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Removing Windows Apps sometimes leaves orphan "icons" in the startmenu
I removed the Windows Apps (3D Builder, Groovy etc.) using PowerShell and Remove-AppxPackage / Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage on our Windows 10 machines (64bit, some Home, some Pro) at home.
This worked satisfying enough, but for some (very few) local users the start menu entries for those apps are not removed. I refer to "All Apps" (the A-Z list of all apps).
Situation is like this:
- application is removed (checked with Get-Appxpackage in Powershell)
- start menu still refers to the Windows Apps with the text entry; it does not show the icon, but a coloured rectangle (sized like an icon)
- application cannot be started through this icon (as it is uninstalled)
(Screenshot shows the Maps (german: Karten) and Contacts (german: Kontakte) "icons")
I checked the usual places:
- C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\
- C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\
but of course there are no links to those Windows Apps.
Does anybody have a hint how to remove these orphan "icons" from the start menu (A-Z list)?
What makes Windows show those entries in the start menu's A-Z list?
Thanks for any hint.
Mario