Windows 10: CPU Z and CPU ID removed when upgrading to Win 10

Windows 10 notification indicted that CPU ID and CPU Z were removed during the upgrade. However when I click on their short cut icons on my desktop , both of the programs seem to work . I can't find the programs in Windows explorer . They are also not listed in any of the uninstallers. So I am puzzled whether the programs are actually still in the system and working . I have not looked into the registry yet. Any ideas? Are these programs supported by windows 10 ? Tks

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I believe the author of cpu-z had a question here about win-10 removing it on his machine

He wasn't all that happy about it

I've never used cpu-z or gpu-z as a way to overclock anything

It is used basically as a quick easy way to see information but 10 hasn't removed either that I've noticed but seeing I don't use 10 on a daily basis I probably don't realize that I'm reinstalling it every time I do open win-10

I download it to my downloads folder and that always remains

 

AMD Phenom II X4 N970

Is this cpu compatible with Windows 10 or is there a way to make it work. CPU-Z lists the following Instructions: MMX (+), 3dNow (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4 (+), X86-64, AMD-V

The notebook is the Aspire 7551G-7459, I have been unable to install the free Win 10 upgrade due to failure in OS safe mode during boot operation. Modern Setup Host stops working.

 

That is fairly common for them to be removed, I'm not sure why though. If you will look in all apps, it should show, and right click and select open file location should take you to them. CPUz should be in Program data/Microsoft/Windows/start menu/Programs/Cupid/CPU-Z

 

Actually I found it in Widows.old which means Windows 10 upgrade removed the App. I didn't think programs/apps can run when located in windows .old file . This was surprising to me. So if I do a disk clean of system files , the windows.old will be deleted and then CPUID/Z wont be avail . I will then have to reinstall ?

 

Yes, uninstall it before you upgrade/reinstall, just to make sure there are no conflicts.

 

Too late , I upgraded to Win 10 without uninstalling CPUID/Z . I think the best move for me now is to delete the shortcut to these programs so they wont run from windows.old . Then reinstall CPUID etc.

 

Really would be surprised if it ran from Windows.old. Just remove any folders left by Cpuid, on your new Windows 10, Don't have to brother with the Windows.old folder. Then just install the latest release.

 

I was very surprised that it ran from windows.old as well. But I will just delete the shortcut and reinstall.

 

At some point in time you will need to make an image backup of your C-drive, and store the image on a 2nd drive, internal or external. After that is made, then you can remove the Windows.old folder using disk clean, unless you intend to go back to your old OS. As far as I know, programs do NOT run from the Windows.old folder. Its just a backup of your previous OS, nothing more. Once this folder is removed, you can't go back to previous OS. That's why I suggest making a image backup now. Then down the road, if you decide to remove the Windows.old folder, (its HUGE and takes up a lot of Hard drive space) you will have a backup.

 

I do not intend to revert back to my Win7 pro but to be safe I will do as you suggest ie make an image now which includes the Windows.old .The other big file is C:\$windows.~BT. I will then do a system file disk clean to remove both of the files . Finally I will make another disk image which contains only Win10 without the back up and installation files.

 

Yes this is what most of us do, this gives you some insurance IF something goes wrong. Always a good idea to make image backups. I make mine about every 2 weeks, or 3. Just for insurance. Then as time goes on I delete the older ones.
Just a small note thou. I never use Windows Backup, can cause problems sometimes, when you actually need to restore an image.
Lots of folks use different 3rd party apps. Like Acronis, or the Macrium Reflect Free version. Of course you can use whatever you feel comfortable with. *Smile

 

I use Macrium Reflect Free version . Excellent program and easy to use.

I have another question : I have a partition that contains old movies I no longer want to keep. Is it better to delete all of them or reformat that partition ? If reformat I normally use Mini Tool Partition Wizard for this type of operation

 

You can do either one, formatting might be better choice for your hard drive thou. Glad to see you using 2 excellent programs, I also use the same ones myself.

 

Same thing happened to me. Installed Windows 10 as an upgrade. My CPUID was gone. Shortcut was still on the desktop, but program was gone. Looked in windows.old and found it, copied it and re-instated the shortcut....works fine! *Smile