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Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me

From VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me
Date 2024-04-28 14:14 -0500
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"John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> wrote:

> John Hall wrote:
>
>> John C. <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> WROTE:
>> 
>>> Has anybody else experienced this problem (programs being uninstalled
>>> without permission)
>> 
>> I've been using 10 for about five years and, to the best of my
>> knowledge, have never had that happen. Could your anti-virus have
>> quarantined the program as suspicious without your being aware of it? It
>> might be worth checking.
> 
> That was about the first thing I checked. Nope, the program just
> disappeared.

With mention of anti-virus comes to mind possible other-actor malicious
action whether deliberate or accidental.

Have you enabled RDP to allow remote access to your computer?  Is Remote
Assistance disabled? See:

https://winaero.com/disable-remote-assistance-windows-10/

I disabled that long ago.  Don't need it, won't allow it, and disabled
it should there be any vulnerabilities.

Running any other remoting software (e.g., VNC, TeamViewer)?  I have
used both in the past, but never left them running (as a server to
accept new outside connects).

What you described I've not seen happen: suddenly installed programs
disappearing.  So, I'd make sure no one can remote into your computer to
perform accidental or malicious actions.  

There is one condition where I've seen programs disappear: a corrupted
Windows profile.  There are online articles on how to mend, but I
usually don't bother, create a new Windows profile, and start again.  In
fact, you can backup your Windows profile: run sysdm.cpl, Advanced tab,
User Profiles, Copy To.  

However, I resort to using an image backup to restore the drives back to
the exact state as before.  The backups are scheduled.  Relying on the
user to perform a backup means unreliable backups.  Do you have image
backups to which you could restore your computer to when you saw the now
missing programs?  You could try using System Restore, but that does not
revert the drive(s) back to their exact state as before.  Restoring from
image backups does.  If you don't do backups then nothing on your
computer is important.

If you already did a restore from backup, could be the backup from which
you restored was created before you installed the software or drivers.

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Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-25 03:57 -0700
  Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me Newyana2 <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2024-04-25 08:27 -0400
  Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me Peter Johnson <peter@parksidewood.nospam> - 2024-04-25 14:46 +0100
    Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-28 07:26 -0700
      Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-04-28 13:58 -0500
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        Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-29 05:53 -0700
  Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-04-25 14:30 +0000
    Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2024-04-25 08:51 -0700
      Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-04-25 13:32 -0500
        Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-28 07:34 -0700
          Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-04-28 13:53 -0500
            Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-29 06:15 -0700
            Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-04-29 12:00 -0500
    Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-04-25 17:47 +0000
      Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-28 07:42 -0700
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      Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-28 07:49 -0700
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  Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me John Hall <john_nospam@jhall.co.uk> - 2024-04-25 16:56 +0100
    Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-28 07:50 -0700
      Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-04-28 14:14 -0500
        Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-29 06:23 -0700
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  Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-04-25 12:44 -0500
    Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-28 07:56 -0700
  Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-04-26 02:13 -0400
    Re: Windows 10 is randomly removing programs without telling me "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2024-04-28 07:58 -0700
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