Removing dead icons from Start menu All Apps

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Hi all

Just joined here as seems like a great place to hang out and learn as well as hopefully be able to help

So here is a problem I can't seem to resolve after weeks of searching as well as experimenting at home. After disabling and uninstalling Cortana, Edge and others as well as Search I ended up with 2 dead icons in the All apps menu one for Search and one for Edge. When I drag the Search icon to the desktop it's named as:
@{Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.4.8.176_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewyms-resource--Microsoft.Windows.Cortana-resources-TileDisplayName} but not sure I want to start deleting various reg entries where this shows. I also tried in all the usual places where the shortcuts are supposed to be but nothing worked and the icons are still there so wondering if anyone has an idea how they can be removed if at all. It's more of a cosmetic problem as I have no issues with Windows 10 x64 pro otherwise

 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Running Windows10 Pro 64 bit.

 

Search is not in my start menu all apps list.

 

If it helps you any, the start menu apps are found here:

 

C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\Packages

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have search icon pinned to taskbar, and IE set as default.  "Maybe" this is why they aren't in my all apps list?

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks RedneckDude. I've searched through every possible location in my user profile and Windows in general and removed any search icons I could find as well as removed any folders with Cortana as I tweaked her out of the system (Nothing is broken so far) When I right click the Search entry I can only pin to start which doesn't change anything. I have another desktop I use for experiments and it has the same shortcut and so far I have not been able to find how to remove it

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

One thing I noticed is when I enable the The hidden built-in elevated Admin account on the 2nd desktop and log in the shortcut is not there but so far I'm not able to suss out what is the difference between the accounts.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

For people looking for a solution to the same problem have a read of the thread on tenforums which works great

http://www.tenforums.com/software-apps/25406-removing-dead-icons-start-menu-all-apps.html