Windows 10: Win 10 Th 2 Automatically Reinstalls All Previously-Removed Apps

Cluster Head · Nov 25, 2015

Windows 10 Users Upset About Microsoft Resetting Default Apps Over and Over Again
Threshold 2 changed default apps to the original Settings

Some of the Windows 10 Threshold 2 users who installed the latest cumulative update claimed it reset their default apps, configuring apps such as Edge and Groove as the one choice for browsing the web and listening to music.

This isn’t the first time this is happening, and Threshold 2 itself did the same thing, while other early Windows 10 adopters claimed similar changes had been made by other cumulative updates too.

But enough is enough, more and more users say, and complaints posted in the Windows 10 Feedback app pretty much speak for themselves, with hundreds of users voting for them to show Microsoft that updates for the new operating system should not reset default apps.

“Please STOP changing my default programs and apps with every upgrade. If I want to use Adobe instead of Edge, that should be MY CHOICE NOT YOURS. This is still MY computer,” one such suggestion that has more than 160 votes in 2 weeks reads.
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For example, prompts are now displayed whenever users try to change default apps, with messages specifically supposed to convince them to take them for a spin.
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hannelius · Nov 28, 2015

lx07. Thank you very much for this routine. It saves so much time.
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i also found that if you use classic shell
you can uninstall all of these
just by right clicking...

some of these you can't... like this...

but it looks nice just to see it...

you also get a nice start menu too...

Eireannach · Aug 26, 2016

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 }
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[/quote] Sorry to resurrect an old thread but the code you posted was the first that worked any way successfully for me ( although I still cannot get the -allusers parameter to work). I edited the list of apps to remove as applicable. Could I ask:

Some of your apps to remove are prefixed with # - is there a reason for this - is it to comment out the line ?

What does the last two lines do - is it to remove any cached data relating to removed apps ?

Thanks again for posting this code.*Cool

zooburner · Aug 26, 2016

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but the code you posted was the first that worked any way successfully for me ( although I still cannot get the -allusers parameter to work). I edited the list of apps to remove as applicable. Could I ask:

Some of your apps to remove are prefixed with # - is there a reason for this - is it to comment out the line ?

What does the last two lines do - is it to remove any cached data relating to removed apps ?

Thanks again for posting this code.*Cool
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Hi,
Try this it's even easier *Smile

10AppsManager: Uninstall, reinstall Windows 10 Store apps

Geoff Daniell · Apr 4, 2018

Hi,
Try this it's even easier *Smile

10AppsManager: Uninstall, reinstall Windows 10 Store apps
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Thank you for the link! I like the two-way approach, both for removing and replacing. Definitely going to try it!

Geoff

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