questionable actions. Microsoft Edge is a perfect example of this, I won’t tire of saying that I think it’s an excellent browser and I understand Redmond’s intention to promote it. Of course, what I do not find so appropriate is that they resort to dubious techniques, such as those we have already told you about several times. And now we find Microsoft PC Manager, another application that was promising and that initially left a good taste in our mouths, but which turns out to be full of surprises and which is also supposed to be included by default in Windows. .