Windows 10 SCCM Imaging - Task Sequence - Remove all modern apps

[ITManLT]

Hello All,

 

I hope you are all doing okay and staying safe in the current times.

 

As it's "half term break" in some capacity now, I'm trying to look into speeding up our logon times.

I've made a default profile following the James Rankin guide and placed it on the NetLogon share. This did make a difference to the first logon times which was good.

 

I'm aware that what takes the time during the logon is the "Preparing Windows" stage where it sets up databases and file/folder structures for each modern app.

 

I'm just curious as to what scripts we should run during the SCCM task sequence to remove these Windows 10 apps so that the fewer there are there to configure, the quicker the logon process.

 

If you could share any useful imaging scripts you are using that would be great.

 

Many Thanks,

ITManLT.

[2097]

I do a few

 

RemoveApps.ps1 which has a XML document in which you list what you want removed see http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus

 

I remove the following

 

Microsoft.BingWeather

Microsoft.GetHelp

Microsoft.Getstarted

Microsoft.Messaging

Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer

Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub

Microsoft.MixedReality.Portal

Microsoft.Office.OneNote

Microsoft.OneConnect

Microsoft.People

Microsoft.Print3D

Microsoft.SkypeApp

Microsoft.Wallet

Microsoft.WindowsAlarms

microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps

Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub

Microsoft.WindowsMaps

Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI

Microsoft.XboxApp

Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay

Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay

Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider

Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay

Microsoft.YourPhone

Microsoft.ZuneMusic

Microsoft.ZuneVideo

Microsoft.WindowsCalculator

Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection

Microsoft.Windows.Photos

Microsoft.WindowsCamera

 

 

I also import the start menu to the default profile

 

Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath .\Start.xml -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\

 

Also the following

 

Copy shortcuts for the start layout / Copy the layout modification / Replace the images for the login screen / Remove some directorys not needed

 

xcopy "StartMenu\Shortcuts\*.lnk" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" /e /c /y /h

xcopy "LayoutModification.xml" "C:\users\default\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\shell" /e /c /y /h

xcopy "Images\*.bmp" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures" /e /c /y /h

xcopy "Images\*.png" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures" /e /c /y /h