[HN Gopher] O&O App Buster removes Windows Apps you don't want
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O&O App Buster removes Windows Apps you don't want
Author : DerekBickerton
Score : 32 points
Date : 2022-08-26 17:45 UTC (5 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.oo-software.com)
| n4bz0r wrote:
| Slightly off-topic.
|
| Since my earlier days of using Windows, I have a strong
| impression that OS-tweaking tools are very much a double-edged
| sword. The advertised functions always look attractive, but
| maintaining a system with such tools has always been not as
| trivial as the authors were depicting it to be. Sometimes to the
| point that something would break immediately after tweaking a
| setting or using some sort of system 'cleaning' slash registry
| 'optimisation'. In my experience, the latter had _always_ been
| breaking something. And the former wasn 't ever a permanent
| solution. In other words, given the possible complications and
| maintenance implications, these tools felt borderline malicious.
|
| But it's been years if not a decade since I last used something
| like that. How are the things with tools like the ones O&O offer
| these days? My impression is, 'Shutup' seems like it could very
| well break a thing or two. And that Buster thing seems...
| superfluous? I'd rather remove unwanted apps with tools at hand.
| And if that would involve some black magic, then maybe they
| shouldn't be removed at all? What's the use in fighting windmills
| just to remove some default media player?
|
| Anyway, not looking to bash on the O&O software, but merely
| curious what experience people have with 'tweakers' these days.
|
| PS: I was quite surprized to see a freaking CC-cleaner installed
| on some modern systems. What's up with that, too?
| [deleted]
| charles_kaw wrote:
| They can still wreck havok on your system, although doing
| general package uninstalls on windows is a relatively stable
| activity. It's an extremely modular OS and it's designed to
| handle many combinations.
|
| That said, Windows 11 has turned much attention to these tools
| due to all of the useless crap they're including on default
| installs. And by useless, I specifically mean the litany of
| "pre-installed" app shortcuts.
| Barrin92 wrote:
| after a few years of not using windows I used O&O recently and
| it does do some things by default you wouldn't neccessarily
| expect.
|
| Didn't break anything but the first thing I noticed is that
| Edge had no browser history, which of course you can turn back
| on but it was a somewhat hard to find option, and I wouldn't
| consider that a 'default tweak' necessarily.
|
| at least I don't think it broke anything, but I think many
| people will still run into things that suddenly don't work with
| these tools.
| nathanaldensr wrote:
| O&O's software is what software should be. I've deployed ShutUp10
| on every PC in my household and keep it updated. I tried
| AppBuster and it _actually worked_! I was able to remove a host
| of Microsoft trash apps and "non-removable" crap like XBox apps
| and services.
|
| I did notice that certain apps couldn't be removed due to being
| in use. I rebooted and was able to remove those apps. Also,
| AppBuster doesn't seem to run in Safe Mode as it hung while
| scanning for apps.
| ro_bit wrote:
| Incase one of the developers is in here - I just tried the app
| and it prompted me to create a restore point before starting. It
| encountered an error while making the restore point and then
| proceeded to uninstall the apps anyway. This is probably not
| intended behavior and should be fixed
| neilv wrote:
| Just a reminder: if your operating system is actively hostile
| towards you, you can still opt-out:
| https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/d...
| Krasnol wrote:
| Just a reminder: this kind of behaviour results in aversion
| towards the cause you are propagating.
| [deleted]
| baal80spam wrote:
| On my system it detected 34 installed apps, of which 34 are
| Unremovable.
| gigel82 wrote:
| You can also use winget to remove any built-in application. But
| this is nicer since it has an UI :)
| cantSpellSober wrote:
| Can it remove Contact Support and Windows Feedback?
|
| Fun fact: "Zune" was never scrubbed from some of the names of
| these apps, the _Films & TV_ crapware was (is?) still called
| "zunemusic" when you removed it with Powershell.
| adhesive_wombat wrote:
| Something in MS Teams (bleh) is called "skype".
|
| Though to be fair, we've all seen that kind of thing in the
| code and just left it well alone rather than pull on thr string
| and own the broken pieces you'll be handed for you trouble.
| userbinator wrote:
| I think that's because they use the same protocol (which is
| AFAIK inherited from MSN Messenger, not the original Skype)
| underneath.
| adhesive_wombat wrote:
| It's somehow horrifying that the unnaturally animated
| corpse of something that was so cool at the time like MSN
| Messenger lives on in an abomination like Teams.
| theandrewbailey wrote:
| Thanks for the submission. I'm a fan of ShutUp10, and I'll
| definitely check this out.
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