If you don't get any errors, the Groove Music app should be gone. Execute it with a stroke of the return key.You'll then type in a command and paste that line, so it reads something like "remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.ZuneMusic 10.16122.10271.0圆4_8wekyb3d8bbwe" (yours will be different after the first underscore character).Copy everything it says on the line next to PackageFullName. It's hard to find those apps in there, but the last one will probably clearly read Microsoft.ZuneMusic-that's actually Groove Music.A giant list of all the stuff you've got installed that came from Microsoft's Store, plus some other stuff, will appear. Type in "Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers" without the quotes.Type PowerShell in the Windows search box-when you see it, right-click and launch it via Run as Administrator.If your uninstall option is grayed out, you could go the DOS route, but it gets a little complicated and you should be 100% sure of what you're doing. Navigate to Settings > Apps > Apps & Features, where you can ditch Mail and Calendar, Groove Music, Weather, and Maps. Thankfully, a few pre-installed Windows apps can finally be deleted.
Delete Unused Appsĭid you know you have a program in Windows 10 called Groove Music? Probably not, because the world uses other services.
With that option, you'll still get a dialog box confirmation with a yes/no option when you install things. Pick one of the middle options the second from the bottom notifies you without the dimming scare tactic. The screen presents a slider with four levels of security, from never notify (bad) to always notify (annoying-it'll warn you when you make your own changes). Type UAC into the Windows 10 search box to get Change User Account Control Settings. UAC is still there in Windows and will still dim the desktop, but you have the option to turn it off, or at least prevent the screen dimming. In the old days, when you went to do an install, the screen would suddenly dim and everything seemed to come to a halt, causing several (anecdotal, probably fictional) heart attacks amid the populace.
Calm the UAC DownĮver since Windows Vista, User Account Control (UAC) has been there to protect users so they can quickly grant administrative rights to software programs that need it-specifically when installing or uninstalling software. Click the Disable this keyboard shortcut in Ease of Access Keyboard Settings and uncheck the box next to Turn on Sticky Keys when SHIFT is pressed five times. Prevent it from ever happening by hitting the Shift five times rapidly to bring up that very dialog box. If you activate it without knowing-by hitting "yes" in a dialog box without thinking, for example-it can be seriously annoying. If you hit the Shift key five times in a row in Windows, you activate Sticky Keys, a Windows feature that allows for keyboard shortcuts where you hit one key at a time instead of simultaneously (so it works with any combo that includes the Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or Windows keys).
Navigate to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Change active hours and toggle on the option for Automatically adjust active hours for this device based on activity. Starting with the May 2019 Update (version 1903), meanwhile, you can also opt to have Windows automatically adjust active hours based on your device’s activity. To select your own timeframe, click Change and choose a start and end time. Navigate to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Change active hours. Take advantage of a feature called Active Hours, which lets you schedule a time for updates and reboots. That's a good way to lose data in open apps. What's worse: if you don't reboot your PC after an update, Windows 10 eventually takes it upon itself to reboot for you. Windows 10 updates are regular and seemingly never-ending, and pretty much out of the user's control (unless you turn off updates altogether, which is a bad idea).