

On the Switch out of S mode (or similar) page that appears in the Microsoft Store, select the Get. (If you also see an 'Upgrade your edition of Windows'. In the Switch to Windows 11 Pro section, select Go to the Store. It would be much more interesting if you could install desktop applications, switch back to S mode, and have them still work. On your PC running Windows 11 in S mode, open Settings > System > Activation. But it would be kind of interesting if you could at least switch out of S mode to install drivers and then switch back. What happens to installed desktop applications when you make this switch is unclear. Switch to S mode would conceivably let users go in both directions. Microsoft provides a way for those in S Mode hell to “Switch Out of S Mode”-via the Store, as I first documented in the Windows 10 Field Guide months ago. But there’s no Switch to S Mode.Īs I’ve complained in the past, S mode is a disaster, but the biggest problem, by far, is that it’s a one-way, dead-end street. DIY PC builders, virtual machine installations, and non-Windows 10 computers can finally buy a Windows 11 Home license for 139.99 and the Windows 11 Pro edition for 199.99 from the. This is where you can update your product key to change between Windows 10 product editions and perform other related tasks. If you select this hint, you will navigate to Settings > Update & Security > Activation.

Switch to S Mode doesn’t actually exist, at least not in this build.

As you can see in the shot above, Settings provides a search hint for a Settings interface called Switch to S Mode. You can see this hint by opening the Settings app and typing S mode. Windows Insider Preview build 17686 includes a hint that Microsoft may soon allow users to “switch to S mode.” If true, the software giant may finally reverse on of the worst design decisions in Windows history.
