Provisioned Apps Removal via GP script

[Drayton95]

Hello EduGeeks,

I am wondering if there is a way I can remove all the provisioned apps like 3D Builder, and Groove Music etc from my Windows 10 Education builds, without having to redeploy every PC at this school.

Is it possible to create a script that can remove these without having to ask for admin privileges?

This would decrease login time by a good 30 seconds for new users.

 

Also, would this be possible to run a separate script from Group Policy to remove apps on profiles that already exist on the local machines?

 

Regards,

Jake

[KK20]

removing provisioned apps will require admin privs I'm afraid but you can always do this as a computer GPO on startup. These sites had the basis for my script (particular to us so it wont be of use, just use the script from the site and add your own bits and pieces as required)

 

https://4sysops.com/archives/remove-provisioned-built-in-apps-in-windows-10/

https://deploymentparts.wordpress.com/2015/09/10/remove-builtin-apps-from-windows-10-reference-image/

Edited December 5, 2016 by KK20

[Drayton95]

Thanks for those I will give them a shot when I am next at the school (Friday) and update back.

[Drayton95]

So I've tried this script.

When I put it in a GPO as startup powershell script it does not seem to run, and I have a gut feeling it is because of the execution policy.

Is there a way to bypass this execution policy or auto accept it in the script?

[DavR]

PowerShell is useless out of the box, it won't run any of your own scripts.

 

You can change this behaviour in group policy - Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows PowerShell | Turn On Script Execution.