The Bing Wallpaper app has seen an annoying feature reintroduced
This means those clicking on a blank space of the Windows 11 desktop will get a Bing search fired up in their default browser
Unlike the last time Microsoft tried this stunt, there’s no way to disable the ability this time around
Microsoft is up to its old tricks again, except even worse this time — with a scheme whereby Windows 11 users with the Bing Wallpaper app installed are sent to its search engine with a mere stray click on the desktop. Windows Latest reports that an old, potentially off-putting shortcut has been reintroduced to the Bing Wallpaper app, whereby if you click anywhere on the Windows 11 desktop, a search in the (separate) Bing engine is fired up (in your default web browser ). If you recall, this actually happened a year ago , but Microsoft reversed course, although now appears to be trying to reintroduce this feature. The difference is that this time around, Windows Latest notes that there’s no option to turn off the functionality (which was present last year, in the app’s settings). However, there are some points to note here: firstly that you must choose to install the Bing Wallpaper app (which cycles Bing images daily for your desktop background ). It’s not a default Windows 11 app, so this isn’t something Microsoft is piping directly to Windows users. Secondly, the Bing search doesn’t trigger every time you click on a blank piece of desktop (a space without a file, folder or icon). It does this once, and then the Bing search won’t be triggered for another 24 hours…