Uninstall option no longer available for the new version of Microsoft Edge

[windwhirl]

Hi,
No big secrete how to save an installer to usb device either so it may not be pertinent to you but if no browser exist it would be

The problem comes when the user uninstalls every browser but has not downloaded one. You, me or any "power user" or tech support staff will probably have an installer ready for use, but not everyone else. And I don't want to be offensive, but there are people dumb or ignorant enough that would uninstall everything only to realize that they lost access to the Web.

 

[ThrashZone]

The problem comes when the user uninstalls every browser but has not downloaded one. You, me or any "power user" or tech support staff will probably have an installer ready for use, but not everyone else. And I don't want to be offensive, but there are people dumb or ignorant enough that would uninstall everything only to realize that they lost access to the Web.

Hi,
Well one good thing win-10 has going for it for these people is a reset or refresh install option.
Otherwise they can always ask a friend/ family I'm sure not all uninstalled all their browsers

 

[windwhirl]

Hi,
Well one good thing win-10 has going for it for these people is a reset or refresh install option.
Otherwise they can always ask a friend/ family I'm sure not all uninstalled all their browsers

Worst time ever for that last idea with entire countries doing quarantines.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hi,
Problem going further is you just break 10.
Best I've found is an accumulation of reg files to adjust registry.

Or just use a version of Windows 10 that does not require such efforts, such as LTSB/LTSC. These versions do not contain the app store, Cortana, Edge or most of any of the other crap Microsoft includes with the "normal" versions of the OS and yet it has all of the general functionality one would expect from Windows.

 

[Athlonite]

HA Revo uninstaller says begone foul demon Edge and back from whence it came it went

 

[lexluthermiester]

HA Revo uninstaller says begone foul demon Edge and back from whence it came it went

Interesting. Link?

 

[Tatty_Two]

Interesting. Link?

As I said earlier, CCleaner did it for me I just uninstalled it from there, it must have worked because not only did it take me to Microsoft's website to complete a survey why I uninstalled it but also from time to time I get a little banner come up saying do I want to download and try the new Microsoft Edge

 

[lexluthermiester]

As I said earlier, CCleaner did it for me I just uninstalled it from there, it must have worked because not only did it take me to Microsoft's website to complete a survey why I uninstalled it but also from time to time I get a little banner come up saying do I want to download and try the new Microsoft Edge

Went and took a look, gonna test as soon as I have a standard Windows 10 install on a spare drive.

While I was there, I saw the following;

Reports of Windows Defender Classifying CCleaner as PUA

Last week we discovered Windows Defender had classified the free version of our CCleaner product and other tools, Defraggler,...

www.ccleaner.com

One of the many reasons why I remove(delete) Windows Defender from all of my personal systems. Irritating Microsoft crap.. It's like they're actually TRYING to be more irritating with every passing day..

 

[windwhirl]

Went and took a look, gonna test as soon as I have a standard Windows 10 install on a spare drive.

While I was there, I saw the following;

Reports of Windows Defender Classifying CCleaner as PUA

Last week we discovered Windows Defender had classified the free version of our CCleaner product and other tools, Defraggler,...

www.ccleaner.com

One of the many reasons why I remove(delete) Windows Defender from all of my personal systems. Irritating Microsoft crap.. It's like they're actually TRYING to be more irritating with every passing day..

Actually, that kinda makes sense? Not CCleaner or the installer themselves, but the crap that sometimes comes bundled with them (and the installers of many other applications, not just Piriform's).

However, I think that you should be able to control what kind of stuff you want Defender to detect, which IIRC isn't happening, it's either all on or all off.

For example, ESET does allow you to filter what you want it to detect or not...

 

[ThrashZone]

Worst time ever for that last idea with entire countries doing quarantines.

Hi,
Yeah right okay lol you had to go there

 

[Bill_Bright]

One of the many reasons why I remove(delete) Windows Defender from all of my personal systems. Irritating Microsoft crap.. It's like they're actually TRYING to be more irritating with every passing day..

An yet another opportunistic bashing of Microsoft that has absolutely nothing to do with the topic - which is Edge, BTW.

I love CCleaner but frankly, Microsoft was right to flag it because when you attempt to install the "free" version of CCleaner (not the pro - only the free), CCleaner attempted to "foist" a bunch of unwanted, unsolicited "crap" on our systems - including a toolbar, a browser and two, not one but TWO! antivirus programs.

Plus, some, if not all of those unwanted extra programs users did NOT ask for were by default checked to be installed! And you bash Microsoft?

And note Avast was not just trying to foist two of their programs on users systems, but two of Google's too! And again, you bash Microsoft?

Darn right those are "potentially unwanted applications"! And kudos to Microsoft for pointing out Avasts' (and Google's) truly unwanted and greed driven behavior!

And it must be noted WD let users easily continue on with the installation too and not only that, the issue has been completely resolved. The newest versions of those Piriform programs are no longer flagged because they no longer aggressively attempt to foist unwanted unsolicited applications on us! That's a good thing you should be thanking Microsoft for!!!

So kudos to Microsoft again for forcing another 3rd party developer to code their installer to behave nicely and intuitively - back to the way CCleaner used to be before Avast bought them out.

It is NOT Microsoft's fault those 3rd party developers started using these foisting tactics - tactics that often resulted in adware, spyware, and other malicious programs on us! Malicious programs that often changed home pages and default search engines and more. Malicious programs that Microsoft surely would get blamed for by you for allowing the program to get installed. It is not Microsoft's fault those companies have forced users to ALWAYS choose the Custom Install option just so we can [hopefully] opt out of those PUAs and changes to our systems.

If good is to be done, instead of biased, opportunistic bashings at every drop of the hat, why not teach users to discipline themselves to ALWAYS use the Custom install options when installing 3rd party apps?

 

[lexluthermiester]

As I said earlier, CCleaner did it for me I just uninstalled it from there, it must have worked because not only did it take me to Microsoft's website to complete a survey why I uninstalled it but also from time to time I get a little banner come up saying do I want to download and try the new Microsoft Edge

Ok, update. I installed a fresh copy of Win10 and then CCleaner. The option to remove everything except Edge was there.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Ok, update. I installed a fresh copy of Win10 and then CCleaner. The option to remove everything except Edge was there.
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Very strange, it was for me and I uninstalled it, if it's a fresh install would Edge be the default browser? If so select something else, there is probably still the old Microsoft Internet Explorer app in Windows, make that default instead, reboot PC and then go look in CCleaner again.

 

[windwhirl]

Very strange, it was for me and I uninstalled it, if it's a fresh install would Edge be the default browser? If so select something else, there is probably still the old Microsoft Internet Explorer app in Windows, make that default instead, reboot PC and then go look in CCleaner again.

Perhaps it was some CCleaner functionality that wasn't supposed to be exposed? There was a little note about it in the current version release notes, although it seems unlikely that it was that...

 

[Tatty_Two]

Perhaps it was some CCleaner functionality that wasn't supposed to be exposed? There was a little note about it in the current version release notes, although it seems unlikely that it was that...

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Could possibly be as I have not updated to latest version, I am on v5.63 7540.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Could possibly be as I have not updated to latest version, I am on v5.63 7540.

Nope. I'm fully current and:

Just a thought - I wonder if it has anything do with whether or not you manually installed the "new" Edge, or if you waited until it was pushed out to you. I installed it manually.

 

[windwhirl]

Nope. I'm fully current and:

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Just a thought - I wonder if it has anything do with whether or not you manually installed the "new" Edge, or if you waited until it was pushed out to you. I installed it manually.

In my daily driver, which runs the canary branch of the new Edge, you only see the new one. Both apps are listed in the modern Settings UI, but old edge is not uninstallable from there.

As I said earlier, CCleaner did it for me I just uninstalled it from there, it must have worked because not only did it take me to Microsoft's website to complete a survey why I uninstalled it but also from time to time I get a little banner come up saying do I want to download and try the new Microsoft Edge

I did a quick test on a VM. Old Edge can't be uninstalled. You can replace it with Chromium Edge, which you can uninstall. However, once you uninstall, old Edge comes back, and again, you can't uninstall it.

Testing with another browser installed, Firefox, and replacing old Edge with new Edge, then removing it ends up the same: old Edge comes back.

Sadly, I can not trigger Windows Update to give me the update package to replace old with new Edge (ugh, we really need something better than old and new edge, this is too repetitive ) , so I can't test that scenario.

 

[lexluthermiester]

In my daily driver, which runs the canary branch of the new Edge, you only see the new one. Both apps are listed in the modern Settings UI, but old edge is not uninstallable from there.
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I did a quick test on a VM. Old Edge can't be uninstalled. You can replace it with Chromium Edge, which you can uninstall. However, once you uninstall, old Edge comes back, and again, you can't uninstall it.

Testing with another browser installed, Firefox, and replacing old Edge with new Edge, then removing it ends up the same: old Edge comes back.

Sadly, I can not trigger Windows Update to give me the update package to replace old with new Edge (ugh, we really need something better than old and new edge, this is too repetitive ) , so I can't test that scenario.

Ok, that's the reason I can't see it to be removed. So my previous advice is correct. The current only way to remove Edge is to delete/rename the folder that contains Edge in the Windows\SystemApps folder. Additionally, in the Windows\System32 folder is a number of EXE files that help Edge run. Those files need to be deleted as well otherwise there will be problems. See pics;

Doing this will have one unwanted side-affect, the short-cut for Edge will remain in the start menu. I have not learned of a way to remove it because, of course, Microsoft has removed the ability for users to change the default start menu(a-holes)...

 

[windwhirl]

Besides forced removal, the only sure way to not have Edge installed is using LTSB, then, at least until someone comes up with a tried-and-true method for "elegant" removal.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Nope. I'm fully current and:

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Just a thought - I wonder if it has anything do with whether or not you manually installed the "new" Edge, or if you waited until it was pushed out to you. I installed it manually.

I got it through an update. On double checking, It was the new Edge that uninstalled and that is gone, I still have old Edge so I concur that remains, however I don't mind that, it was quick and smooth, the new Edge I found really slow and laggy, it was awful.

 

[Athlonite]

Interesting. Link?

Uninstall Software, Remove programs easily - Revo Uninstaller Pro

Clean removal of any program from your PC. Uninstall and remove programs and software in Windows with Revo Uninstaller Pro easily!

www.revouninstaller.com

here you go

 

[lexluthermiester]

Uninstall Software, Remove programs easily - Revo Uninstaller Pro

Clean removal of any program from your PC. Uninstall and remove programs and software in Windows with Revo Uninstaller Pro easily!

www.revouninstaller.com

here you go

Thank You sir! I kept googling it and didn't think I was getting the right results.

EDIT;
Grabbed it, tried it and it had the same problem.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Where I think I got a little confused is the thread title, specifically referencing the new version which you can get rid of, obviously that moved to any Edge, I like the old Edge, for me it's very snappy, when I got rid of the new version of Edge I tried Firefox but found that just as laggy as the New Edge so I have reverted to the old Edge ….. even I am confused now!

 

[newtekie1]

Where I think I got a little confused is the thread title, specifically referencing the new version which you can get rid of, obviously that moved to any Edge, I like the old Edge, for me it's very snappy, when I got rid of the new version of Edge I tried Firefox but found that just as laggy as the New Edge so I have reverted to the old Edge ….. even I am confused now!

You'll probably be fine using the old edge for a while, but since it's been discontinued and replaced, it's going to be insecure soon.

 

[INSTG8R]

I still use the old Control Panel and Edge is in Add/Remove Programs . In fact I'm gonna uninstall it right now. I was only using it for Dropbox because FF was giving me login troubles I recently fixed.
Edit: Well all that did was put the old Edge back....