Windows 10: Microsoft no longer allows to block Store access in Windows 10 Pro

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Note Reference: How to Allow or Block Access to the Store App in Windows 10



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Blocking Windows 10 store question (enterprise)

The reason you cannot block the windows store is because Microsoft blocked the ability to block the Windows store with the 1511 update. It is only allowed on Windows 10 Enterprise now and not Pro. I am having a hard time accepting this as businesses need
this option and the Pro (business standard) edition does not support it.

 

Contact your system administrator for more info.

This should help:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/43118-allow...

 

I would think that's going to mean buying licenses for Enterprise or Education for some companies? Extra expense if PC's purchased came with Pro installed. It kind of negates the free upgrade offer too, if they need to block store access. Will the reg file option still work, I wonder?

 

I just tested in build 14332, and the group policy and .reg no longer has any affect on the Store.

 

I had a feeling they would block that from working, thanks for testing it out. I'm not running an insider build at the moment or I would have checked it myself.

 

Anytime. Yeah, I'm not sure it's a good idea to prevent being able to block the Store. A choice is always best.

 

I guess they want you to pay for the privilege? It won't be an option for your average consumer, they are pretty well limited to Home and Pro. Corporate customers will have to upgrade to Enterprise or Education to get that option. This won't go over very well, IMHO. On the plus side, if you BYOD and its running Home or Pro, the IT guy won't be able to lock you out of the Store. Not easily anyway.

 

I suppose one could just uninstall the Store for all accounts to effectively disable it instead.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...a.html#option3

Get-appxpackage -allusers *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage



Warning If you uninstall the Store app, the only way to reinstall it is to do a repair install of Windows 10.

How to Do a Repair Install of Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

For my take on this laughable and lamentable situation, please see No Blocking Store Access in Win10Pro over at TechTarget's IT Knowledge Exchange. Thanks, Shawn, for bringing this to my attention. I'm equally appalled and amused, as I'm sure many SMB Windows buyers and users will also be. IMO, they oughta put a sign up over the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center that reads "abandon all hope, ye who enter here." Dante would approve!
--Ed--

 

Oh that's dangerous. The ONLY way to reinstall is a repair install.
Shawn I hope no one gets any dumb ideas when the read that*Wink
I already did that once during the TP. You know me!

 

So, the small business sector using the Pro version will have to pay for a Enterprise version or Education version ?

 

Kaspersky Internet security still allows you to block the store from opening, in application control.

 

Only if they want to block Store access on employee PC's.. Otherwise its business as usual.

 

MS are really "pulling out all the stops" in the "annoy your customers department".