Windows 10: How to remove items from "Apps & Features" that are no longer on my system in Windows 10 Pro?

How to remove items from "Apps & Features" that are no longer on my system in Windows 10 Pro?


So I had steam installed on another hard drive that failed & died now I have a list of games in my Apps & Features that is grayed out with no option to uninstall them. Steam was also installed on that hard drive so there is no option to use steam to uninstall them either as I had to install it on the main drive after which shows no games installed because they were installed on the drive that died, but now I am stuck with false entries in the "Apps & Features" section & steam refuses to install those games now because Windows thinks they are already installed.

Keep in mind I had over 500+ games installed so I need a quicker solution then having to use the registry to wipe each one individually.

:)

 

How to remove all entries in windows 10 Optional Feature History

Hello,

To help you with your concern, we suggest that you try to follow the steps provided below:

• Open Settings > System, and select Apps & features from the left side.
• Click on the Manage optional features link.
• To remove an app or a feature, select the feature and click on the Uninstall button.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

Add or Remove Items for All Apps in Start menu in Windows 10  


Hi, @Brink:

My caffeine titer is low, so I must be missing some blatant, basic step to add a shortcut to my account's All Apps list in the Start menu (Option1).
The new process both for creating shortcuts and for adding/removing items to the Win10 start menu has me flummoxed.
Your tutorials are always "topnotch", so this must be a cockpit error on my part.

>I would like to follow the suggestion on page 1 of the wushowhide.diagcab tutorial to add a shortcut in All Apps for my account.

I have d/l the wushowhide.diagcab and saved it to my downloads folder.
I have done Step 1 on Page 1 of THIS tutorial to navigate to the Start Menu Programs folder.
But HOW do I actually complete Step 3 to create a shortcut and then add it to the Start Menu "All Apps"??

I think I need to first somehow create a shortcut for the .cab file and then add it to All Apps in the start menu???

Please advise.

Thanks!
MM

P.S. I have been postponing the probably inevitable installation of Class Shell.
I would rather not have to install a 3rd-party program to be able to perform basic Windows tasks.
But this new workflow in Win10 for a basic functionality might force me to do it.
Sigh.

 

Finally possible to put Metro apps in a folder?


You could use step 4 in Option 1 to add a new folder in the All Apps list, then add shortcuts into the new folder.

Add or Remove Items for All Apps in Start menu in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Customization Tutorials

Here's a list of command to create shortcuts of the default modern apps to help out.

App Commands List for Windows 10 - Windows 10 Apps Features Tutorials