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  1. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #490

    Hello @tfwul,

    When the Uninstall button is grayed out, it's not supported by default since these would be apps used by the system.

    You can still use the commands in option 4 to uninstall the listed specific apps you want, but it's not going to hurt anything to leave them installed.
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  2. Posts : 868
    Windows 10 x64
       #491

    As always, many thanks Shawn!
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  3. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #492

    tfwul said:
    As always, many thanks Shawn!
    You're most welcome as always mate.
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  4. Posts : 23
    Windows 10, 64-bit
       #493

    PowerShell syntax incorrect


    For options 6 and 7, the commands for removing an app from all current accounts don't work on v1709 and later because they are missing the AllUsers flag after the remove command.

    The correct syntax is: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *NAME_OF_THE_APPX* | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
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  5. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #494

    jeffrey said:
    For options 6 and 7, the commands for removing an app from all current accounts don't work on v1709 and later because they are missing the AllUsers flag after the remove command.

    The correct syntax is: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *NAME_OF_THE_APPX* | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
    Thank you Jeffrey.

    That just may help make it work like it should.
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  6. Posts : 17,661
    Windows 10 Pro
       #495

    @Brink, about Option Eight Step 5:

    I am building a new, fresh deployment image on a Hyper-V VM. Clean installed EN-GB W10 Pro Build 19559, booted to Audit Mode as built-in admin.

    As has been my habit when building deployment images, I remove all Store apps except Store itself per instructions of this tutorial. However, now I get an error message:
    Uninstall Apps in Windows 10-image.png
    (Click to enlarge.)

    Is this something at my end, or can you confirm this PS command does no longer work?

    Kari
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  7. Posts : 68,668
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       #496

    Hello @Kari,

    Odd. I'm seeing the same error in a 18363.592 VM.

    The Microsoft Docs reference page below still lists Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers as an option. The command will run if you remove -AllUsers from the end, but it will only uninstall all apps except Microsoft Store for the current user instead of all users if you do.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...?view=win10-ps

    Maybe a bug?
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  8. Posts : 17,661
    Windows 10 Pro
       #497

    Brink said:
    Hello @Kari,

    Odd. I'm seeing the same error in a 18363.592 VM.

    The Microsoft Docs reference page below still lists Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers as an option. The command will run if you remove -AllUsers from the end, but it will only uninstall all apps except Microsoft Store for the current user instead of all users if you do.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...?view=win10-ps

    Maybe a bug?
    Thanks for confirming this.

    Kari
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  9. Posts : 23
    Windows 10, 64-bit
       #498

    Theory about AllUsers Parameter


    Based on the screenshot provided by @Kari, I think the "AllUsers" parameter might only work for apps that aren't "part of Windows" (e.g. apps that can be uninstalled by simply right-clicking them in the Start menu). For example, the "AllUsers" parameter works fine with the "built-in" Calculator app since Windows allows it to be uninstalled via right-clicking.

    If my theory is correct, the parameter would probably work fine for apps such as Calendar, Feedback Hub, Groove Music, Mail, Movies & TV, and Office but NOT Alarms & Clock, Camera, Connect, Get Help, Maps, Messaging, Microsoft Store, People, Photos, Video Editor, Xbox Game Bar, and Your Phone.
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  10. Posts : 1
    Windows 10
       #499

    @Kari The issue is that FilePicker is marked as a necessary app, unless I am missing something.

    I actually got the same error message.

    I figured that I could use this command instead (but it didn't work the way I expected):

    Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Where-Object {$_.name –NotLike '*store*' -And $_.name -NotLike '*FilePicker*'} | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers

    If I figure out the command, I will edit this post.

    - - - Updated - - -

    I couldn't see an edit button to my post, so I will just create a new post.

    It does indeed look like a -allusers bug.

    When I ran: Get-AppXPackage | where-object {$_.name –notlike '*store*'} | Remove-AppxPackage

    I got no errors...
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