Jan 21 2021 06:38 PM
Jan 21 2021 06:38 PM
Hello,
Sometimes I have these PWA's and sometimes they just are stuck to the control panel. Either I reset the edge before uninstalling or such. Can't uninstall the form control panel and if try in windows settings, either crash edge or it just gives me an error.
This did happen when I was using edge last year but the only way to get rid of it was to uninstall edge and uninstall that app. It said something went wrong with the installation do you want to remove it? Since it was tied to that app but now that edge can't be uninstalled. I am stuck,
Thank you,
Shawn
Jan 22 2021 12:19 AM
Jan 22 2021 06:31 AM
Jan 22 2021 11:42 AM
@HotCakeX and @Deleted , you may also need to delete the registry key. If you installed some apps in the Edge 85 or 86 timeframe, we did have a bug with uninstall that could possibly leave entries behind. So after deleting the shortcuts, you should also search the registry for keys containing the name of the PWA you installed. For example: Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Packages\app.starbucks.com-E712A2E4_1.0.0.1_neutral__ce1v4kad3fj6t
-John
Jan 22 2021 11:48 AM
Jan 22 2021 11:54 AM
thank you, now i remember i used registry at some point to get rid of the leftovers.
reading your comment, I assume the problem is solved now? by that I mean I'm expecting Edge to automatically remove all installed PWAs during uninstall and don't leave them behind.
Jan 22 2021 12:47 PM
Solution@HotCakeX Yeah, we do not have any currently active bugs regarding PWAs failing to uninstall as expected now. The only risk now is potentially having old PWAs from before the bugs were fixed and those not getting updated correctly.
So if you see something uninstalling incorrectly, please do file feedback - we'd like to get it looked at asap.
-John
Jan 22 2021 12:53 PM
Jan 22 2021 02:16 PM
@Deleted it sounds like it should be fixed. thanks so much for submitting feedback and a video, it's really helpful to the team here to read the feedback and see the issue in action.
Thanks
Jan 22 2021 02:18 PM
Jan 22 2021 05:39 PM
EDIT: When I uninstalled New Tab , it was still showing in the startmenu and had to uninstall it from the windows settings to remove it. So the issues is still there, dont' have any feedback sent about that . Please pass on to the team
Jan 26 2021 08:56 AM
Jan 26 2021 11:01 AM
Jan 26 2021 11:05 AM
@Deleted
As the MSFT employee said, they fixed the issue, when I uninstalled Edge canary, I had lots of PWAs, but they all were uninstalled automatically with Edge, I chose the option to remove user data during uninstall process.
you can find Start menu items in this folder for manual removal:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
registry paths mentioned above
Jan 26 2021 01:40 PM
Jan 26 2021 01:45 PM
Jan 26 2021 01:49 PM
Jan 22 2021 12:47 PM
Solution@HotCakeX Yeah, we do not have any currently active bugs regarding PWAs failing to uninstall as expected now. The only risk now is potentially having old PWAs from before the bugs were fixed and those not getting updated correctly.
So if you see something uninstalling incorrectly, please do file feedback - we'd like to get it looked at asap.
-John