1511 to 1607 WSUS Upgrade - Return Of The Apps!

[sturgeo]

Not so long ago, in an office far away, a microsoft employee decided to make our lives very difficult...

 

So, like many others we build our machines using WDS. I took the install.WIM straight off the installation media, ran the removeapps.ps1 script to take out all the rubbish, sorted, a nice clean install.

Now comes the time to upgrade to 1607, partially to try and sort some issues and partially as i was a bit overzealous with the removeapps.ps1 script and removed the built in photos app... oops

 

Get our WSUS server sorted and push the update out, sure enough the photos app is back, yay, but so is all the other crap

 

I've tried the SetupConfig.ini PostOObe tricks, startup scripts, everything. Windows Store, Skype, 3DBuilder, etc keep coming back

 

Has anyone successfully done this update and managed to clean the system back up?

[datar_]

This is a problem that Microsoft are claiming to fix in the next version of Windows 10, probably 1611.

 

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/10/07/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-14942-for-pc/

 

Scroll down to "Improving the Upgrade Experience"

 

Improving the PC upgrade experience: Starting with build 14926, we announced that if you uninstall one of the preinstalled apps on Windows, that state will now be preserved after upgrade. With today’s build, we’re happy to let you know that we’ve taken that work a step further: after upgrading from 14942, if an IT-Pro has de-provisioned an app from your OS image (and you haven’t reinstalled it yourself), that provisioning status will now be preserved after upgrade, and the app will not reinstall. We appreciate everyone who shared feedback with us about this – if you have any other feedback about your upgrade experience, please don’t hesitate to log it – we’re listening!

 

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I'm quite eager to trial this in the wild!

 

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