Win 10 Th 2 Automatically Reinstalls All Previously-Removed Apps

BunnyJ · 16 Nov 2015

unifex said:

I don't understand people defending those useless apps. You want a reason to remove an ad for Office 360? Please give me a reason to keep it on my PC! Is it doing anything useful for me? No? Then why the hell is it on it? Same with all the other money, sport, etc. apps. Anyone really thinks these are core parts of the OS? I think that if I want this junk off my machine, it's my decision to make, not anyone else's.

Of course, I'm not using W10 an any of my work machines, I'm just playing with in on a test machine out of curiosity, but these things just keep convincing me to stay away from it otherwise.

The point I was trying to make was/is that I don't see the reason for removing apps that I don't use. They don't get in my way or bother me one bit. But, that doesn't mean that I'm trying to tell anyone what to do with their PC. Heck, if you or anyone wants to remover them.. go ahead and do it.

Just keep in mind with each update like TH2 they will likely come back and you have to remove them all over again. If I were you I would try to automate the removal process as much as possible.

Jeff

Antilope · 16 Nov 2015

Try to change all of the titles in Windows 10 to "Windows 9" or "Windows 11". You can't because Microsoft doesn't want you to do that.

But you can remove or disable apps. Microsoft built in those options so the user could change those. So if someone wants to use that option that Microsoft built in to customize Windows 10 to their liking, what's the problem?

BunnyJ · 16 Nov 2015

Antilope said:

Try to change all of the titles in Windows 10 to "Windows 9" or "Windows 11". You can't because Microsoft doesn't want you to do that.

But you can remove or disable apps. Microsoft built in those options so the user could change those. So if someone wants to use that option that Microsoft built in to customize Windows 10 to their liking, what's the problem?

I have no problem with what yo do to your PC. Seriously.. I don't see the need to remove the apps but if you or someone else does then remove them.

Jeff

lx07 · 16 Nov 2015

BunnyJ said:

If I were you I would try to automate the removal process as much as possible.

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
}

BunnyJ · 16 Nov 2015

@lx07, nice work and I agree if you have a small SSD then removing those apps does make sense.

Jeff :)

jerrypc1 · 16 Nov 2015

I don't think I received windows 10 TH2 what is the download number Thanks

BunnyJ · 16 Nov 2015

jerrypc1 said:

I don't think I received windows 10 TH2 what is the download number Thanks

Try running winver from the command prompt and you should see version 1511 build 10586 if you have TH2.
HTH

alphanumeric · 16 Nov 2015

Get Office, Get Skype, Get Started, lol, don't get me started. They can all go.

tomseys · 16 Nov 2015

You can also see the version you have in Settings/System/About

jerrypc1 · 16 Nov 2015

BunnyJ said:

Try running winver from the command prompt and you should see version 1511 build 10586 if you have TH2.
HTH

BunnyJ I typed WINVER from the command prompt And nopthing happend