Windows 10: Suddenly one of my machines has a mutant personalized Settings home page

All of a sudden one of my two Windows 10 Pro x64 machines is displaying this mutant new personalized Setting home page with quick access to My account, OneDrive settings, Windows Update status, and, yuck, my Microsoft Rewards balance, about which I could not care less. The new **** is highlighted, and masked, below:





Why is it only on one machine? Both machines are on same release channel and current with Windows Update as of this morning. Can I turn it off?

:)

 

mutant entry in Start: ms-resource:AppName/Text

Hi Watson,

Thank you for posting your concern on Microsoft Answer Community.

We would suggest you to follow the below step and let us know if that helps you.

Check for the mutant file "ms-resource:AppName/Text".
and delete it from the below location.

• C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
  
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
  

Hope it helps.

Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Settings/Personalization

Hi,

We suggest that you follow the steps below to put your settings back to default and see if it helps.

• Right-click your mouse on your desktop.
• Click on Personalize.
• Select Colors.
• Click on High contrast settings.
• From the drop-down menu, select None.
• Click Apply.
• Reboot the PC for the changes to take effect.

Let us know the result.

 

Personal Web Page project

Removed the dots, good call.

Today i'm going to finish up the home page, and start working on the rest of the pages.

Any good suggestions for a portfolio picture?