Removing pre-installed software

[JohnFrancis1]

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13:51 SaugatSarkar: Hi, we will chat from this window now.

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13:51 Customer: ok
13:51 SaugatSarkar: Please show me the software to uninstall.
13:55 Customer: all yours
13:56 SaugatSarkar: Okay can you please go back to that place where the booking.com is present.

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14:02 SaugatSarkar: Okay, let me tell you the bboking.com is an built in app for windows 10 it cant be removed.
14:02 SaugatSarkar: That is secure.
14:02 Customer: You 100% sure of that?
14:02 SaugatSarkar: I have researched it.
14:03 Customer: Where did you get that information?
14:03 SaugatSarkar: I have googled it.
14:03 Customer: show me please
14:03 Customer: Can yougive me the link
14:03 SaugatSarkar: https://www.google.co.in/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=BBUeV4uLO8-CoAODhKTICQ&gws_rd=ssl#q=booking.com

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14:03 SaugatSarkar: http://h41111.www4.hp.com/hps/
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14:04 SaugatSarkar has ended the session.

This guy ran away after I started to ask him questions. Just switched me off. Bloody crazy service!!!

[soundian]

He also doesn't know what he's talking about, which aligns with my thoughts as to how this happened in the first place.

 booking.com is not an in-built windows App. I've had to install a lot of windows 10 recently and it certainly isn't part of the W10 straight from MS.

 All we want to do is remove this piece of bloatware from our machines HP!

Please note that I do not give a rat's a55 if it's secure.

 I was wrong before: it's nearly 3 months, not 2, I've been waiting for someone to contact me.

 Looks like this is the last HP machine I'll be buying.

[JohnFrancis1]

Ok I've sorted it myself. I'm a software engineer but am not familiar with win 10 yet just getting rid of this bloatware.

If you right click and go to more - file location

You will find the icon.

The properties are - "C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\Shared\WizLink.exe" http://www.booking.com/index.html?aid=398438&label=square

WizLink.exe runs the link to booking.com

You can just delete the icon from the folder - C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and its's removed from the startmenu.

This is what I wanted to do. Now WizLink.exe hope it's not doing any more damage.

Hope this helps.

[JiminyCritic]

Right-click the Booking.com icon in your Start menu and choose Open file location. A dialog will appear, with Booking.com highlighted among a list of your other Start menu apps and shortcuts. Delete the Booking.com shortcut here and it disappears for good in your Start menu.

[PurpleHelen]

Brilliant - thanks Jiminy Critic - another Windows 10 problem solved!

[DynamoTightstar]

Cheers mate, really appreciate you sorting this. Just got my machine back after a warranty repair and it was back again.

Now I don't have to look at it : )

[Orion7]

Thank you, so helpful, was definitely the most annoying part of my new HP computer,and almost returned it, I was thinking if this part of the software doesn't work what else is broken!

[AH-_]

I have just managed to delete this irritating App. I right-clicked on it, pressed More, then chose Open File Location.

This opened up a box with lists, including Booking.com, which I deleted in the usual way.

I have checked and it has really gone.

Hope this works for you too,

[d8p]

Thanks for this, I've been trying to get rid of this nonesense for days, the usual tricks didn't work, you saved me a lot of worry, I don't like having apps or programmes installed that I will never want or use.

[HPDando]

simply right click, and go to file location and delete it from there. Problem fixed