Just a quick follow-up...

PC is up on W10 and scrubbed of many HP programs and trials. In addition to those listed, above, I uninstalled HP Client Security Manager. Windows Defender has served me...

@Compumind That looks reasonable. Thank you. I'll be back if there are any loose ends. 😉 The PC arrives in a week.

Thank you. I believe that is "Option Two" in the link I posted...
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When I click the link it goes to "reset" not "restore" and it says...
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Thanks!.
For Starters... I'd like to remove
HP Wolf Pro Security
HP Support Assistant
HP Smart Support
HP Connection Optimizer
HP JumpStarts
HP Privacy Settings
HP Desktop Support...

I'm getting a new HP PC with Win10Pro. I understand it is Win11 capable.

I want to rid it of all HP bloatware, so I'm thinking of doing a "reset" from the "troubleshooting" options, and loosing...

Alright. It ran. But there is far too much personalized content to share. If there is a specific log that would prove helpful, let me know. Thanks!

When I double-clicked the shortcut, a command window opened for a few seconds and then closed.

Is there another way to gather the data. I see nothing related in Event Viewer showing an "Error".

I did that. It doesn't run, and I get the error posted. Even tried Run As Administrator. I have tight security settings FWIW.

OK... Not perfect...


& : The term
' . \ resources\main.psl' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path...

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I completely forgot my previous posting, but now I have two additional installers that bear this problem... Configure Defender and DefenderUI.

What I didn't realize before, is that a complete...

Nearly every week, when installing a new application, or application upgrade, I get a pop-up saying that my Windows 10 version is unsupported. Some say I need 1809 or newer.

... but I have 20H2...

Interesting, but no other setup file is present. I expanded the exe using 7zip and scanned for version info. All I learned is that the installer is based on Inno Setup. Maybe it is outdated for new...

Some very good points made by all. Thank you.
pepanee ... I did try the "compatibility" setting you mentioned, but still I was unable to bypass the Windows version check.

Trying to install a program... shortly after the installer executable launches, a pop-up says that the program requires Windows 1809 or later... Clicking OK closes the installer. I have 20H2...

I just tried this. Rebooted and opened OneNote 2013... selected note and then "full screen". Edge did not launch and OneNote went to full screen. So far, so good.

I used HiBit Uninstaller to...

I prefer Edge over Chrome for my default browser, but recently it began occasionally auto-launching as if it were a first time install (Welcome to Edge). If I let it do that, I lose all my settings...

OK... but why not since setup is executed from the 64-bit image.

I have a 64-bit compliant PC running 32-bit Windows 10. Can I use repair install using a 64-bit Win10 image?

Seems like it should work... Comments?

Thanks for this thread. Twice in the past month I have rebooted and opened up Edge to discover it wants to act like a new install. There seems to be no way to avoid this, apart from closing the app....

Thank you. Very clarifying...

Exploring the 20GB partition, I discovered a file "DONOTREPLACE.txt" whose presence prevents upgrades from over-writing the original recovery partition.


That...

OK... so I can toss the 20GB "Restore" without issue? With this content...

My basic question is that since I am running Win10 v2004, can I delete partitions that seem related to the original Win8 install, such as the 900MB labeled Recovery partition that hosts Win8, and the...

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