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How to completely uninstall Microsoft Family Safety?


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#1 ScarXL

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Posted 12 May 2017 - 09:40 AM

My OS: Windows 10 Pro x64

 

I am trying to run the setup for Age of Empires Gold Edition from my old CD but whenever I try to load the setup .exe a window pops up that says "Ask an adult for permission to run: Microsoft Age of Empires/Autorun"

 

How do I completely disable this family feature? I don't need it.

 

My account is an Administrator and it is connected to a Microsoft Account which doesn't have any family settings turned on, yet it still happens.

 

I tried disabling the following scheduled tasks:

 

Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\

 

FamilySafetyMonitor = Disabled

FamilySafetyRefresh = Disabled

 

I also tried ending WpcMon.exe process after and rebooting. It didn't work.

 

Ultimately I tried deleting "ParentalControls" folder from C:\ProgramFiles\WindowsApps and now it shows this error:

 

6b6f36e85d3442f2ad97047a83515edd.png

 

Any tips? I don't even use Family Safety.

 

The AOESETUP.exe file to install AoE is the only executable in which this happens. There may be more .exe files but so far this is the only one I ran that makes this show up.


Edited by ScarXL, 12 May 2017 - 09:59 AM.

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Posted 12 May 2017 - 10:00 AM

Hopefully this helps. Even though you do not use family safety it may be active.

 

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_security/family-safety-help/903fa963-76be-40fd-80cd-2e69f65ffe74

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/10555/microsoft-account-how-to-turn-off-family-features



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Posted 12 May 2017 - 10:24 AM

I already tried both of those, none of them helped. Thanks for replying though.


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Posted 12 May 2017 - 11:10 AM

Have you tried installing in Safe Mode?

 

Edit: If you enter Services is there a Windows Family Service? If there is disable it. It could be called Windows Live Family Safety.


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Posted 12 May 2017 - 11:18 AM

There is no service for Parental Controls or Family Safety, and actually, extracting the files from the CD to a folder and then trying to install from there works. But I can't get it to autorun.


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Posted 12 May 2017 - 11:22 AM

You mean you were able to install the program. I am not sure what you mean by getting autorun to work. If installed can you create a shortcut to the launcher on the hard disk?



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Posted 14 July 2019 - 05:41 AM

Hi

First of all, you'll have to be an Administrator, as it will require your Admin password more than once.
If you're younger than 16 I would advise you not to do this, I personally think your actions should be monitored by your parents, but of course l can't control you.

1. Navigate to C:\Windows\System32 You can copy/paste it into your file explorer.

2. Scroll down to Wpc and look for WpcMon.exe and WpcTok.exe. These are the files we'll be editing.

3. Right click on WpcMon.exe and go to the Properties. In there go to Security and click on Advanced

4. Where it says: Owner: TrustedInstaller, click on change.

5. Where it says "enter the object name to select (examples)" enter your windows user name and click "check names" and press okay (if you don't know your user name go to windows powershell and type, "$env:UserName" and it should tell you)

6. Now on the screen before, click on Administrators, click on Edit and tick the box for Full Control, then click on Ok. This will allow you to edit the file anytime.

7. Now click on change, next to your name (same as before) and in the same place as before paste: NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller click on Check Names and click on Ok.

8. Now do the exact same to WpcTok.exe as you did in steps 3-7 to WpcMon.exe

9. When you've done this, you're ready to edit the files. All you have to do is change the name of the file from the original to something else. (I changed them from WpcMon.exe to notWpcMon.exe but it doesn't really matter). I wouldn't delete them.

10. Now you can restart your computer and your computer should no longer be monitored
2 years late but works 100% of the time.

#8 GameTec_live

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Posted 16 February 2021 - 04:25 AM

Im way too late but for anyone who googled it like me and got to this post:

I wrote a programm that uses DaMan234 Method and makes it eysier to turn off and on!

 

https://github.com/GameTec-live/msfamdisable/



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Posted 13 June 2021 - 07:31 AM

If you don't feel like deleting Microsoft Family and just want to temporarily disable it, then I would suggest using "Win+R  / services.msc  / family features  /  properties /  start up type:disabled". This way whenever you feel like being a bad man, you can turn it off/on whenever. If you want to delete it completely, using I would suggest downloading IOBit Unlocker 1.1, especially if you mess with system files a lot. With IOBit, simply go to the exe files that DaMan234 mentioned, right click, open with IObit, press the little triangle next to unlock, and select unlock and delete. and you are done. 






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