How to escape from WinZip privacy protector occupying the entire screen?

[Roffen]

What can be done to stop the message that the "trial period of the WinZip privacy protector (that I never wanted) has expired" from occupying the entire screen?

Edited May 26, 2019 by Roffen
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[Roffen]

What I see is the screen filled by the message that the trial period of WinZip privacy protector (that I never wanted) has expired.

[dencorso]

Dump WinZip and use 7-Zip instead. 

[Roffen]

I don't know how WinZip got there at all, nor how to get rid of it. Is 7Zip free and easily available?

[Mcinwwl]

Yes, it is. Just download from here:

https://www.7-zip.org/

Choose 64 bit version for newer systems, like windwos 10, and 32 bit for Windows XP

[cdob]

2 hours ago, Roffen said:

I don't know how WinZip got there at all, nor how to get rid of it. 

Can you uninstall the  WinZip privacy protector app?

[Roffen]

Please tell me how to uninstall apps. In particular, Windows 10, so I can install whatever else I might want instead, say Windows 7. (Win 10 is of course not an app but I want to see it disappear from my machine.)

[cdob]

Repair or remove programs in Windows 10:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/4028054/windows-10-repair-or-remove-programs

 

Select the Start button, Settings and Apps.

[Mcinwwl]

Roffen, there are two ways of removing stuff "from" windows 10:

- If it is Store app, find it in start menu by simply typing it name, right click on it and press Uninstall.

- If it is a program, open control panel, then go to "programs and functions" menu, and from here you should be able to find it and uninstall

As for "Removing Windows 10", I think we already discussed it with you: We know that you love Windows XP, but you cannot install it on your current computer. You would need Pc old enough to support it.