Re:MS Paint is here to stay
by vosper on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:34AM
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On the other hand, rather than continuing to bundle software almost noone uses, they move it to an accessible place for people who want it. What more do you want from them?
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Re:MS Paint is here to stay
by randomString1 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:45AM
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> On the other hand, rather than continuing to bundle software almost noone uses, they move it to an accessible place for people who want it.
You mean like the 20 UWP apps that I can't uninstall because they made everything intertwined on purpose? Don't bother trying to link some random PowerShell/GPO/registry hacks because I know about all of them. It always breaks something (varying from release to release)
> What more do you want from them?
No ads and invasive telemetry
I was able to uninstall everything I wanted to.
Re:MS Paint is here to stay
by randomString1 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @02:26AM
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A few examples that you can't normally uninstall are Cortana (" Windows Search "), Camera, Alarms/Clock, Email/Calendar, Movies/TV, Pictures, Photos, 3D, Voice recorder, Groove Music, Maps, Messages, One Note, Paint 3D, People, Sticky Notes, Xbox, Xbox Game Speech.
You can certainly remove some of them manually or using 3rd party solutions but something eventually goes wrong specially after an update. I mean I can remove most of the executables from the Windows folder, my point is that it's going to break something eventually. Removing Cortana and SearchUI used to work before AU, now it just freezes my start menu completely.
I'd like to completely remove Cortana, or at the very least completely cut it off from any kind of internet access. I got it mostly hidden and voice access disabled, at least.