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After disabling, I used the 'Reset Notification Icon' tool and the W10 icon is now gone from my list. Hope this comment helps.
Notification Area Icons - Reset
Last edited by Brink; 04 Jun 2015 at 20:15. Reason: added tutorial link for more info
miketh2005 - Thanks a lot for the YouTube info, it has worked just fine.
I spoke too soon !
After I restarted it had come back again. Microsoft have taken a out and out liberty here.
Last edited by FredM8; 04 Jun 2015 at 21:25.
Hello Fred,
The tutorial below may be able to help remove the taskbar icon for the Get Windows 10 app. :)
Get Windows 10 Icon - Remove from Taskbar in Windows 7 and 8.1 - Windows 10 Forums
OK thanks for that. I did option 4 followed by option 2. I have restarted my machine and it does not appear to have come back.
I simply zipped the contents of C:/Windows/system32/GWX, retaining the zip in that folder and deleting everything else. No more Win 10 nags.
I have shut down and restarted my machine a number of times since my last post, the dreaded Win 10 nag box has not come back ( So far )
Hello, this is installed from windows update KB3035583, if you find it in Add/remove programs "programs and features" try uninstalling, if it is not in the list (like what I had) you can disable the scheduled tasks entry as follows:
1. go to start type "scheduled tasks" Enter
2. in Scheduled tasks left pane click "Task Scheduler Library/Microsoft/Windows/Setup/GWX"
3. In the right pane, right click each entry and choose "Disable"
reboot and "Poof" gone