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I had guesssed that that service, if it is there, maybe it has disappeared now the prompts have appeared, might be somehow related to this. I mention the service because I know that when news of the existence and purpose of KB3035583 first came out a while ago it was said that one of it's actions was to install a service called GWX. Once done, simply click on Ok and you'll be done Įdited by computerxpds, 03 June 2015 - 07:13 PM.Look for the GWX - Get Windows 10 icon, and in its drop down list, choose Hide icon and notifications.Click on the small upward arrow on the left side of your icon and tray and click on Customize.It will not remove it like the two methods above. This method will only hide the "Get Windows 10" app icon from the visible icon tray and move it to the extended one. Method 3 - Hide the "Get Windows 10" app icon

To re-enable it, simply right-click on these tasks and select Enable instead.

Close the Task Scheduler and restart your computer.

From there, right-click on each of the task below and select Disable.

Navigate to the following folder in the left pane: Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\Setup\gwx (you can list the content of the folders by clicking on the little arrow on their left).

In Windows 8.1 press on the Win key + S (or Win key + C keys and click on Search) keys to open the Search interface, enter Task Scheduler and click on it.

In Windows 7, click on the Start Menu, enter Task Scheduler then click on it.

The procedure has been modified to be more comprehensible and include instructions for both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Method 2 - Using Task Scheduler (credits to Dragonlady24 for the method and instructions) To enable it, simply check these entries back.

Restart your computer, and you're done.

\Microsoft\Windows\Setup\gwx\ refreshgwxconfig.

\Microsoft\Windows\Setup\gwx\ launchtrayprocess.

Entrie related to GWX (Get Windows 10) will appear.

Click on Options and uncheck Hide Microsoft Entries, then wait for Autoruns to load the additional entries.

Accept the EULA on opening, then wait for all the entries to load.

Extract the content of the Autoruns.zip folder where you want, then go in the folder, right-click on Autoruns.exe and select Run as Administrator.

Download Autoruns.zip from the Sysinternals Suite webpage.

Only Method 1 and Method 2 will prevent it from launching. To do this, follow the instructions below.Įdit: Added two other methods, one of which (Method 3) only hides it in the extended icon tray. In order to remove it, you simply have to remove it from the start-up (and it's in the Task Scheduler). Even thought you reserve it, it'll stay there. So a lot of people are complaining about the Windows 10 icon that shows in your icon tray after the KB3035583, which allows you to reserve your Windows 10 copy right away.