Remove ads from Windows 8 apps

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by 1337chaos, Mar 10, 2013.

  1. 1337chaos

    1337chaos MDL Novice

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    Try not running it as admin. The AdRemover.bat should run fine without being admin. It's the TakeControlOf.cmd that needs to be admin.
     
  2. uffbros

    uffbros MDL Senior Member

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    I tried it without adm rights after it didn't work..Still the ads appear.
     
  3. alicepattinson

    alicepattinson MDL Member

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    Of course, it takes longer with so many apps :voodoo:
     
  4. ranx91

    ranx91 MDL Novice

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    thanks...i run the script without admin rights and now ads are disappeared!!!
     
  5. uffbros

    uffbros MDL Senior Member

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    Ads still showing for me..I've done every way described 50times.........How can it work for1 and not another?????
     
  6. m0st_want3d

    m0st_want3d MDL Novice

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    I unziped it, run first file as admin, worked. Then i started as Admin the second file and it said " cannot locate files". Then i ran without Admin and it said "1 file copied" and that several times.

    So far Skype had an ad, it is now gone, the frame though is still visible. WIth Skyscanner, the ad is still there. So far havent found any other ads anymore. Seems to work... sometimes

    Great work thoug :) Happy to finally found a solution. Ill try other apps and post them :)
     
  7. Dave45

    Dave45 MDL Senior Member

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    worked great here thank you so much :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
     
  8. MrMagic

    MrMagic MDL Guru

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    Only tested it on the weather app and it removed the ad but left the placeholder border

    Great work though, always a fan of anyone helping to remove ads from our lives
     
  9. 1337chaos

    1337chaos MDL Novice

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    I've tried everything I possibly could to remove the frame of the ads in the default apps (weather, sports, etc) but I've come to believe that they're hard coded into the app itself. The best I could do was remove the ads. Too bad the frames won't go away though.
     
  10. 1337chaos

    1337chaos MDL Novice

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    #30 1337chaos, Mar 27, 2013
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    Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into Skyscanner and see what I can do!

    EDIT: Updated to v0.5 with support for Skyscanner. :)
     
  11. ray1222

    ray1222 MDL Novice

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    On March 29, when opening the xbox games (solitaire; daily challenges), there was an update requested. After completing the update, the ads returned. After running both the TakeControlOf.cmd and the AdRemover.bat files (0.5), everything works fine again. I did notice, however, in the blank box there was a message saying that you could now update to a "premium" version of the program without ads, giving you a prompt to click on it. It seems like they are at least giving the option now, should you want to pay for it.
     
  12. 1337chaos

    1337chaos MDL Novice

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    That's nice that they at least give you the option. My biggest problem with ads is that they force you to see them whether you want to or not most of the time.
     
  13. aurise

    aurise MDL Novice

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    Excellent it works good
     
  14. ray1222

    ray1222 MDL Novice

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    Well, they updated again and no luck running the AdRemover.bat file again now. Can you please look at it again, 1337chaos? I know this may end up being a "cat and mouse" situation with MS, so maybe you could post an explanation on how we might be able to help keep this up to date; e.g., which files need to be altered and what to look for in the files? Again, this refers to the MS Daily Challenges, Solitaire, Win 8. Thanks very much.
     
  15. Misaki2010

    Misaki2010 MDL Addicted

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    Worked for me, thank you, unfortunately it only removed the ad image, the frame is still there, is it supposed to be like this or should it all be removed, if you need a screenshot I can post one.

    Also, IM+ still has the ad when you go to a conversation window.
     
  16. Shenj

    Shenj MDL Expert

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    Considering that most of the stuff is rendered through IE, the frame is actually a "feature", you could probably patch it out universally, not per app.
     
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  17. Misaki2010

    Misaki2010 MDL Addicted

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    Oh, I understand... well at least the frame doesn't do anything if you click on it. So yeah, everything's great at the moment :) Thanks Shenj for the reply
     
  18. martin_yo

    martin_yo MDL Novice

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    how to restore the takeown coz after run the batch all my apps don't run...please help me...
     
  19. xosin

    xosin MDL Novice

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    Rain Alarm, continuous advertising.
     
  20. 1337chaos

    1337chaos MDL Novice

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    Sorry for being away for so long. I've updated to the newest version of Solitaire, and I see no video ads still, but yes, I do see a image ad in the Daily Challenges again. I'll update the script within the hour to remove it.

    I've tried IM+ with the current version of the script, and it removed the ad for me. Try updating to the current version.

    I can't get Rain Alarm to run without crashing after 5 seconds. This is with, and without my script. I'm not sure if it just doesn't like virtual machines, or what. In the 5 seconds that it does run though, all 4 of the ads on the right side of the screen are removed by the newest version of the script though. Try it out.