[1709, fcu] Remove Windows Apps

[karldenton]

Hi,

Does anyone have a script that removes the built in Windows apps.

 

I have tried the ones that come up in searches on here, which worked on 1511,1607 but on 1709 I get errors such as

 

Trying to remove Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection
Remove-AppxPackage : The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
At line:104 char:44
+ ...   Get-AppxPackage -Name $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
+                                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: ( [Remove-AppxPackage], FileNotFoundException
   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileNotFoundException,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveApp
  xPackageCommand

 

If anyone could help that would be great

 

Thanks

[jmak]

The one in post #158 in this thread works reliably for me:

 

https://www.edugeek.net/showthread.php?t=165029

 

Credit to @Arthur

 

Edit: hints on things that have caught me out:

 

Need to be run locally on a Win 10 x64 machine.

Permissions need to be set correctly

 

Instructions for both are in the thread.

Edited April 17, 2018 by jmak

[RLR]

I think I used this last time: https://github.com/Disassembler0/Win10-Initial-Setup-Script

 

Although I think most things can be disabled/hidden with GPO now?

[flyinghaggis]

I think I used this last time: https://github.com/Disassembler0/Win10-Initial-Setup-Script

 

Although I think most things can be disabled/hidden with GPO now?

 

Do you have a link on how to achieve this using Group Policy as it would be cleaner than having to script it?

Edited April 18, 2018 by flyinghaggis

[jmak]

Do you have a link on how to achieve this using Group Policy as it would be cleaner than having to script it?

The disadvantage of that is all of the windows 10 apps install on first login for each user, which can make it sllooowww. That's why I get rid of as many as I can before I deploy. YMMV