Microsoft to Bundle PC Manager in Windows 11's June Update Exclusively for the Chinese Market

Microsoft PC Manager, a system management software developed by the Microsoft China team, offers features like junk file cleaning, startup item management, and registry cleaning. Interestingly, if you change the default search engine in Microsoft Edge, PC Manager will prompt you to reset it to Microsoft Bing.

Currently, the software is primarily installed via Microsoft Edge browser, which pre-downloads the installation package and then prompts the user with a notification. If the user inadvertently confirms, Microsoft PC Manager is installed.

However, starting June 11, this process will change—not by ceasing the push for installation but by directly bundling it with the Windows 11 cumulative update, effectively skipping the user confirmation step.

According to logs added in the KB5037853 preview update by Microsoft, this update will add Microsoft PC Manager to devices located in China. The new feature included in this update will be pushed en masse in the June cumulative update.

Therefore, from next month, at least for users in China, Microsoft PC Manager will no longer be installed via the Microsoft Edge browser, nor will user confirmation be needed. The system will automatically install Microsoft PC Manager after receiving and completing the cumulative update.

This move is being tested in the Chinese market and, upon successful testing, is likely to be rolled out to other markets, including the United States, Japan, and others (currently, PC Manager supports multiple languages, including Chinese, English, Spanish, and Japanese).

In theory, users should be able to uninstall the system automatically installed software, hoping it won't be like Microsoft Edge, which gets automatically reinstalled with the next system update after being deleted.