MS has cluttered my PC with stuff I don't want.
I have sufficient space for it all, but its presence annoys me; I'm a
tidy man.
It also adds time to all scans, backups, searches etc.
Skype,
Edge,
and God knows what else. Windows has almost become bloatware.
How can I decrapify it all? MS appear to have welded it to the OS.
Ed Cryer wrote:
MS has cluttered my PC with stuff I don't want.
I have sufficient space for it all, but its presence annoys me; I'm a
tidy man.
It also adds time to all scans, backups, searches etc.
Skype,
Settings/Apps/
Scroll down to and left-click on Skype. Select "Uninstall"
Don't know if this will work for you, but it worked for me. There's not
even any mention of "Skype" when I search for something on the Start Menu.
Edge,
You can probably find something that will uninstall Edge, but thanks to
M$'s shenanigans, doing so might break something. However, you can use
this freeware program to neuter it:
and God knows what else. Windows has almost become bloatware.
How can I decrapify it all? MS appear to have welded it to the OS.
Edge Blocker: https://www.sordum.org/9312/edge-blocker-v2-0/
It's listed at Major Geeks too:
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/edge_blocker.html
I use it and it works great.
HTH.
MS has cluttered my PC with stuff I don't want.
I have sufficient space for it all, but its presence annoys me; I'm a
tidy man.
It also adds time to all scans, backups, searches etc.
Skype, Edge, and God knows what else. Windows has almost become bloatware.
How can I decrapify it all? MS appear to have welded it to the OS.
Ed
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[About Skype:]
It's not listed under Apps; nor is it in Control Panel Programs &
Features: nor does it appear with Search. But I have folders throughout
my PC, some hundreds of MBs, named Skype.
I think I could safely just delete all those, but I fear repercussions
from MS sooner or later.
Skype isn't part of Windows (10 nor 11), so if it is/was on your
computer, it must have come bundled with the computer (ie. not with the
OS) or installed by someone.
If you post where - i.e. *which* folders - "folders throughout my PC"
are, then we might be able to tell if you can safely remove them.
I do not have Skype on my Windows 11 system, but have both the program
and app versions of Skype on my wife's Windows 10 system (to which I
have limited access :-)).
It's not listed under Apps; nor is it in Control Panel Programs &
Features: nor does it appear with Search. But I have folders throughout
my PC, some hundreds of MBs, named Skype.
I think I could safely just delete all those, but I fear repercussions
from MS sooner or later.
MS has cluttered my PC with stuff I don't want.Revo Uninstaller is pretty good at cleaning up the leftovers after removal. I use almost all the
I have sufficient space for it all, but its presence annoys me; I'm a tidy man.
It also adds time to all scans, backups, searches etc.
Skype, Edge, and God knows what else. Windows has almost become bloatware.
How can I decrapify it all? MS appear to have welded it to the OS.
Ed
*From:* sticks <wolverine01@charter.net>
*Date:* Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:13:54 -0600
On 12/31/2024 10:29 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
I think you're not entirely correct, Frank. Skype is installed on
Windows 10 systems, but it looks like it is not on Windows 11.
On 12/31/2024 10:29 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[About Skype:]
It's not listed under Apps; nor is it in Control Panel Programs &
Features: nor does it appear with Search. But I have folders throughout
my PC, some hundreds of MBs, named Skype.
I think I could safely just delete all those, but I fear repercussions
from MS sooner or later.
Skype isn't part of Windows (10 nor 11), so if it is/was on your computer, it must have come bundled with the computer (ie. not with the
OS) or installed by someone.
I think you're not entirely correct, Frank. Skype is installed on
Windows 10 systems, but it looks like it is not on Windows 11.
I don't remember exactly, but I think I chose to uninstall it on my 10
boxes.
If you post where - i.e. *which* folders - "folders throughout my PC" are, then we might be able to tell if you can safely remove them.
I do not have Skype on my Windows 11 system, but have both the program and app versions of Skype on my wife's Windows 10 system (to which I
have limited access :-)).
John C. wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
MS has cluttered my PC with stuff I don't want.
I have sufficient space for it all, but its presence annoys me; I'm a
tidy man.
It also adds time to all scans, backups, searches etc.
Skype,
Settings/Apps/
Scroll down to and left-click on Skype. Select "Uninstall"
Don't know if this will work for you, but it worked for me. There's not
even any mention of "Skype" when I search for something on the Start
Menu.
Edge,
You can probably find something that will uninstall Edge, but thanks to
M$'s shenanigans, doing so might break something. However, you can use
this freeware program to neuter it:
and God knows what else. Windows has almost become bloatware.
How can I decrapify it all? MS appear to have welded it to the OS.
Edge Blocker: https://www.sordum.org/9312/edge-blocker-v2-0/
It's listed at Major Geeks too:
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/edge_blocker.html
I use it and it works great.
HTH.
It's not listed under Apps; nor is it in Control Panel Programs &
Features: nor does it appear with Search. But I have folders throughout
my PC, some hundreds of MBs, named Skype.
I think I could safely just delete all those, but I fear repercussions
from MS sooner or later.
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
On 12/31/2024 10:29 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[About Skype:]
It's not listed under Apps; nor is it in Control Panel Programs &
Features: nor does it appear with Search. But I have folders throughout >>>> my PC, some hundreds of MBs, named Skype.
I think I could safely just delete all those, but I fear repercussions >>>> from MS sooner or later.
Skype isn't part of Windows (10 nor 11), so if it is/was on your
computer, it must have come bundled with the computer (ie. not with the
OS) or installed by someone.
I think you're not entirely correct, Frank. Skype is installed on
Windows 10 systems, but it looks like it is not on Windows 11.
Thanks. You could well be right. As I mentioned (see quote below),
it's on my wife's Windows 10 system, but I think that is because we used
to install and use it, but no longer use it. But you could be right and
it could come with Windows 10. I have no absolute way of telling one way
or the other.
I don't remember exactly, but I think I chose to uninstall it on my 10
boxes.
If you post where - i.e. *which* folders - "folders throughout my PC" >>> are, then we might be able to tell if you can safely remove them.
I do not have Skype on my Windows 11 system, but have both the program >>> and app versions of Skype on my wife's Windows 10 system (to which I
have limited access :-)).
In article <vl18oh$28fg1$1@dont-email.me>, wolverine01@charter.net (sticks) wrote:
*From:* sticks <wolverine01@charter.net>
*Date:* Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:13:54 -0600
On 12/31/2024 10:29 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
I think you're not entirely correct, Frank. Skype is installed on
Windows 10 systems, but it looks like it is not on Windows 11.
Skype wasn't part of Windows 10 and was a seperate company at the time so wouldn't
have been installed by MS.
No idea about Windows 11, but I assume that would use Teams by default nowadays.
Frank Slootweg wrote:
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:
On 12/31/2024 10:29 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[About Skype:]
It's not listed under Apps; nor is it in Control Panel Programs &
Features: nor does it appear with Search. But I have folders throughout >>>> my PC, some hundreds of MBs, named Skype.
I think I could safely just delete all those, but I fear repercussions >>>> from MS sooner or later.
Skype isn't part of Windows (10 nor 11), so if it is/was on your
computer, it must have come bundled with the computer (ie. not with the >>> OS) or installed by someone.
I think you're not entirely correct, Frank. Skype is installed on
Windows 10 systems, but it looks like it is not on Windows 11.
Thanks. You could well be right. As I mentioned (see quote below),
it's on my wife's Windows 10 system, but I think that is because we used
to install and use it, but no longer use it. But you could be right and
it could come with Windows 10. I have no absolute way of telling one way
or the other.
I don't remember exactly, but I think I chose to uninstall it on my 10
boxes.
If you post where - i.e. *which* folders - "folders throughout my PC" >>> are, then we might be able to tell if you can safely remove them.
I do not have Skype on my Windows 11 system, but have both the program >>> and app versions of Skype on my wife's Windows 10 system (to which I
have limited access :-)).
Frank, I installed Windows 10 Pro as an OEM, not an upgrade. It came
with Skype.
In article <vl18oh$28fg1$1@dont-email.me>, wolverine01@charter.net (sticks) wrote:
*From:* sticks <wolverine01@charter.net>
*Date:* Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:13:54 -0600
On 12/31/2024 10:29 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
I think you're not entirely correct, Frank. Skype is installed on
Windows 10 systems, but it looks like it is not on Windows 11.
Skype wasn't part of Windows 10 and was a seperate company at the time
so wouldn't have been installed by MS.
No idea about Windows 11, but I assume that would use Teams by
default nowadays.
John C. wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
MS has cluttered my PC with stuff I don't want.
I have sufficient space for it all, but its presence annoys me; I'm a
tidy man.
It also adds time to all scans, backups, searches etc.
Skype,
Settings/Apps/
Scroll down to and left-click on Skype. Select "Uninstall"
Don't know if this will work for you, but it worked for me. There's not
even any mention of "Skype" when I search for something on the Start
Menu.
Edge,
You can probably find something that will uninstall Edge, but thanks to
M$'s shenanigans, doing so might break something. However, you can use
this freeware program to neuter it:
and God knows what else. Windows has almost become bloatware.
How can I decrapify it all? MS appear to have welded it to the OS.
Edge Blocker: https://www.sordum.org/9312/edge-blocker-v2-0/
It's listed at Major Geeks too:
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/edge_blocker.html
I use it and it works great.
HTH.
It's not listed under Apps; nor is it in Control Panel Programs &
Features: nor does it appear with Search. But I have folders throughout
my PC, some hundreds of MBs, named Skype.
I think I could safely just delete all those, but I fear repercussions
from MS sooner or later.
Ed
It's in a hidden folder in WindowsApps under Program Files. Access denied. There's something really fishy about it. Edge, for example, appears in Programs & Features.
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
It's in a hidden folder in WindowsApps under Program Files. Access denied. >> There's something really fishy about it. Edge, for example, appears in
Programs & Features.
Nothing fishy. That Skype is in WindowsApps under Program Files means,
as the folder name implies, that it is an ('modern'/UWP/etc.) *app*.
Edge is listed in Programs & Features, because it's a traditional
Windows *program*. This distinction between programs and apps will
continue to exist for a long, long time.
BTW, if you install/use an alternative start menu, such as Open-Shell Menu, it will nicely put 'Programs' and 'Apps' each in their own menu.
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
It's in a hidden folder in WindowsApps under Program Files. Access denied. >> There's something really fishy about it. Edge, for example, appears in
Programs & Features.
Nothing fishy. That Skype is in WindowsApps under Program Files means, as the folder name implies, that it is an ('modern'/UWP/etc.) *app*.
Edge is listed in Programs & Features, because it's a traditional
Windows *program*. This distinction between programs and apps will
continue to exist for a long, long time.
BTW, if you install/use an alternative start menu, such as Open-Shell Menu, it will nicely put 'Programs' and 'Apps' each in their own menu.
That still sounds fishy to me, Frank.
Look at it this way. Edge is visible, Skype can only be found with a search. What else could be lurking here that I don't know about?
It's in a hidden folder in WindowsApps under Program Files. Access denied. There's something really fishy about it. Edge, for example, appears in Programs & Features.
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
[...]
It's in a hidden folder in WindowsApps under Program Files. Access denied. >>>> There's something really fishy about it. Edge, for example, appears in >>>> Programs & Features.
Nothing fishy. That Skype is in WindowsApps under Program Files means, >>> as the folder name implies, that it is an ('modern'/UWP/etc.) *app*.
Edge is listed in Programs & Features, because it's a traditional
Windows *program*. This distinction between programs and apps will
continue to exist for a long, long time.
BTW, if you install/use an alternative start menu, such as Open-Shell >>> Menu, it will nicely put 'Programs' and 'Apps' each in their own menu.
That still sounds fishy to me, Frank.
Look at it this way. Edge is visible, Skype can only be found with a search. >> What else could be lurking here that I don't know about?
The 'fishy' part is that apparently the Skype *app* has been *partly* removed, i.e. it was not properly uninstalled.
So if you want to delete the remains, but are unsure if that's safe,
you should give us - as we requested - the path names of the folders in
which you found these remains and the filenames of the remains.
Or you could just leave things as they are and not worry about it.
BTW, I don't think "Skype can only be found with a search". You didn't find *Skype*, you found some folders or/and files which were *part* of
the Skype software.
Frank Slootweg wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:
[...]
It's in a hidden folder in WindowsApps under Program Files. Access
denied.
There's something really fishy about it. Edge, for example, appears in
Programs & Features.
Nothing fishy. That Skype is in WindowsApps under Program Files means, >> as the folder name implies, that it is an ('modern'/UWP/etc.) *app*.
Edge is listed in Programs & Features, because it's a traditional
Windows *program*. This distinction between programs and apps will
continue to exist for a long, long time.
BTW, if you install/use an alternative start menu, such as Open-Shell >> Menu, it will nicely put 'Programs' and 'Apps' each in their own menu.
That still sounds fishy to me, Frank.
Look at it this way. Edge is visible, Skype can only be found with a
search.
What else could be lurking here that I don't know about?
All of Skype is still there, not just leftover bits.
Let's leave it there, Frank. I've expressed my opinion, you yours. I
don't think we can advance toward mutual agree on this New Year's Day.
I wish you a good year.
Decrapify recipe.
https://www.auslogics.com/en/articles/what-is-tiny11-install-tiny-windows-11-to-lightweight-your-os/
"run programs like Paint and Notepad"
MS has cluttered my PC with stuff I don't want.
I have sufficient space for it all, but its presence annoys me; I'm a tidy man.
It also adds time to all scans, backups, searches etc.
Skype, Edge, and God knows what else. Windows has almost become bloatware.
How can I decrapify it all? MS appear to have welded it to the OS.
Ed
On Tue, 12/31/2024 9:14 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:
MS has cluttered my PC with stuff I don't want.
I have sufficient space for it all, but its presence annoys me; I'm a tidy man.
It also adds time to all scans, backups, searches etc.
Skype, Edge, and God knows what else. Windows has almost become bloatware. >>
How can I decrapify it all? MS appear to have welded it to the OS.
Ed
2021-11-18 19:43:17.110-05:00 [9284:002] [Info]
[BackgroundTaskManager]
OnBackgroundActivated: TaskName = SignInOnUserSessionConnected,
ErrStr = User is not signed in on Skype, No default MSA available on the machine, returning...
Well, at least now we know what $6 billion buys you.
*******
Decrapify recipe.
https://www.auslogics.com/en/articles/what-is-tiny11-install-tiny-windows-11-to-lightweight-your-os/
"run programs like Paint and Notepad"
Paul
Paul wrote:
https://www.auslogics.com/en/articles/what-is-tiny11-install-tiny-windows-11-to-lightweight-your-os/
I've tried TinyWin11. It installed well and quite small.
But at every update it grew and grew like Topsy, until it
wasn't much smaller than full Win11.
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 507 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 186:25:46 |
| Calls: | 9,958 |
| Files: | 13,825 |
| Messages: | 6,355,849 |