On 12/08/2015 12:42, Jeremy Whiting wrote: > 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 > Exactly so. A few minutes ago I found http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/6463/stupid-geek-tricks-how-to-open-the-start-menu-folder-in-windows-7/ - which refers to both 7 and 10. It advised me to open File Explorer and enter %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu - which took me exactly where you are indicating. I found and removed the KDE Release folder, rebooted, and my menu is now clean.
Thanks to you and Patrick for the help. Anne > 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 > _______________________________________________ Kde-windows mailing list Kde-windows@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-windows
