If you’ve applied a major update to Windows 10 recently, you might notice that a couple of your apps have gone missing. It’s not a bug. Windows 10 is removing apps it considers incompatible or outdated.
As tech site the How-To Geek points out, critical Windows 10 updates (like the big November update) sometimes remove apps from users computers. On my own machine, I found that system information tool Speccy was no longer on my computer. Other users are reporting that apps including CCleaner, HWMonitor and CPU-Z are also missing after an update.
It’s unclear why Windows is doing this right now. While the primary theory is that the upgrade is removing outdated apps and drivers, Microsoft hasn’t officially commented on the reasoning behind it. For now, if you want your apps back, you’ll have to reinstall them manually. Check out the How-To Geek’s post for more details on how to potentially recover your files as well.
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2 responses to “Windows 10 Updates Are Deleting Some Apps Without Notifying Users”
*next weeks email from M$: “New apps from Microsoft, including a free cleaner, a system information app, hardware monitoring and other functional tools. Now with only 20 percent of the screen packed with adds”
What I could totally imagine receiving soon.
I would like maybe an update or follow-up article on this about what those respected software makers have to say about all this. Is it true? is speccy really incompatible with the latest win10 update (i highly doubt it).
My Speccy is still here.