Chuckster Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 I've deployed the new 1709 update and it has installed a lot of apps. How do I go about removing apps that I don't want - is there a script that can be deployed at machine startup?
kennysarmy Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 Is n't the thread you need in the sticky section?
Arthur Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 How do I go about removing apps that I don't want www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-10/165029-how-get-rid-candy-crush-soda-saga-other-windows-10-start-menu-junk-good-7.html#post1620538 is there a script that can be deployed at machine startup? Best to remove them from the .wim before you deploy (or during OSD), rather than a startup script that runs every time to PC boots.
Chuckster Posted October 31, 2017 Author Posted October 31, 2017 I was hoping to negate the need of having to remove the apps prior to deployment. A startup script would help immensely in the interim until I look at building a golden image next year.
sted Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 just add a script to run once from mdt (or however you deploy it)
Arthur Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 I was hoping to negate the need of having to remove the apps prior to deployment. If you have MDT you can do it during deployment with the following script... www.scconfigmgr.com/2016/03/01/remove-built-in-apps-when-creating-a-windows-10-reference-image That's why I also mentioned OSD.
kennysarmy Posted November 1, 2017 Posted November 1, 2017 [ATTACH=CONFIG]45999[/ATTACH] incompatibilities everywhere! Better tell that to the 25% of NM's using it Windows 10 Education or LTSB - Which one are you using? - View Poll Results
Chuckster Posted November 1, 2017 Author Posted November 1, 2017 If you have MDT you can do it during deployment with the following script... www.scconfigmgr.com/2016/03/01/remove-built-in-apps-when-creating-a-windows-10-reference-image That's why I also mentioned OSD. I deployed the 1709 Fall Creators update via WSUS, therefore I need a startup script to remove the apps.
sted Posted November 1, 2017 Posted November 1, 2017 I deployed the 1709 Fall Creators update via WSUS, therefore I need a startup script to remove the apps. then you might want an if exist c:\iverunthis.txt goto end or similar in there as it dosent need to run every bootup
Chuckster Posted November 1, 2017 Author Posted November 1, 2017 @sted Do you have something that will remove the default apps and create an 'if exist.. go to end' script?
sted Posted November 1, 2017 Posted November 1, 2017 something like if exist c:\remapps.bat goto end Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Getstarted_4.0.9.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Messaging_2.7.1001.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_2015.7031.23501.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_3.11.7081.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Office.OneNote_2015.7167.57761.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.OneConnect_1.1605.17.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.People_2016.709.155.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.6.206.0_neutral_~_kzf8qxf38zg5c Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_2016.717.1015.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_2015.6965.41051.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweDism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub_1.3.1741.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.XboxApp_2016.728.453.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider_2016.719.1035.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2019.6.23041.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.ZuneVideo_2019.6.22511.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe copy \\dc\netlogon\remapps.bat c:\remapps.bat :end be aware thats a win 10 v1607 app removal script i dont have my 1709 to hand(or finalised ) so you will want to edit the packages it removes and test before deploying over a network
gerardsweeney Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) Anyone had this one? V1709 (no idea if it was a bug in earlier versions - I'd been looking at LTSB until the schools caught wind of how good 1709's On Demand Onedrive is) I've added a BAT which does the removal using DISM (I was being lazy, as we already have a BAT which runs various post-install things). It uninstalls the various bobbins (X-Box etc) - which is good, but.... The Start Menu tiles where the now uninstalled apps live are messed up. It now has. Create P~microsoft... P~microsoft_windowscommunications Play P~Microsoft.... Any suggestions? Ideally those which don't revolve around having to export and import a start menu Edited November 2, 2017 by gerardsweeney
kennysarmy Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 Anyone had this one? V1709 (no idea if it was a bug in earlier versions - I'd been looking at LTSB until the schools caught wind of how good 1709's On Demand Onedrive is) I've added a BAT which does the removal using DISM (I was being lazy, as we already have a BAT which runs various post-install things). It uninstalls the various bobbins (X-Box etc) - which is good, but.... The Start Menu tiles where the now uninstalled apps live are messed up. It now has. Create P~microsoft... P~microsoft_windowscommunications Play P~Microsoft.... Any suggestions? Ideally those which don't revolve around having to export and import a start menu I had all the P~microsoft...P~microsoft_windowscommunications issues which was the last straw in pushing me from Edu to LTSB - I spent a few days trying to get a consistent start menu with redirection but to no avail. Now with LTSB it works as I expect with a redirected start menu and desktop and users able to pin items to their own start menu too. Right click removed from the start menu too for safety!
Arthur Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 The Start Menu tiles where the now uninstalled apps live are messed up. Any suggestions? Applying a start menu layout will fix this. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/customize-and-export-start-layout#export-the-start-layout
gerardsweeney Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 I've gone with the suggestion on the sticky about adding a custom layout
gerardsweeney Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 I had all the P~microsoft...P~microsoft_windowscommunications issues which was the last straw in pushing me from Edu to LTSB - I spent a few days trying to get a consistent start menu with redirection but to no avail. Ironically - I was planning on going with LTSB. Then I read about the integrated OneDrive "On demand" where it uses markers rather than a full synch. Most schools in Scotland have access to Glow - a Onedrive/Sharepoint based Scotland-wide educational resource. For that reason, the schools have been desperate to use OneDrive, but we've always resisted because of the horror that would be hundreds of users synching anything up to 1Tb of stuff across multiple PCs each period. Having had a dabble with 1709 and the latest OneDrive client, I rewrote my plans. On Demand is only available for 1709. Now I just have the arseache of dealing with all of the other dreck built into full-fat Win10
westdj Posted November 8, 2017 Posted November 8, 2017 Ive managed to get the Start Menu layout xml working, but how do you remove the GetOffice start menu shortcuts, they keep re-appearing.
CraigM Posted November 9, 2017 Posted November 9, 2017 One thing I noticed in the past week while preparing my own 1709 image for deployment: removing one or more certain apps ended up breaking the Photos and Store apps. Trying to register them again from Powershell indicated that a certain .NET runtime package wasn't there (v1.4). I trimmed my app removal script and tried again with a fresh image, this time I was successful with Photos and Store apps working as expected. One of these has to be the culprit for removing that .NET runtime package: Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay, Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider, Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay and/or Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI Just a head's up and hope this helps someone avoid this issue for their own builds.
Arthur Posted November 9, 2017 Posted November 9, 2017 One thing I noticed in the past week while preparing my own 1709 image for deployment: removing one or more certain apps ended up breaking the Photos and Store apps. Trying to register them again from Powershell indicated that a certain .NET runtime package wasn't there (v1.4). I trimmed my app removal script and tried again with a fresh image, this time I was successful with Photos and Store apps working as expected. One of these has to be the culprit for removing that .NET runtime package: Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay, Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider, Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay and/or Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI Just a head's up and hope this helps someone avoid this issue for their own builds. I noticed the exact same thing while testing 1709, but have been unsuccessful in finding the culprit app. When you try to open the Windows Store the following error appears in the Event Viewer. Activation for Microsoft.WindowsStore_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App failed. Error code: Install failed. Please contact your software vendor. Activation phase: Deployment App removal worked perfectly with 1703. Time to do some more testing!
sted Posted November 9, 2017 Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) i removed xbox all of them and photos still worked fine on my test computer my removal script below Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.GetHelp_10.1706.1811.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Getstarted_5.11.1641.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Messaging_2017.815.2052.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_2017.715.118.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_3.17.8162.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Office.OneNote_2015.8366.57611.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage/PackageName:Microsoft.OneConnect_3.1708.2224.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.People_2017.823.2207.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.18.596.0_neutral_~_kzf8qxf38zg5c Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_2015.8241.41275.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub_1.1705.2121.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI_1.8.24001.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.XboxApp_31.32.16002.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay_1.20.25002.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider_2017.605.1240.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay_1.17.29001.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2019.17063.24021.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe Dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.ZuneVideo_2019.17063.24021.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe pause Edited November 9, 2017 by sted 1
Arthur Posted November 9, 2017 Posted November 9, 2017 i removed xbox all of them and photos still worked fine on my test computer my removal script below Does the Windows Store still work too?
sted Posted November 9, 2017 Posted November 9, 2017 Does the Windows Store still work too? yes but ive never thought removing that was a good idea
Arthur Posted November 9, 2017 Posted November 9, 2017 yes but ive never thought removing that was a good idea Thanks for confirming. I don't remove the Windows Store either. It's annoying how removing other apps broke it for me in 1709. MS must have changed something?
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