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Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro

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On Tue, 1/21/2025 8:42 AM, John C. wrote:
> I did a repair reinstall a few days ago and noticed that now I have
> "Windows Fax and Scan" listed on my Start Menu. And when I click on the
> shortcut, it actually runs. It has created a subfolder in my Documents
> folder which is simply named "Fax". I don't want that folder and also
> want to completely remove "Windows Fax and Scan" (which henceforth I
> will refer to as "WFAS") from my computer.
> 
> Yes, my copy of Windows 10 Pro is fully updated as I write this.
> 
> The only method I've found available for getting rid of WFAS is the
> following:
> 
> 1. Open Settings
> 2. Click on System
> 3. Click on Optional features
> 4. Click on the "Windows Fax and Scan" listing
> 5. Click on Uninstall
> 
> I did all this, but although WFAS disappeared from the Optional features
> list, it did nothing to remove the "app" or whatever the hell it's
> called. The shortcut is still there in my Start Menu and clicking on it
> opens WFAS. The Fax subfolder is still present in my Dcuements folder.
> 
> By the way, before attempting to use this method, I saw that WFAS is no
> longer listed here:
> 1. Open "Programs and Features"
> 2. Click on "Turn Windows features on or off"
> 3. Click on the plug sign next to "Print and Document Services"
> 
> WFAS used to be listed here, but it isn't now. I read somewhere on the
> internet that it was removed by an update.
> 
> Like most people these days, I don't have a land line so having WFAS
> installed is bullshit. And I don't want it taking over my scanner's
> ability to scan, which I've read that somebody experienced as a problem.
> 

You can send FAX over VOIP, but only at 9600 baud, not at 14400 baud "Fine".

This is what makes the spool dialog for the FAX server. It's not listed
in Apps, nor in Programs and Features. By removing the tick box, they
removed the ability to remove it !

Microsoft Windows Fax Client     WFS.exe

The *only* removal method was

    Programs and Features :
       Windows features :
          Print and Document services :
             Windows FAX and Scan          <=== This is "gone" so "cannot be UNTICKED" :-/

Google and see if you can find a recipe.

It is somehow related to    windows fax-and-scan-client-applications
but the path is shortened
so I'm only guessing at the name.

When you find WFS.exe in WinSxS, that will give you the path name to consider.

Note that file pointers exist in two places. WinSxS would have a "master copy"
while System32 has a hardlink to that. If you are thinking of deleting it,
the various materials are in two places.

I do not see an installer material, for Programs and Features to use to install
and uninstall it, as otherwise I'd tell you to do it manually. There must be
one... somewhere in there.

   Paul

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Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-21 05:42 -0800
  Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-21 09:19 -0600
    Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-21 20:07 +0100
      Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-21 13:52 -0600
        Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-01-21 20:46 -0600
          Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-01-22 00:29 -0600
            Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-22 16:38 +0000
            Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-01-22 23:46 -0600
          Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-22 13:42 +0100
            Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-01-22 23:49 -0600
              Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-23 10:44 +0100
                Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-01-23 14:21 -0600
    Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-22 08:14 -0800
    Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-01-22 17:51 +0000
  Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-21 11:12 -0500
  Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-21 16:25 +0000
    Re: Unable to remove "Windows Fax and Scan" from Windows 10 Pro "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-24 03:29 -0800

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