Removing Candy crush From Windows 10 Apps folder

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Morgenmuffel

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#251393 23-Jun-2019 13:33

Ok, I have been running TreeSize on my computer, to help me clear some bloat, and i came across a game called Candy Crush that was installed.

So i went into apps and uninstalled it, the game has disappeared from my menus now, but it appears older versions are lurking in the

c:\Programfiles\WindowsApps

folder in fact it looks to be around 23 or so versions of the game, and I cannot get rid of them as i don't have access to the folder, infact it looks like I have to to take ownership of the folder if I want to remove the old versions,

So my question is, If i take ownership of the folder, will it stuff up windows store being able to use it?

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#2262942 23-Jun-2019 16:09

why are you not using powershell to remove this?

Balm its gone!

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#2262952 23-Jun-2019 16:31

Open powershell run the following:

Get-appxpackage "*king.com*" | Remove-appxpackage

Or run as an administrator and use -AllUsers if you have multiple accounts on Windows

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Morgenmuffel

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#2263002 23-Jun-2019 17:31

Ok I had tried powershell as an administrator, but it doesn't appear to do anything, i do have other accounts on the computer, so i did try the all users thing but that also doesn't seem to get rid of the old versions

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#2263079 23-Jun-2019 21:15

Morgenmuffel: ... So my question is, If i take ownership of the folder, will it stuff up windows store being able to use it?

tl;dr Yes OR Don't mess with that folder - Windows store will break

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#2263235 24-Jun-2019 09:48

Chances are, on the next Winupdate there will just be more crapware installed regardless, or it may even get re-installed anyway.

chasing your tail, clutching at straws sort of thing ?

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#2263655 24-Jun-2019 22:16

1101:

Chances are, on the next Winupdate there will just be more crapware installed regardless, ...

You can fight it.

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