The good news is that users can manually upgrade from the S Mode to full Windows 10, which technically means that they remove the restriction preventing them from installing Win32 software. However, Microsoft has insisted for Windows 10 in S Mode, so there are several devices out there that come with this mode enabled by default. In theory, this is the right approach, but the problem is that the Microsoft Store comes with limited options in terms of software and some very popular applications are still missing, while they continue to be available as Win32. The Redmond-based software giant says apps published here are fully secure, and the risk of malware and other cyberthreats does not exist because each item is individually checked before it’s published. If you need further help installing LibreOffice on Windows 10, please see Ask LibreOffice.Windows 10 S Mode is supposed to add an extra security layer to a device running Microsoft’s latest operating system, as it restricts the installation of new software to apps published in the Microsoft Store.

In addition, LibreOffice lets you store documents in the superior OpenDocument standard document format, which is not affected by the same security issues as DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files (according to security specialists Symantec, Kaspersky and Barracuda Networks, between 48% and 70% of malware attacks are based on Microsoft Office files).

If you have some technical knowledge, you can switch out of “S mode” and get full control back over your computer, as described here – then you can install the applications you want.

You can stay in “S mode” and install LibreOffice Vanilla from the Windows Store – this version is made by one of our partners, and funds from the purchase price help to improve LibreOffice on Windows.

If you’re running Windows 10 in “S mode” but can’t install LibreOffice, here are some options: There are at least 75 million LibreOffice users who have installed the software on Windows 10 without any security or performance issues, so we would like to offer the same possibility to Windows 10 “S mode” users. Certain versions of Microsoft Windows include “S mode” (also known as “Windows 10 S” or “Windows 10S”), which limits the range of software that users can install, and imposes other restrictions.

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