How Do I Get Rid Of PC APP Store

[axel]

I mistakenly installed PC APP Store which bombarded be with adverts and took over my browser. I installed the free version of Malwarebyes which quarantined all of the trash and restored my PC and browser.

PC APP Store no longer appears in the App List when I click Start/Apps, but when I go to Settings/Installed Apps it is still there and the uninstall button is greyed out. How can I uninstall this nuisance and totally remove it from my PC. I have deleted the files that were quarantined by Malwarebytes?

 

[Glanza]

Revo uninstaller

 

[hamesy]

+1 for Revo

When uninstalling, let Revo do a full scan to make sure it gets everything

 

[throwaway4372]

Clean windows install.

You can do the above comments but you'll never be sure, gotta nuke it from orbit.

 

[axel]

Tried Revo and it cannot find the App. Tried typing the name in the search field of the uninstaller and got no results. The Scan option only appears when you select the junk file cleaner and it removed dozens if not hundreds of temp files, but PC App Store is still showing in my Settings/Installed Apps list.

 

[hamesy]

What's the app called?

 

[axel]

PC App Store

 

[RavenLunatic]

This might be madness but you could try re-installing PC App store and then run Revo uninstaller. It might find the programme and all the bits left behind. I have no Idea if it would work but if you have nothing to lose it might be worth a shot.

 

[freddie64]

This might be madness but you could try re-installing PC App store and then run Revo uninstaller. It might find the programme and all the bits left behind. I have no Idea if it would work but if you have nothing to lose it might be worth a shot.

Was gonna sugest the same.

 

[axel]

Was gonna sugest the same.

I agree madness! It is doing no harm at the moment so I will find a way to get it off the Apps installed list which is simply annoying, or I will just let sleeping dogs lie!

 

[Removed User 345456]

Reformat your drive, install linux.
Done.

 

[RavenLunatic]

It just occurred to me a less mad option could be using CCleaner. It has an uninstall tool that can delete programmes from the installed apps without going through the normal uninstall. Go to tools > Uninstall > Select PC App and then delete. I think this will do what you want.

 

[ED209]

You could give this a try.

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility 7.2​

I have used it in the past

Download Windows Installer CleanUp Utility - MajorGeeks

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility can remove Windows Installer configuration information on failed installs. This helps if you try to install the program again, but you are unsuccessful. Or, maybe you have problems trying to remove an old program because the installation files are corrupted.

www.majorgeeks.com

Or Another is O and O App Buster

O&O App Buster removes Windows Apps you don’t want. Freeware.

O&O AppBuster gives you the control back over your Windows again! Now you decide which apps you want on your computer.

www.oo-software.com

But as some have said the only way to make sure its fully gone is a clean install or restore an image to a time before this happen

 

[fail at the internets]

the windows store? you can use a powershell command

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

the windows store? you can use a powershell command

No
Think they mean this
Obviously deliberately chose a name
That sounds like windows app store

PC App Store Unwanted Application

www.pcrisk.com

 

[axel]

Solved, I had to find the folder in the registry and delete it. Nothing else worked or found it including, Revo, Everything, Ccleaner, Adwcleaner, Minitoolbox.