Garacesh Posted December 10, 2015 Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) well initial impressions are good heres my default start menu note the lack of apps (i purposely left maps/calc/alarms as they could all be useful) [ATTACH=CONFIG]33843[/ATTACH] Maps and Calc I can agree with, but I can't see how alarms would be useful? Maybe it's just our kids here, but our kids like to set alarms to go off randomly on the iPads, I can expect they'll do the same with W10 too Edited December 10, 2015 by Garacesh
sted Posted December 10, 2015 Posted December 10, 2015 Maps and Calc I can agree with, but I can't see how alarms would be useful? Maybe it's just our kids here, but our kids like to set alarms to go off randomly on the iPads, I can expect they'll do the same with W10 too I was thinking more of teachers than kids tbh
ModeratelyGruntled Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 I've been trying to use this script for a little while now with varying levels of success: It doesn't remove Contact Support, Get Started or Windows Feedback, saying 'this app is part of windows and cannot be uninstalled on a per-user basis'. It also fails to remove the 'Sports' app but I can't see it when I run Get-Appxpackage or Get-AppxProvisionedPackage in isolation. Does anyone have any tips on getting rid of these? Also - how to hide the 'Windows accessories/administrative tools/powershell/system' folders from the start menu, ideally without redirecting the startmenu? Many thanks as always!
Garacesh Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) @ModeratelyGruntled (love the username, btw), my script which is slightly adapted from the one above is as follows: # Active Uninstalls $Packages = ( 'Microsoft.3DBuilder', # '3DBuilder' app 'Microsoft.BingFinance', # 'Money' app - Financial news 'Microsoft.BingSports', # 'Sports' app - Sports news 'Microsoft.BingWeather', # 'Weather' app 'Microsoft.CommsPhone', # 'Phone' app 'Microsoft.ConnectivityStore', 'Microsoft.Getstarted', # 'Get Started' link 'Microsoft.Messaging', # 'Messaging' app 'Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub', 'Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection', # Solitaire collection 'Microsoft.Office.OneNote', # Onenote app 'Microsoft.Office.Sway', # 'Sway' app 'Microsoft.People', # 'People' app 'Microsoft.SkypeApp', # 'Get Skype' link 'Microsoft.WindowsAlarms', # 'Alarms and Clock' app 'microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps', # 'Calendar and Mail' app 'Microsoft.WindowsPhone', # 'Phone Companion' app 'Microsoft.WindowsStore', # Windows Store 'Microsoft.XboxApp', # Xbox junk, unfortunately 'Microsoft.XboxGameCallableUI' and 'Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider' cannot be removed. 'Microsoft.ZuneMusic', # 'Groove Music' app 'Microsoft.ZuneVideo', # Groove Music 'king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga', # Candy Crush app '9E2F88E3.Twitter' # Twitter app ) #Unused uninstall identifers # 'Microsoft.Appconnector' # Not sure about this one # 'Microsoft.BingNews' # Generic News app # 'Microsoft.Windows.Photos' # Photos app # 'Microsoft.WindowsCalculator' # Calculator app # 'Microsoft.WindowsCamera' # Camera app # 'Microsoft.WindowsMaps' # Maps app # 'Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder' # Sound Recorder app Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object Name -In $Packages | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers | Where-Object Name -In $Packages | Remove-AppxPackage Mine does remove sports - are you sure you have the correct name? Microsoft.BingSports As for hiding start menu folders etc, I'm not wanting to use a third-party start menu if I can help it, but it's looking like it's the only option. The start menu is.. Difficult. It's not generated the same way it has been in previous versions and I've not yet found away to blanket-modify it for all users. Sorry. Edit: You can dig through policy and remove access to things like the control panel (which doesn't get rid of the settings button, but stops it doing anything) and the command line with Group Policy. Not the best solution, but you can at least lock it down. I presume there's an anti-powershell GPO too but I haven't had a proper look yet. Edited January 6, 2016 by Garacesh 1
JRowley Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Maps and Calc I can agree with, but I can't see how alarms would be useful? Maybe it's just our kids here, but our kids like to set alarms to go off randomly on the iPads, I can expect they'll do the same with W10 too Alarms has a timer and a stopwatch feature in it, so would be useful for staff.
ModeratelyGruntled Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 @ModeratelyGruntled (love the username, btw), my script which is slightly adapted from the one above is as follows: # Active Uninstalls $Packages = ( 'Microsoft.3DBuilder', # '3DBuilder' app 'Microsoft.BingFinance', # 'Money' app - Financial news 'Microsoft.BingSports', # 'Sports' app - Sports news 'Microsoft.BingWeather', # 'Weather' app 'Microsoft.CommsPhone', # 'Phone' app 'Microsoft.ConnectivityStore', 'Microsoft.Getstarted', # 'Get Started' link 'Microsoft.Messaging', # 'Messaging' app 'Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub', 'Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection', # Solitaire collection 'Microsoft.Office.OneNote', # Onenote app 'Microsoft.Office.Sway', # 'Sway' app 'Microsoft.People', # 'People' app 'Microsoft.SkypeApp', # 'Get Skype' link 'Microsoft.WindowsAlarms', # 'Alarms and Clock' app 'microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps', # 'Calendar and Mail' app 'Microsoft.WindowsPhone', # 'Phone Companion' app 'Microsoft.WindowsStore', # Windows Store 'Microsoft.XboxApp', # Xbox junk, unfortunately 'Microsoft.XboxGameCallableUI' and 'Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider' cannot be removed. 'Microsoft.ZuneMusic', # 'Groove Music' app 'Microsoft.ZuneVideo', # Groove Music 'king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga', # Candy Crush app '9E2F88E3.Twitter' # Twitter app ) #Unused uninstall identifers # 'Microsoft.Appconnector' # Not sure about this one # 'Microsoft.BingNews' # Generic News app # 'Microsoft.Windows.Photos' # Photos app # 'Microsoft.WindowsCalculator' # Calculator app # 'Microsoft.WindowsCamera' # Camera app # 'Microsoft.WindowsMaps' # Maps app # 'Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder' # Sound Recorder app Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object Name -In $Packages | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers | Where-Object Name -In $Packages | Remove-AppxPackage Mine does remove sports - are you sure you have the correct name? Microsoft.BingSports As for hiding start menu folders etc, I'm not wanting to use a third-party start menu if I can help it, but it's looking like it's the only option. The start menu is.. Difficult. It's not generated the same way it has been in previous versions and I've not yet found away to blanket-modify it for all users. Sorry. Edit: You can dig through policy and remove access to things like the control panel (which doesn't get rid of the settings button, but stops it doing anything) and the command line with Group Policy. Not the best solution, but you can at least lock it down. I presume there's an anti-powershell GPO too but I haven't had a proper look yet. Many Thankyous! That seems to work much better than the one I was using previously. Looks like the 'displayname' method is hit and miss, the wording of the apps in my script is pretty similar. I've read other threads around the start menu, looks like we're putting all our eggs in the software restriction policy/UAC basket. Which will do for now, I suppose. Appreciate the help! 1
ModeratelyGruntled Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 @Garacesh Is this script meant to remove the apps for all users? It only seems to have done it per-user. Are you running it at logon?
Garacesh Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 I don't know, and no. I haven't fully configured Windows 10 yet. I'm working on it bit-by-bit with the idea of a summer hols rollout. There's lots of stuff still needs uncovering. The start menu is one of my many woes so far that remain unresolved.
ModeratelyGruntled Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 OK no worries, I'll play about with it. Windows 10 seems to need about five times more configuration that Windows 7 did - I understand they've rewritten a lot of the base code but the basics like Start Menu and App deployment seems to be a rabbit hole (without SCCM or a MDM capable of handling App provisioning at least - I still might end up going down the SCCM route to crack this!).
Arthur Posted January 24, 2016 Posted January 24, 2016 So has anyone managed to remove these? I had a similar query. Flipboard and Minecraft, it turns out, are just shortcuts to the apps in the store. You can remove the tile, the app isn't on your machine. I suspect the same for Photoshop. I have posted a solution in this thread... www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-10/165029-how-get-rid-candy-crush-soda-saga-other-start-menu-junk-good.html 1
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