Is there a way to uninstall (not hide) the default games in 64-bitWindows 7 HPE?

I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.

Thank you in advance.
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On 10/08/2011 13:31, Ant wrote:
> I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.
>
> Thank you in advance.

The games (from Microsoft) installed by default with Windows 7 take up
negligible disk space.

I have many games installed by HP on my laptop which I'm not interested
in, but have never bothered to uninstall. If I needed to, it is pretty
straightforward via Control Panel | Programs and Features | HP Games.
Your setup should be similar, depending on who supplied your computer,
and who supplied the games.

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On 8/10/2011 7:31 AM, Ant wrote:
> I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.
>
> Thank you in advance.


Sure just click on Start - Control Panel - Programs and Features, then
on the left side click on the line that says "Turn Windows features on
or off". In the next window that opens just clear the check in the box
next to Games and click OK.


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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8:31:48 AM

On 8/10/2011 5:54 AM PT, Jeff Layman typed:

>> I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>
> The games (from Microsoft) installed by default with Windows 7 take up
> negligible disk space.
>
> I have many games installed by HP on my laptop which I'm not interested
> in, but have never bothered to uninstall. If I needed to, it is pretty
> straightforward via Control Panel | Programs and Features | HP Games.
> Your setup should be similar, depending on who supplied your computer,
> and who supplied the games.

Mine isn't an OEM since it is a business PC (Dell Studios XPS). I just
want to toss out stuff I will never use like Windows' default games.
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On 8/10/2011 6:31 AM PT, Roy Smith typed:

>> I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>
> Sure just click on Start - Control Panel - Programs and Features, then
> on the left side click on the line that says "Turn Windows features on
> or off". In the next window that opens just clear the check in the box
> next to Games and click OK.

Doesn't this only HIDE the games? I want to UNINSTALL the games from my
HDD and Start Menu.
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On 10/08/2011 15:48, Ant wrote:
> On 8/10/2011 5:54 AM PT, Jeff Layman typed:
>
>>> I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> The games (from Microsoft) installed by default with Windows 7 take up
>> negligible disk space.
>>
>> I have many games installed by HP on my laptop which I'm not interested
>> in, but have never bothered to uninstall. If I needed to, it is pretty
>> straightforward via Control Panel | Programs and Features | HP Games.
>> Your setup should be similar, depending on who supplied your computer,
>> and who supplied the games.
>
> Mine isn't an OEM since it is a business PC (Dell Studios XPS). I just
> want to toss out stuff I will never use like Windows' default games.

I'm not sure that you could uninstall them. But it might be possible to
delete C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games. You might have to take control
of the folder first, though. That would just leave some entries in the
registry, and perhaps something in the startup folder(s), that might
also need to be deleted.

It would be a good idea to do a disk image first, just in case...

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"Ant" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On 8/10/2011 6:31 AM PT, Roy Smith typed:
>
>>> I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Sure just click on Start - Control Panel - Programs and Features,
>> then
>> on the left side click on the line that says "Turn Windows features
>> on
>> or off". In the next window that opens just clear the check in the
>> box
>> next to Games and click OK.
>
> Doesn't this only HIDE the games? I want to UNINSTALL the games from
> my HDD and Start Menu.

I can't say for sure for all of the features, but at least for some of
them it will actually uninstall unneeded files. Quick enough to try,
and who cares if the games are still there anyway? It's not like they
take up enough space to matter...

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On 10/08/2011 19:08, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
> "Ant"<> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On 8/10/2011 6:31 AM PT, Roy Smith typed:
>>
>>>> I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>> Sure just click on Start - Control Panel - Programs and Features,
>>> then
>>> on the left side click on the line that says "Turn Windows features
>>> on
>>> or off". In the next window that opens just clear the check in the
>>> box
>>> next to Games and click OK.
>>
>> Doesn't this only HIDE the games? I want to UNINSTALL the games from
>> my HDD and Start Menu.
>
> I can't say for sure for all of the features, but at least for some of
> them it will actually uninstall unneeded files. Quick enough to try,
> and who cares if the games are still there anyway? It's not like they
> take up enough space to matter...

I thought that, too. Out of interest I checked the size of C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Games. Somewhat more than I anticipated - 142Mb.

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"Jeff Layman" <> wrote in message
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> On 10/08/2011 19:08, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
>> "Ant"<> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> On 8/10/2011 6:31 AM PT, Roy Smith typed:
>>>
>>>>> I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Sure just click on Start - Control Panel - Programs and Features,
>>>> then
>>>> on the left side click on the line that says "Turn Windows
>>>> features
>>>> on
>>>> or off". In the next window that opens just clear the check in
>>>> the
>>>> box
>>>> next to Games and click OK.
>>>
>>> Doesn't this only HIDE the games? I want to UNINSTALL the games
>>> from
>>> my HDD and Start Menu.
>>
>> I can't say for sure for all of the features, but at least for some
>> of
>> them it will actually uninstall unneeded files. Quick enough to
>> try,
>> and who cares if the games are still there anyway? It's not like
>> they
>> take up enough space to matter...
>
> I thought that, too. Out of interest I checked the size of
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games. Somewhat more than I
> anticipated - 142Mb.
>
Perhaps a bit more that I'd have expected, but this is Windows 7 after
all - last time I actually checked would have been Windows XP. For
some perspective, that is still a *very* small percentage of drive
space - remember, 2 terabyte drives have been available since the
launch of Windows 7, so even 1 terabyte drives were likely pretty
common (in desktops, anyway). That 142MB is less than 0.02% of a 1
terabyte drive. Even a typical laptop has better than a 250GB drive,
so still less than 0.1% of the drive...

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On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:49:08 -0700, Ant wrote:

> On 8/10/2011 6:31 AM PT, Roy Smith typed:
>
>>> I want to regain free disk space since I don't play them.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Sure just click on Start - Control Panel - Programs and Features, then
>> on the left side click on the line that says "Turn Windows features on
>> or off". In the next window that opens just clear the check in the box
>> next to Games and click OK.
>
> Doesn't this only HIDE the games? I want to UNINSTALL the games from my
> HDD and Start Menu.

Of course it removes the links from the start menu. But I agree with the
other people that it's a waster of time to worry about the small amount
of memory used.

Don't delete any files until *after* you uninstall, however. It can
create inconsistencies...

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