Windows 10: Windows Photos app won't launch after removing appxprovisionedpackages

I'm stuck in the following situation: I have downloaded a Windows 10 (1709) from VLSC portal and made some customizations to the WIM file.

I wrote a script to remove all unwanted applications (to be exact: uninstall everything except what I want to remain).


The script used:

$wimfile = "<path to wim>"
$mountdir = "<path of empty NTFS folder>"

## DISM - Mount wim
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:$wimfile /index:1 /mountdir:$mountdir

## Define the applications you want to remain
$exceptions = @(
"StickyNotes"
"MSPaint"
"Windows.Photos"
"WindowsAlarms"
"WindowsCalculator"
)

## Get provisioned applications from the mounted Windows image
[System.Collections.ArrayList]$appx = (Get-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Path $mountdir).PackageName

## Remove the applications from the arraylist
foreach ($app in $exceptions){
$packagename = ""
$appx | ? {$_ -match $app} | Set-Variable packagename
$appx.Remove("$packagename")
}


## Remove the applications from the mounted image
foreach ($pack in $appx){
Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage -PackageName $pack -Path $mountdir
}


#Remove OneDrive
reg load HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM $mountdir\Users\Default\ntuser.dat
reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v OneDriveSetup /f
# Unload, Unmount, Commit
reg unload HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM


# Remove Cloud Content (default suggested 3rd party applications in Start Menu)
reg load HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM $mountdir\Windows\System32\Config\Software
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent /v DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
# Unload, Unmount, Commit
reg unload HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM

## DISM - Unmount wim, commit changes
dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:$mountdir /commit



When I install a computer using the original WIM file, the Photos app is working properly.

When I install a computer using the customized image, the app won't open.

I figured out, that there must be something with the following components (dependencies):

Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3

Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.4


Because if I install this two (using SCCM), the app works fine.

My question/problem:

when customizing the image, these two components don't show up in the AppxProvisionedPackage list - so I do not remove them accidentally.

I've also tried provisioning the two components using Add-AppxProvisionedPackage, and they show up in "Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers", but the Photos app still won't open.


Any suggestions?

:)

 

Windows Photos app won't launch after removing appxprovisionedpackages

I'm stuck in the following situation: I have downloaded a Windows 10 (1709) from VLSC portal and made some customizations to the WIM file.

I wrote a script to remove all unwanted applications (to be exact: uninstall everything except what I want to remain).

The script used:

$wimfile = "<path to wim>"

$mountdir = "<path of empty NTFS folder>"

## DISM - Mount wim

dism /mount-wim /wimfile:$wimfile /index:1 /mountdir:$mountdir

## Define the applications you want to remain

$exceptions = @(

"StickyNotes"

"MSPaint"

"Windows.Photos"

"WindowsAlarms"

"WindowsCalculator"

)

## Get provisioned applications from the mounted Windows image

[System.Collections.ArrayList]$appx = (Get-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Path $mountdir).PackageName

## Remove the applications from the arraylist

foreach ($app in $exceptions){

$packagename = ""

$appx | ? {$_ -match $app} | Set-Variable packagename

$appx.Remove("$packagename")

}

## Remove the applications from the mounted image

foreach ($pack in $appx){

Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage -PackageName $pack -Path $mountdir

}

#Remove OneDrive

reg load HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM $mountdir\Users\Default\ntuser.dat

reg delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v OneDriveSetup /f

# Unload, Unmount, Commit

reg unload HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM

# Remove Cloud Content (default suggested 3rd party applications in Start Menu)

reg load HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM $mountdir\Windows\System32\Config\Software

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent /v DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

# Unload, Unmount, Commit

reg unload HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WIM

## DISM - Unmount wim, commit changes

dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:$mountdir /commit

When I install a computer using the original WIM file, the Photos app is working properly.

When I install a computer using the customized image, the app won't open.

I figured out, that there must be something with the following components (dependencies):

Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3

Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.4

Because if I install this two (using SCCM), the app works fine.

My question/problem:

when customizing the image, these two components don't show up in the AppxProvisionedPackage list - so I do not remove them accidentally.

I've also tried provisioning the two components using Add-AppxProvisionedPackage, and they show up in "Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers", but the Photos app still won't open.

Any suggestions?

 

Mail app will not open on 10041.


Hello Adam,

This is the suggested solution below if you haven't already tried it.

In this Windows 10 build 10041, the Mail, Calendar, and People apps may be broken due to a licensing issue with the Store Beta. To get these apps working again, you need to follow these steps:

• Open powershell as administrator
• Run the command Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like “*windowscommunicationsapps*”} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage –online
• Re-install Mail, People and Calendar from the Store (green tile)

 

remove-AppxProvisionedPackage Unspecified Error


Does anyone know how to fix these errors?





This happens for any provisioned package I attempt to remove (as listed by Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -online).