They've put it on my Windows 10 machine!
Is it mandatory!?!?!?
I don't think I should have to accept that!!!
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If it is run at 'Startup', you can disable it with Task Manager. These are my 'Startup' entries -
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Sadly, no. It is still present. It's probably not in the Registry or I could have had missed it.
It seems that it is not a startup app as it does not start with the computer or when you log-in to your Windows account. The program is apparently a SystemApp which you can easily remove by deleting only the files that are named "WindowsBackup" from "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy" location. You do not want to touch anything else or you will break your system. You are only interested in 3 files named "WindowsBackup", one of them being .exe for Windows Backup program, other a .DLL library associated with it, and there's also 3rd one that I can not remember file extension of. In the end, we are at least trying to remove Windows Backup entry from Start Menu which no one so far has figured out a solution for.
Rubbish - you can apply this definition of bloat to anything e.g. winword or paint.
Is this AppxManifest.xml file in same location as the Windows Backup executable file? If possible, would you also mind sharing the modified file or changes you applied to it (in text/quote format) to hide it from Start Menu? If you do, really big thank you. Me and others who are reading this thread are really going to appreciate it to not mess up our systems.I think, just to eliminate the entry from the Start Menu, you have to modify the appxmanifest in some convoluted manner!
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I did it successfully once..., I said once!!!
about the app, seeing as I'm not using it, but...
That is a fair response. I can see why you do not consider Windows Backup bloat. However, bloat does not have to be super big to be called out as bloatware necessarily. For me, size is just one of defining factors of bloatware software. The difference in Windows is, if you know what you are doing, you can remove and change virtually everything about it - Everyone can already do it if they want to. Just have that be an accessible option for users by default and threads like these will be appearing much less frequently. I have already mentioned it, at least in my own response, why I consider Windows Backup to be bloat. It has been installed in an upcoming update to my machine which I did not agree to. It also advertises one and one service only, which is from Microsoft and does not make users aware that alternative solutions or built-in into Windows tools exist. In addition to that, it has also been pushed onto a system that is soon to be killed off and become unsupported but which has not received much other updates beyond that for a while now. Lastly, one more idea - If they want to make a good backup app that their customers won't complain about.. Why does it not allow backing up to local drives as one option? That does not involve advertising other services or making users aware of them - Windows Backup app does not allow that. So, why exactly, not offer that option? It is an integrated part of system after all, but we only have cloud upload available through it.
I didn't!
Oh, that is my bad for misunderstanding. No need to worry. Maybe others on here will experiment with your solution and try to apply it to Windows Backup however, seeing as the app's Start Menu entry isn't in Registry, Start Menu locations or any of the other known places so far.
Because you do NOT own your copy of Windows, Microsoft does, and if they want to push their products & advertising then that is their right, if they want to test products on soon to be discontinued operating system versions then that is their right as well, so is making features uninstallable or not, they do not have to get your permission to make changes to their products or even notify you of certain changes.
