[1709, fcu] Remove Windows Virtual Reality Portal?

[Ksavage413]

So I've been looking into getting rid of this pesky program, as I don't fancy the kids having a way to potentially download 2gb of app data onto a PC at the touch of a button. We've recently moved from the LTSB build to 1709 after having trouble with start menus, and we've managed to strip away all the needed apps except for the following:

 

• Mixed Reality Portal
  
• Windows Defender
  
• Settings
  

I'm not looking to necessarily uninstall these programs, but simply get them off the start menu.

 

Any and all help appreciated.

[Steve21]

Doesn't seem to be any "supported" ways to do it, We've just added them to AppLocker to block them

 

Steve

[Ksavage413]

Doesn't seem to be any "supported" ways to do it, We've just added them to AppLocker to block them

 

Steve

 

I couldn't seem to find an application name to feed AppLocker for the Reality View Portal, unless it's named something vague and non-descriptive and I'm just being blind?

[Steve21]

If you do it from Windows 10 via local gpedit it'll show them all when you click and then use those

 

Mixed Reality Portal = Microsoft.Windows.HolographicFirstRun

 

 

Steve

[Ksavage413]

That's certainly blocked it, perfect. Thanks a bunch. Now if only there was a way to remove its presence from the start menu...

[mrwoberts]

There is a way to prevent the app being provisioned - totally unsupported I should add.

 

Basically, remove the Microsoft.Windows.HolographicFirstRun.... subkey from this location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Appx\AppxAllUserStore\InboxApplications

and it will be skipped during first login of any user.

@Arthur was the one who first told me about that method.