Windows 10: How can i successfully uninstall old version of microsoft store apps using powershell...

I have been trying to deploy the below command through Sccm task sequence to all the machine but unfortunately i still find the old version of the app still there.What am l m missing?Remove-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.MPEG2VideoExtension_1.0.22661.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

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Microsoft Store > Apps > iMobContact > version problem

Hello Yann,

Thank you for the reply.

I suggest you to follow below mentioned steps and see if that helps.

Step 1: Check updates in Microsoft store:

1. Open Microsoft store.
   
2. Top right hand corner select ‘Downloads and updates’.
   
3. Click on updates for ‘IMob contact’.
   
4. Once all the updates installed, restart the computer.
   

Step 2: Uninstall the application using PowerShell command.

1. Click on ‘Start button’ and type ‘PowerShell’.
   
2. Right click on ‘PowerShell’ and select as ‘Run as administrator’.
   
3. Once you see a ‘PowerShell Window’, copy paste the below mentioned command line:
   

Get-AppxPackage *Imob* | Remove-AppxPackage

1. IMob application will be uninstalled successfully.
   
2. Restart the computer to effect the settings.
   

Note: If the package full name is too long, you may use wildcard selectors to uninstall any application found in the wildcard.

For example: Get-AppxPackage *officehub* | Remove-AppxPackage

Step 3: Once after following
step 2, try to download the 'IMob contact' application from store and see if that helps.

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed by clicking ‘Yes or No’.

Harish

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Microsoft store not downloading some apps

I purchased MS Flight Simulator Std version on 19 Oct 2020 but I am unable to download.

I have since downloaded other apps successfully through the store.

I have tried the following steps.

1. Signing in and out of Store. Reboot
2. Ran Windows App Troublshooter. Reboot
3. Reset Store via command prompt as admin WSreset.exe then Reboot
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Some Microsoft apps cannot be upgraded, uninstalled or launched

I finally realized how to fix the issue. If I use GUI (store app) there won't be too much helpful info. But from the behaviours, it is very obvious that store app tries to download the newer version of app, uninstall current version and apply the downloaded version as last step. But unfortunately it failed to uninstall current version.

However when I used PowerShell command Get-AppxPackage *solitairecollection* | Remove-AppxPackage as I have pasted in my original question, I got error (the message is also shown in my original question). The error message meanwhile provided another command to load more info. I followed it to retrieve a lengthy report. The result is also in my original question, follow the list the first error encountered was

I navigated to the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\ directory, indeed the file was not there. But I see Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_3.9.5100.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbwe.xml. I made a copy of this file and named it to Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_3.9.5100.0_neutral_split.language-zh-hans_8wekyb3d8bbwe.xml then reran the same uninstall command, it was uninstalled successfully!!!

It looks like Windows 10 messed with the language of the app somehow all of sudden, I guess the system was looking for another language version of the app to uninstall.