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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 w

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.

IYasha 4y ago
Yeah, they're kinda OK among utility developers. I used to use O&O Recovery tool which scans deleted files by signatures (headers), even wrote some custom rules. But a few versions later they started walking the Nero way, adding more "looks", changing interface, and filannly - breaking things. (
bowsamic 4y ago
Not too related but that's one of the reasons I switched to macOS and struggle to move back. Even back in Windows 7 there was already a lot of preinstalled crap that just made me feel gross about my installation. Now with Windows 11 the situation seems astronomically worse. I don't want to feel disgusted by my OS installation out of the box. In that sense (of course there are other downsides) macOS feels almost totally pure out of the box, although the Apple Music stuff is an early red flag to me.
- gernb 4y ago
  I don't feel all that different on Mac. When I get a new one the dock is covered in crap I don't care about. I use zero of the apple apps except maybe Music to play mp3 so I have to spend a bunch of time removing them from the dock and argubly I should uninstall them Then in notifications there's more crap like news, sports, stocks I have zero interest in as have to uninstall. Then it nags me about Apple TV (the subscription service) as well as Game Center. I use my Mac 10x more than my PC but it's very similar in how much stuff I have to remove. Just in the last 2 weeks I set up a new M1 Mac and upgraded to Windows 11 on my gamer PC. Sure Windows is worse but both are full of bloat.
  - indymike 4y ago
    I would like to uninstall the News app on my Mac. That is easier said than done.
nix23 4y ago
In the WindowsSrv2003 Day's their Defrag tool was a must, and BlueCon is still pretty good to have. It's pure no BS proprietary software (and that's perfectly ok).
vladvasiliu 4y ago
On windows 11 most of these can be removed with winget. I say most because I'm not 100% sure I managed to remove 100% of them, but my start menu is now clean.
kwanbix 4y ago
I think is better to install Windows 10 IoT. Crapware free.

IYasha 4y ago

Yeah, they're kinda OK among utility developers. I used to use O&O Recovery tool which scans deleted files by signatures (headers), even wrote some custom rules. But a few versions later they started walking the Nero way, adding more "looks", changing interface, and filannly - breaking things. (

bowsamic 4y ago

Not too related but that's one of the reasons I switched to macOS and struggle to move back. Even back in Windows 7 there was already a lot of preinstalled crap that just made me feel gross about my installation. Now with Windows 11 the situation seems astronomically worse. I don't want to feel disgusted by my OS installation out of the box. In that sense (of course there are other downsides) macOS feels almost totally pure out of the box, although the Apple Music stuff is an early red flag to me.

gernb 4y ago
I don't feel all that different on Mac. When I get a new one the dock is covered in crap I don't care about. I use zero of the apple apps except maybe Music to play mp3 so I have to spend a bunch of time removing them from the dock and argubly I should uninstall them Then in notifications there's more crap like news, sports, stocks I have zero interest in as have to uninstall. Then it nags me about Apple TV (the subscription service) as well as Game Center. I use my Mac 10x more than my PC but it's very similar in how much stuff I have to remove. Just in the last 2 weeks I set up a new M1 Mac and upgraded to Windows 11 on my gamer PC. Sure Windows is worse but both are full of bloat.
- indymike 4y ago
  I would like to uninstall the News app on my Mac. That is easier said than done.

nix23 4y ago

In the WindowsSrv2003 Day's their Defrag tool was a must, and BlueCon is still pretty good to have. It's pure no BS proprietary software (and that's perfectly ok).

vladvasiliu 4y ago

On windows 11 most of these can be removed with winget. I say most because I'm not 100% sure I managed to remove 100% of them, but my start menu is now clean.

kwanbix 4y ago

I think is better to install Windows 10 IoT. Crapware free.