Seriously it seems obvious . . but not. It came up the way, say, a search for "PC settings" comes up . . you'd expect those to come out of the search when no longer available . .and maybe they do with a proper uninstall. I uninstalled a lot of HP apps and bloatware and they didn't come up like...
I. Am. A. Dipstick.
Cleared search history under Search Settings. Problem solved.
Sometimes the solution really is the most obvious.
Thanks for the help anyway, guys.
Interesting. It doesn't show up under Files or Settings. Only "Everywhere." That seems like a clue . . not sure of WHAT tho.
There it is! I've capped the search, and the result when you click, attached here.
By the way. . I reinstalled the software. That same icon was there (after...
I did the rebuild of the index. And I just tried Revo . . it doesn't offer anything for programs already installed. I'm going to try to install the app again and use revo to uninstall it.
I don't think it is residual files. In fact when I click the item in search, it is missing. The Program Files (and the x86 variant) was the first place I looked. There's no HP folder or anything that looks like coolsense--I've been removing other HP bloatware and yes I had to remove resitual...
This is a minor issue but it is bugging me. I have uninstalled "HP Coolsense" from my PC and can't find a reference to it anywhere. But it still shows up in my windows search (the one that shows up from the right) . . with an icon and everything (unfortunately I can't snip that but I could the...