In case it helps, looking at my windows 10 vm here I see my personal start menu is located at c:/Users/Jerem/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs
On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:40 AM, Jeremy Whiting <jpwhit...@kde.org> wrote: > Anne, > > What you are describing sounds like there's a folder and some dead > shortcuts left in the users start menu folder (or maybe the global > one, depending how kde was installed). You should be able to delete > the whole folder either from right clicking it in the start menu or by > finding that location/folder in windows explorer and deleting it. > > Hope that helps, > Jeremy > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Anne Wilson <cannewil...@googlemail.com> > wrote: >> On 12/08/2015 08:36, Patrick Spendrin wrote: >>> Am 11.08.2015 um 11:58 schrieb Anne Wilson: >>>> Hi. I have KDE installed on an older laptop which has just been >>>> upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The KDE apps are no longer >>>> used on that laptop (they are 2 years old), so I wanted to remove >>>> them, but all my efforts have failed. >>> >>>> They are not installed within the Windows Programs system, and I >>>> thought I remembered that they had to be uninstalled using the KDE >>>> Installer-GUI. I did that, and got messages that they were >>>> uninstalling, but coming back to the laptop afterwards I found that >>>> the command window with a message from kdewin4init (misremembered >>>> name?) still opens, and all the programs are back in the >>>> appropriate folders. >>> >>>> Since another family member will be using that laptop I need to >>>> clean it up, so what should I do to properly remove them? >>> >>> Try to open the windows task manager, navigate to the processes tab, >>> and close all KDE processes, that is kded4.exe, kdeinit4.exe... and >>> dbus-daemon.exe . >>> >> Hi, Patrick. Mostly got there, thanks to you. Windows 10 feedback below. >> >>> Then go to the installation directory and remove the complete >>> installation directory. >>> >> It is likely that Task Manager opens a page with only the user's >> processes showing. Deal with any KDE stuff there, then look for the >> link at the bottom of the page - More Details, I think it was called. >> That will open all the expected tabs, starting with Processes. >> >>> To cleanup also the user settings, open the explorer, and go to >>> %APPDATA% and remove the .kde directory. >>> >>> If removing a file fails, check that you really killed all processes >>> in question. >>> >> It took a few tries before I had found and killed everything, but I >> think I have now. Unfortunately the folder KDE Release and all the apps >> are still listed on the start menu though they appear to be dead. I'm >> working on finding the reason, and I'll report back if I find the cure. >> Hope it helps others. >> >> Anne >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kde-windows mailing list >> Kde-windows@kde.org >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows >> _______________________________________________ Kde-windows mailing list Kde-windows@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows
