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  1. WalkerF27 Win User

    Found an app in "Installed Apps" list with no name and with publisher's name in some seems...


    I just wanted to clear some storage and found this strange app with no name and it is apparantely taking 1.57TB of storage. I tried uninstalling it but an error saying "Windows cannot find [some chinese text]. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." The modify button is grayed out. For some reason, I cannot post screenshots here, so I created an Imgur album - https://imgur.com/a/AXlQnW0

    :)
     
    WalkerF27, Feb 18, 2023
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  2. Can app name be changed in All Apps list?

    Often a new program (which I suppose is always called an 'app' in Win10) will self-install in the Program Files or ProgramFiles (x86) folder under the name of the software maker, rather than the name of the program. This means that on the Win10 All Apps list, the actual program name won't be in alphabetical order; rather, the software company's name will show up alphabetically on the list. This is kind of a drag, having to remember where to look on the list.

    I have tried several ways of changing the file name, etc. to make the program name show up, but either it just doesn't work or the entire program installation becomes corrupted and has to be reinstalled. Does anyone know of a way to change just the name that shows up on the All Apps list?
     
    Electrojim, Feb 18, 2023
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  3. Can app name be changed in All Apps list?

    Thanks to all, especially to Bree who gave some good advice, yet I'm still a bit confused. Here's a shot of my All Apps list showing the MetaGeek (software developer's name) with inSSIDer (the program) under it:

    Found an app in "Installed Apps" list with no name and with publisher's name in some seems... 114175d1485975045t-can-app-name-changed-all-apps-list-image.png

    Right-clicking the main MetaGeek heading does nothing, but I can right-click inSSIDer 2.0, bringing up the More and File location options. When I open the file location I get this:

    Found an app in "Installed Apps" list with no name and with publisher's name in some seems... 114176d1485975045t-can-app-name-changed-all-apps-list-image.png

    ...which is actually under the complete heading: C:\Users\Lab\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MetaGeek. Note that what's here is actually a shortcut, and if I right-click on the shortcut and ask to be taken to the file location, the screen just blinks, as if this IS the file location. This does not seem to be the right place for a shortcut, there aren't any others here. If I put MetaGeek into the Search window, I get nothing. If I put inSSIDer in the Search window, I get this:

    Found an app in "Installed Apps" list with no name and with publisher's name in some seems... 114184d1485975045t-can-app-name-changed-all-apps-list-image.png

    ...which tells me that my program is a "desktop app," although there is nothing to do with the program on the Desktop at all. The program is actually installed here: C:\Program Files\MetaGeek\inSSIDer 2.0, but neither MetaGeek nor inSSIDer is mentioned anywhere here: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs, which is where the rest of the programs have a listing. Thus I can't see how it shows up in the All Apps list anyway, whether it's under the heading I'd like to have (inSSIDer) or what actually got there (MetaGeek). This is really frustrating.
     
    Electrojim, Feb 18, 2023
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  4. Paultx Win User

    Found an app in "Installed Apps" list with no name and with publisher's name in some seems...

    A mysterious app with no name

    I was checking the installed apps here and found at the end of the list one that has no name and no size, it only has some sort of generic icon and the installation date.



    Found an app in "Installed Apps" list with no name and with publisher's name in some seems... 320679d1614522849t-mysterious-app-no-name-unknow_app_1.png


    I went to good ol' Control Panel and found three programs installed on that date, but all identified.


    Found an app in "Installed Apps" list with no name and with publisher's name in some seems... 320680d1614522991t-mysterious-app-no-name-unknow_app_2.png



    I have the free version of Soft Organizer installed and it shows only SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2020 on its main list (it shows the Microsoft Visual C++ stuff inside a folder on that main list).

    I considered uninstalling it to see what info I could get, but Windows 10 says only that "This application and its related information will be uninstalled". I am afraid of uninstalling something that may be important somehow as part of other app or even the system itself. Or worse: it may be some sort of malware.

    Do you guys know what I can do to identify that app? TIA.

    Windows 10 Pro 20H2 19042.844
     
    Paultx, Feb 18, 2023
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