Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
 

I got brave yesterday and updated from 1803 to 1909 (8 hours to
finish).

So far everything seems to work mostly as before. I had to set
VirtualBox to open as administrator, reset folder view, etc.

Here is the first question: After the final reboot the update process
reported that Spybot S&D was "not compatible with this version of
Windows" and had been removed. However it was not removed. The icon
was there, and when I tried it, it seems to work just fine. Any
comments on this?

Second question: I see the little arrow is back on most of the desktop
icons. How do I remove this again?

-dan z-



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Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
 

On 08/12/2019 14:35, slate_leeper wrote:
Here is the first question: After the final reboot the update process
reported that Spybot S&D was "not compatible with this version of
Windows" and had been removed. However it was not removed. The icon
was there, and when I tried it, it seems to work just fine. Any
comments on this?
I had been of the understanding that S&D was not compatible with W10 but
the site says that it is compatible, so I just installed it (V 2.7) and
it seems to be working OK. Quess WinUpdate just didn't know how to
handle S&D, suggest reinstalling it to be safe.

Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
 

On 12/8/2019 7:35 AM, slate_leeper wrote:

Second question: I see the little arrow is back on most of the desktop
icons. How do I remove this again?


See
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-g...ows-windows-10

Or download and use Winaerotweaker at
https://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836

But I recommend that you do not do this. The arrow serves a useful
purpose: identifying a shortcut and differentiating one from other types
of files. Get rid of the arrows and you run the risk of someday deleting
an important file, thinking it was just a shortcut.



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Ken

Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
 

On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 09:50:52 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On 12/8/2019 7:35 AM, slate_leeper wrote:

Second question: I see the little arrow is back on most of the desktop
icons. How do I remove this again?


See
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-g...ows-windows-10

Or download and use Winaerotweaker at
https://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836

But I recommend that you do not do this. The arrow serves a useful
purpose: identifying a shortcut and differentiating one from other types
of files. Get rid of the arrows and you run the risk of someday deleting
an important file, thinking it was just a shortcut.


Thanks, Ken. I have decided to follow your advice. Windows used to
prompt about deleting a file vs. a shortcut, but it appears that no
longer happens.

The arrow does annoy my somewhat OCD mind, however....

-dan z-


--
Protect your civil rights!
Let the politicians know how you feel.
Join or donate to the NRA today!
http://membership.nrahq.org/default....ignid=XR014887

Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.

Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
 

On 12/9/2019 6:35 AM, slate_leeper wrote:
On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 09:50:52 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On 12/8/2019 7:35 AM, slate_leeper wrote:

Second question: I see the little arrow is back on most of the desktop
icons. How do I remove this again?


See
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-g...ows-windows-10

Or download and use Winaerotweaker at
https://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836

But I recommend that you do not do this. The arrow serves a useful
purpose: identifying a shortcut and differentiating one from other types
of files. Get rid of the arrows and you run the risk of someday deleting
an important file, thinking it was just a shortcut.


Thanks, Ken. I have decided to follow your advice. Windows used to
prompt about deleting a file vs. a shortcut, but it appears that no
longer happens.

The arrow does annoy my somewhat OCD mind, however....

You're welcome. Glad to help.



--
Ken

Windows 1909 update and Spybot S&D
 

On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 15:59:17 +0000, Patrick
wrote:

On 08/12/2019 14:35, slate_leeper wrote:
Here is the first question: After the final reboot the update process
reported that Spybot S&D was "not compatible with this version of
Windows" and had been removed. However it was not removed. The icon
was there, and when I tried it, it seems to work just fine. Any
comments on this?
I had been of the understanding that S&D was not compatible with W10 but
the site says that it is compatible, so I just installed it (V 2.7) and
it seems to be working OK. Quess WinUpdate just didn't know how to
handle S&D, suggest reinstalling it to be safe.

I had a program like that. PGP desktop always worked under Windows
10, but major upgrades to Windows 10 would refuse to install if PGP
was installed. I had to uninstall PGP, do the upgrade, and then
reinstall PGP. That worked every time, but I never figured out why. I
now use VeraCrypt instead of 10-year-old PGP, so the problem is
solved.