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Answer» <html><body><p>How can I get rid of the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/incredibly-2733339" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INCREDIBLY">INCREDIBLY</a> annoying MS square blue pop-up asking me to register for W10?<br/><br/>It started around a week <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/ago-362350" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AGO">AGO</a> and pops up numerous times during the day.<br/><br/>MS obviously want to encourage <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/enrolment-parabhashhaka-446102" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ENROLMENT">ENROLMENT</a> for W10 but previously this marketing was confined to the Windows Update routine. <br/><br/>I have clicked on the blue pop-up but cannot find any 'unsubscribe' or similar button.<br/><br/>See this link: <a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/218856/how-do-you-disable-the-get-windows-10-icon-shown-in-the-notification-tray/">http://www.howtogeek.com/218856/how-do-you-disable-the-get-windows-10-icon-shown-in-the-notification-tray/</a> Thanks.<br/><br/>Found KB3035583. Rt clicked to 'uninstall' and then said 'yes' to uninstall. Then received following message:<br/><br/>"An error has occurred. Not all of the updates were successfully installed" [see attached]<br/><br/>So I can't uninstall KB3035583!<br/><br/>What next?<br/><br/><br/>[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Follow the instructions in the link to delete the entries in Task Scheduler. That will remove the popup from the taskbarSorry - I'm lost here! Presumably you are referring to the section starting 'If the Icon Returns' in the link you provided? But specifically, which part of that section?START - RUN - taskschd.msc<br/><br/>Navigate to the following folder in the left pane: Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\Setup\gwx (you can list the content of the folders by clicking on the little arrow on their left);<br/>From there, right-click on each of the task below and select Disable;<br/><br/> gwxlaunchtrayprocess;<br/> refreshgwxconfig;<br/><br/>Close the Task Scheduler and restart your computer;I typed in Task Scheduler in 'Search programs and files' and have arrived at - see attachment below - which seems to follow (to some extent!) your <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/guidance-25562" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about GUIDANCE">GUIDANCE</a>. But I can't open 'gwx' as there isn't any 'little arrow'!<br/><br/>As you can see, I am definitely a rookie - so await your further assistance! I need 'step by (little) step' help!!<br/><br/>[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Just click on the gwx folder and then in the right hand pane disable the task(s)I did and the attached came up. There seem to be several options<br/><br/>[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Quote from: Allan on August 25, 2015, 10:47:50 AM</p><blockquote>Just click on the gwx folder and then in the right hand pane disable the task(s)<br/></blockquote><ul>There seem to be 4 files shown - see below. Do I disable ALL of them ?<br/><br/>Also, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/although-7380138" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ALTHOUGH">ALTHOUGH</a> I very much want to disable the blue MS W10 pop-up, I don't necessarily want to disable other things which might be useful! <br/><br/>Will your suggestion (which I am trying to follow!) disable ONLY the W10 pop-up -- or will it ALSO 'kill' other things (which it might be helpful to keep)?<br/><br/><br/>launchtrayprocess<br/>refreshgwxconfig<br/>refreshgwxconfigandcontent<br/>refreshgwxcontent<br/><br/>[/li]<br/><li></li></ul>Disable all of themThanks - will do.<br/><br/>But what about my question viz: <br/>'Will your suggestion (which I am trying to follow!) disable ONLY the W10 pop-up -- or will it ALSO 'kill' other things (which it might be helpful to keep)?'<br/>We would not tell you do do anything that would cause you any problems.</body></html> | |