Disabling Windows Compatability Telemetry

I found a surefire way to get ride of Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry, and you can fully delete it.

1. Go to C:\Windows\System32 where you will find compattelrunner.exe.
2. Right-click on it and select properties.
3. Go to the security tab.
4. Near the bottom, you will see a button that says 'Advanced'. Click it.
5. On the top of the new window that pops up, you will see 'name' and 'owner'.
6. Next to owner, you will see 'TrustedInstaller'. Press 'change' right next to that.
7. In the text box that says 'enter the object name to select (examples):', enter the email address that you sign into your computer with.
8. Press 'check names' to the right, and you should see your full name pop up next to the email address you entered.
9. Press 'ok', then press 'ok' to all the other windows we opened.
10. Right-click on compattelrunner.exe again, press Properties, go to the security tab and press Edit.
11. Select Administrators and check 'Full control'. Do the same for Users. Click ok, and ok again.
12. Lastly, right-click on compattelrunner one more time and press delete. You can keep it in your recycle bin if you wanna be cautious or delete from there, like I did.
13. That's it, you have now gotten rid of Microsoft's malware ;)

I guess you need to be a windows insider, I will update my post with that information. I disabled it in the task scheduler for now, we will see how long that works.

Go here to up vote the thread on windows feedback hub to disable telemetry: https://aka.ms/Opx055 please upvote this

I got "Your account does not have access to this feedback" when I tried to go to that link.

I can see other feedback items including "Email account is not syncing" which had 110,548 upvotes. Interesting, that; I had that problem too. I didn't upvote it though, because I found the fix; dump Outlook, use my Microsoft account only for the effectively required {grinds teeth}... logon account in Windows 10, and switch everything else to GMail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts.

But back to the subject at hand, I have to admit that somehow I've dodged this bullet. I made the changes recommended in Xircal and Bill Levinson's earlier posts and so far CompatTelRunner.exe has not re-reared its repulsive head.

Go here to up vote the thread on windows feedback hub to disable telemetry, you will need to be a windows insider: https://aka.ms/Opx055

This is a travesty!

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I guarantee this comment gets scrubbed.  But I PRAY that before it does, it helps some other poor sucker.

No, it won't get scrubbed. They never do that. At first I thought it was because they're being tolerant. Then I realized they simply, absolutely, unequivocally don't care.