Windows 10: Removing Domain Users' Windows Packaged Apps using elevated Powershell

Dear Community,


I have not found a good way to remove most of my Domain Users' Windows Packaged Apps.


A. I cannot use AppLocker from GPO, because my users are using Windows 10 Pro.

I believe AppLocker only applies for Windows 10 Enterprise and Education.


B. I cannot use User Policy : "Don' run specified Windows applications" for packaged apps.


C. I do not want to use User Policy : "Run only specified Windows application" because my Domain Users' need to use a few of packaged apps


D. Some Windows Packaged Apps can be disabled by editing the folder name in Windows\SystemApps. This method applies to the Computer, and I do not want to do this method on every Computers.


E. I cannot run Powershell script from GPO, because the script will run as System, instead of Domain/Local Administrator or Domain Users


F. I have been trying to use Powershell for the past few days.

I logged in to a Domain User profile, then I run Powershell as Administrator, both as Domain Administrator and Local Administrator.

The domain user has it's roaming profile disabled.


This is what I did:

1. Run Powershell on a Domain User's profile as an administrator

2. get-appxpackage -allusers *print3D* remove-appxpackage

3. To my surprise, the aforementioned script removed the packaged app from the Administrator's profile, not from the domain user's profile.

4. Cry a little bit


G. Cry a little bit more, enroll Domain Users as Administrators, manually uninstall Windows Packaged App from every Domain Users, with roaming profile enabled, remove Domain Users from Administrators.


H. Make a petition to ask Microsoft to allow AppLocker on Windows 10 Pro.



Thank you

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Remove-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF1, Package was not found.
Windows cannot remove Microsoft.3DBuilder_10.0.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe because the current user does not have that
package installed. Use Get-AppxPackage to see the list of packages installed.
yea its saying it can't find the package here is the output from getxapp package

 

How to uninstall Apps using Powershell


Many of the Universal Apps cannot be uninstalled because the button is inactive (grayed out). This might be 'by design' for the Technical Preview since Microsoft wants users to test the Apps.

The preferred method is to use the uninstall button when it is active. The list below provides a way to uninstall an App when the button is NOT active.

Launch an elevated PowerShell (Right click - Run as Administrator ...)

Copy the command for the App you want to remove from the list below and paste it into the PowerShell window

Example:
To remove the Calculator App, copy the entire line under the App name
Calculator
Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1505.29000.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe




The -Confirm parameter lets you to decide if you want to remove the App [ Yes ] or cancel the operation [ No ]
Code:

Code:

Alarms  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_10.1505.12000.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Calculator  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_10.1505.29000.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Camera  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.WindowsCamera_5.31.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Contact Support  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Windows.ContactSupport_10.0.3.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy    Get Started  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.Getstarted_2.1.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Insider Hub  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.Windows.InsiderHub_1000.10130.0.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy    MS Solitaire Collection  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_3.1.5151.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Maps  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.WindowsMaps_4.1505.50523.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Music  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.ZuneMusic_3.6.10681.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    OneNote  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.Office.OneNote_17.4201.10031.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Photos  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.Windows.Photos_15.610.18180.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Reading List  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.WindowsReadingList_6.3.9654.20540_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Scan  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.WindowsScan_6.3.9654.17133_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Sound Recorder  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder_10.1505.11000.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Sports  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.BingSports_4.3.123.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Video  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.ZuneVideo_3.6.10801.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Weather  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.BingWeather_4.3.123.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe    Windows Feedback  Remove-AppxPackage -Confirm -Package Microsoft.WindowsFeedback_1000.10130.0.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy

 

Calculator app crashing for one specific user on domain

One of our domain users was having an issue with an unrelated program and, since we had very little information to go on, we removed her local profile from the PC and had her start over from scratch. Since then, her calculator app crashes as it's launching.
It will open a blue window and then immediately close. It still works for other users logged into the same PC though. We have tried the following steps in this order trying to resolve this issue for her:

• Terminated the app
• Reset the app
• Performed a Windows update to 1903 (I think it was 1809 previously)
• Uninstalled then re-installed the app (uninstalling wasn't an option prior to the update)
• We've tried re-registering the apps using this powershell script:
  • Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml”}
• Ended the Runtime Broker background process
• Ran the built in Windows App troubleshooter and rebooted afterwards
• Ran WSReset.exe

These were most of the solutions I could find by searching. Is there any other possible solution? I don't want to remove and recreate her profile again since that would be a pain for her to do for the second time in two days and it's not guaranteed to
work since that's what sparked this issue in the first place.

Thanks for any help or suggestions you have.

***Original title: Windows 10 Calculator app crashing as soon as it launches***