RE: [NTSysADM] Win10 1607 - Some installed programs don't show up to be uninstalled

[Melvin Backus]

I've seen some of the firewall endpoint clients that can only be removed via 
the firewall management interfaces.  I ran into that when we eval'd Fortinet a 
while back as I recall.  The policy will probably need to be adjusted to allow 
removal before you can do the upgrade.

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-----Original Message-----
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On 
Behalf Of Michael Leone
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 11:01 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] Win10 1607 - Some installed programs don't show up to be 
uninstalled

This is odd. I am running Win10 1607 at home, and I have the CheckPoint 
Endpoint Security client installed (08.50). Apparently, that is incompatible 
with 1703, as I can't install  the 1703 update.

Doing some searching, I see that there is a later client (08.70), specifically 
for use in 1703. Fair enough. I will ask my firewall guy on Monday, when he 
gets back from vacation, if the new client is compatible with our firewall. If 
so, I will upgrade the client at home, then I can upgrade the OS.

In the meantime, I went looking to uninstall the Checkpoint client.
And I don't see it in "Apps and Features" anywhere. Oh, it's installed, I see 
it in the system tray, and I've used it many times.

What's up with that? It's not showing in Apps and Features, it's not showing in 
"Manage optional features" (not that I expected it to). I have it set to show 
content from all drives (even though it's installed on drive C:).

What am I misunderstanding or missing here? Why am I not seeing an option to 
uninstall this anywhere?
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