- Jan 23, 2021
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Hi Everybody,
I have a strange problem. Last week I bought a new HP laptop, and set it up, everything was ok until I used Revo Free to remove the unwanted MS apps. I removed all the apps I don't use, like Clip Champ, Outlook, Windows clock, all of that went OK. I also removed the Xbox apps. I did the scans to remove leftover files from the apps too, same as I have done on several other computers. When that was done I found that the MS Store would not open, it had been removed but I did not remove it myself. The store is not even on the list of MS apps you can remove with Revo anyway.
I wonder if removing Xbox somehow took out the store with it but I have never had that problem before. I tried everything I could think of to reinstall the store, did a lot of Google searching, nothing worked and the laptop finally threw a Bitlocker error asking me for my Bitlocker ID, which I didn't have. I reinstalled Windows from a USB and it went ok until it got to the screen to sign on to my wifi, it could not detect my network, it said "Let's get you connected to a network" but the rest of the page was blank. I tried installing Windows again and got the same error. I think something happened that damaged the wifi adapter. I returned the laptop to Best Buy, told them about the wifi error and left it at that, exchanged it for another HP the same as the first one and did the same setup on it using Revo. After using Revo on that one, the MS Store was ok but the HP Audio Center was missing. I tried to reinstall it but never could get it to work. I went back to Best Buy and got a refund on that laptop.
I have a new Lenovo on order and would like to remove the bloat on it too but I am worried that there might be a problem with Revo now. I don't know if Revo took out the store and the audio center when I removed Xbox or some of the other useless MS apps, or is Revo ok and this was just an HP specific problem. HP seems to be kind of picky about what they will let you do. Both HP laptops were in S Mode, I took them out of S Mode but I don't know if that had anything to do with the missing Store and Audio Center. I don't want to have this same kind of problem with the new Lenovo. Has anyone here seen this kind of uninstaller app-removing issue before?
Thanks for any help on this.
C.H.
I have a strange problem. Last week I bought a new HP laptop, and set it up, everything was ok until I used Revo Free to remove the unwanted MS apps. I removed all the apps I don't use, like Clip Champ, Outlook, Windows clock, all of that went OK. I also removed the Xbox apps. I did the scans to remove leftover files from the apps too, same as I have done on several other computers. When that was done I found that the MS Store would not open, it had been removed but I did not remove it myself. The store is not even on the list of MS apps you can remove with Revo anyway.
I wonder if removing Xbox somehow took out the store with it but I have never had that problem before. I tried everything I could think of to reinstall the store, did a lot of Google searching, nothing worked and the laptop finally threw a Bitlocker error asking me for my Bitlocker ID, which I didn't have. I reinstalled Windows from a USB and it went ok until it got to the screen to sign on to my wifi, it could not detect my network, it said "Let's get you connected to a network" but the rest of the page was blank. I tried installing Windows again and got the same error. I think something happened that damaged the wifi adapter. I returned the laptop to Best Buy, told them about the wifi error and left it at that, exchanged it for another HP the same as the first one and did the same setup on it using Revo. After using Revo on that one, the MS Store was ok but the HP Audio Center was missing. I tried to reinstall it but never could get it to work. I went back to Best Buy and got a refund on that laptop.
I have a new Lenovo on order and would like to remove the bloat on it too but I am worried that there might be a problem with Revo now. I don't know if Revo took out the store and the audio center when I removed Xbox or some of the other useless MS apps, or is Revo ok and this was just an HP specific problem. HP seems to be kind of picky about what they will let you do. Both HP laptops were in S Mode, I took them out of S Mode but I don't know if that had anything to do with the missing Store and Audio Center. I don't want to have this same kind of problem with the new Lenovo. Has anyone here seen this kind of uninstaller app-removing issue before?
Thanks for any help on this.
C.H.
