Windows 10: Firewall setup?

Never seen them as a FW rule.

 

That is odd. I have these (highlighted) ones for apps I've deleted for all users. Not a problem obviously just something I noticed following this thread.

 

Do you see them in Ccleaner or in Settings? Bing News does not show up here anymore.

The 3 first ones sound more like an enigma here (Store?). Look for them in Settings>Apps>Apps & features or in Start (tiles or apps list).
In all cases, you must resart to apply changes.

Try the following in Powershell ISE admin (we don't need prefix and suffix) and see results:


Code: Get-AppxPackage *bing* | Remove-AppxPackage[/quote] If it returns an error + you may loose Weather also:

Code: Get-AppxPackage *weather* | Remove-AppxPackage[/quote] Not using this cmd anymore:

Code: Get-AppxPackage *bingnews* | Remove-AppxPackage[/quote] If you still have no success, it may require a more robust method. Is Edge your default browser?

 

I do this - could be I'm not up to date but I just add apps I don't want after each update: PHP Code: $apps=@(
"A278AB0D.DisneyMagicKingdoms"
"4DF9E0F8.Netflix"
"89006A2E.AutodeskSketchBook"
"9E2F88E3.Twitter"
"A278AB0D.MarchofEmpires"
"ClearChannelRadioDigital.iHeartRadio"
"D52A8D61.FarmVille2CountryEscape"
"DolbyLaboratories.DolbyAccess"
"Facebook.Facebook"
"Flipboard.Flipboard"
"KeeperSecurityInc.Keeper"
"king.com.BubbleWitch3Saga"
"king.com.CandyCrushSaga"
"king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga"
"king.com.ParadiseBay"
"HoloCamera"
"HoloItemPlayerApp"
"HoloShell"
"Microsoft.3DBuilder"
"Microsoft.Appconnector"
"Microsoft.BingFinance"
"Microsoft.BingNews"
"Microsoft.BingSports"
"Microsoft.BingWeather"
"Microsoft.ConnectivityStore"
"Microsoft.CommsPhone"
"Microsoft.Gethelp"
"Microsoft.Getstarted"
"Microsoft.Messaging"
"Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer"
"Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub"
"Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection"
"Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes"
"Microsoft.MSPaint"
"Microsoft.Office.OneConnect"
#"Microsoft.Office.OneNote"
"Microsoft.Office.Sway"
"Microsoft.OneConnect"
"Microsoft.People"
"Microsoft.Print3D"
"Microsoft.SkypeApp"
"Microsoft.Windows.Phone"
"Microsoft.Windows.Photos"
"Microsoft.WindowsAlarms"
#"Microsoft.WindowsCalculator"
"Microsoft.WindowsCamera"
"Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackApp"
"Microsoft.WindowsMaps"
"Microsoft.WindowsPhone"
"Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder"
#"Microsoft.WindowsStore"
"Microsoft.XboxApp"
"Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay"
"Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay"
"Microsoft.ZuneMusic"
"Microsoft.ZuneVideo"
"microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps"
"Microsoft.MinecraftUWP"
"PandoraMediaInc.29680B314EFC2"
"SlingTVLLC.SlingTV"
"ShazamEntertainmentLtd.Shazam"
"Windows.MircastView"
)

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
}

 

Bing Finance, News, Sports... are not part of Cortana since TH2. You must remove them + dead keys. Clean install is best to do so. Just got rid of Paint 3D in Powershell and its not shown anymore as a FW rule. See screnshot.

I see only one solution, but you still have the option the set them to block.

Edit: This cmd line returns the content of 16299.15 only:

Code: Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online[/quote] Unless, of a conflict, an app(s), more specifically a tile(s) that was previously removed with the remaining dead keys, couldn't exist in the firewall rules. At last, It can't be shown active.

 

I think you are right. It is becoming a bit of a mess this install. I checked in my VMs and don't see the same issue.