Is there a way to remove the intrusive "Rewards - Start Earning" nag showing at Settings Home?
(It seems recent - following latest update? It is Very Annoying Indeed.)
Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 20H2
Installed on 04/10/2020
OS build 19042.685
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0
How do you remove the new Settings header?
If you were to search tenforums for that, you would find
DISABLE the Settings Header Banner
How to manage (add/delete) the New Header on Settings Page
and more.
Hope that's what you want.
Thanks - but this didn't work for me.
Tried (i) Disable Rewards icon - no change; then (ii) Disable All Headers [which I didn't actually want to do] - no change ; then (iii) re-boot - no change.
Well - I was initially terribly reluctant to download and run an executable, but went ahead. Much regretted.
Just really astonished at this tedious infliction, and the non-availability of some right-click tweak or regedit edit to get rid of it.
Thanks all the same.
Problem with hacks is that there's no guarantee they will continue to work.
Did you try the second method I posted?
How to manage (add/delete) the New Header on Settings Page
But note the comment:
Note the first was1. I have not been able to make this work on Insider builds. MS may have them locked down.
2. This tool is similar in function to Mach 2. Mach 2 disables individual feature segments whereas ViveTool disables the entire feature. Mach 2 has not been working consistently lately. It will disable then come back.
Tested on Windows 10 x64 Home 19042.662
I did try ViveTool as well just now. [I missed the 2nd link in your post.]
Unfortunately no change, just like there was no change after using Mach2.
I really liked the "Before" and "After" comparisons too!
Settings with No Header is brilliant for all of us who like as sparse and undecorated an interface (in all contexts) as can be achieved.
So .. massive gloom .. but thank you for your suggestions.
PS I looked at RegEdit to see whether Mach2 or ViveTool had left traces - there were none, so that at least is a relief.
This was written in October- I've not checked if it's the same.
How To Disable Windows 10 Settings Header Banner
and here's what Winaero says:
Disable Settings Header Banner in Windows 10 2004 and 20H2
Again probably the same. You may well have a later build than that on which these were tested.
I'd encourage you to search
remove settings header
remove settings banner
and see if you find anything else.
As with anything MS decides to deliver to users, there may or may not be a way to reverse it. If they hard code it, there won't realistically be a way.
Note: as I'm staying on 1903 for now, I don't see this header.
It's double stupid to be displayed to users who legally cannot participate in the Rewards program. I'd remove every last reference to it on my machines, if I could.
I could have sworn there was a simple switch to flip somewhere in privacy.
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