Win 10 Th 2 Automatically Reinstalls All Previously-Removed Apps

Hi,

I'm not usually on Microsoft's side but in this one I don't see how it can behave differently. The installer has to install everything it is supposed to install. If it's already there, replace it. If it's missing, put it back.

Bottom line being, the user has once more no choice but to accept whatever MS thinks is best for them, not us.

Cheer,

lx07. Thank you very much for this routine. It saves so much time.

lx07 said:

Easy to automate if you want to (I do this to save space as I have very small ssd)

Code:

$apps=@(     
    "9E2F88E3.Twitter"
    "ClearChannelRadioDigital.iHeartRadio"
    "Flipboard.Flipboard"
    "king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga"
    "Microsoft.3DBuilder"
    #"Microsoft.Appconnector"
    "Microsoft.BingFinance"
    "Microsoft.BingNews"
    "Microsoft.BingSports"
    "Microsoft.BingWeather"
    "Microsoft.CommsPhone"
    "Microsoft.Getstarted"
    #"Microsoft.Messaging"
    "Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub"
    "Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection"
    "Microsoft.Office.OneNote"
    "Microsoft.Office.Sway"
    "Microsoft.People"
    "Microsoft.SkypeApp"
    "Microsoft.Windows.Phone"
    "Microsoft.Windows.Photos"
    "Microsoft.WindowsAlarms"
    #"Microsoft.WindowsCalculator"
    "Microsoft.WindowsCamera"
    "Microsoft.WindowsMaps"
    "Microsoft.WindowsPhone"
    "Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder"
    #"Microsoft.WindowsStore"
    "Microsoft.XboxApp"
    "Microsoft.ZuneMusic"
    "Microsoft.ZuneVideo"
    #"microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps"
    "Microsoft.MinecraftUWP"
    "ShazamEntertainmentLtd.Shazam"        
)

foreach ($app in $apps) {    
    Get-AppxPackage -Name $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
    Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $app | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online
            
    $appPath="$Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\$app*"
    Remove-Item $appPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction 0
}

Windows 10 Users Upset About Microsoft Resetting Default Apps Over and Over Again
Threshold 2 changed default apps to the original Settings

Some of the Windows 10 Threshold 2 users who installed the latest cumulative update claimed it reset their default apps, configuring apps such as Edge and Groove as the one choice for browsing the web and listening to music.

This isn’t the first time this is happening, and Threshold 2 itself did the same thing, while other early Windows 10 adopters claimed similar changes had been made by other cumulative updates too.

But enough is enough, more and more users say, and complaints posted in the Windows 10 Feedback app pretty much speak for themselves, with hundreds of users voting for them to show Microsoft that updates for the new operating system should not reset default apps.

“Please STOP changing my default programs and apps with every upgrade. If I want to use Adobe instead of Edge, that should be MY CHOICE NOT YOURS. This is still MY computer,” one such suggestion that has more than 160 votes in 2 weeks reads.

For example, prompts are now displayed whenever users try to change default apps, with messages specifically supposed to convince them to take them for a spin.

Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/windo...n-496747.shtml

Sprite said:

lx07. Thank you very much for this routine. It saves so much time.

i also found that if you use classic shell
you can uninstall all of these
just by right clicking...

some of these you can't... like this...



but it looks nice just to see it...

you also get a nice start menu too...

lx07 said:

Easy to automate if you want to (I do this to save space as I have very small ssd)

Code:

$apps=@(     
    "9E2F88E3.Twitter"
    "ClearChannelRadioDigital.iHeartRadio"
    "Flipboard.Flipboard"
    "king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga"
    "Microsoft.3DBuilder"
    #"Microsoft.Appconnector"
    "Microsoft.BingFinance"
    "Microsoft.BingNews"
    "Microsoft.BingSports"
    "Microsoft.BingWeather"
    "Microsoft.CommsPhone"
    "Microsoft.Getstarted"
    #"Microsoft.Messaging"
    "Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub"
    "Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection"
    "Microsoft.Office.OneNote"
    "Microsoft.Office.Sway"
    "Microsoft.People"
    "Microsoft.SkypeApp"
    "Microsoft.Windows.Phone"
    "Microsoft.Windows.Photos"
    "Microsoft.WindowsAlarms"
    #"Microsoft.WindowsCalculator"
    "Microsoft.WindowsCamera"
    "Microsoft.WindowsMaps"
    "Microsoft.WindowsPhone"
    "Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder"
    #"Microsoft.WindowsStore"
    "Microsoft.XboxApp"
    "Microsoft.ZuneMusic"
    "Microsoft.ZuneVideo"
    #"microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps"
    "Microsoft.MinecraftUWP"
    "ShazamEntertainmentLtd.Shazam"        
)

foreach ($app in $apps) {    
    Get-AppxPackage -Name $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
    Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $app | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online
            
    $appPath="$Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\$app*"
    Remove-Item $appPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction 0
}

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but the code you posted was the first that worked any way successfully for me ( although I still cannot get the -allusers parameter to work). I edited the list of apps to remove as applicable. Could I ask:

1. Some of your apps to remove are prefixed with # - is there a reason for this - is it to comment out the line ?
2. What does the last two lines do - is it to remove any cached data relating to removed apps ?

Thanks again for posting this code.

Eireannach said:

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but the code you posted was the first that worked any way successfully for me ( although I still cannot get the -allusers parameter to work). I edited the list of apps to remove as applicable. Could I ask:

1. Some of your apps to remove are prefixed with # - is there a reason for this - is it to comment out the line ?
2. What does the last two lines do - is it to remove any cached data relating to removed apps ?

Thanks again for posting this code.

Hi,
Try this it's even easier :)

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/10appsmanager-windows-10