[Chit Chat] Windows 10 Enterprise/IoT Enterprise (N) LTSC 2021

Meh, I don't care for Edge, but it's not a deal breaker or anything. I expected that to make it into the next LTS version.

 

I'm sure things like Winaerotweaker or Win10Privacy will have tools to rip Edge out of it anyway.

 

Just a few lines of code (original from @abbodi1406):

Code:

@setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
@echo off
if defined PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 start %SystemRoot%\Sysnative\cmd.exe /c "%0 " &exit
reg.exe query "HKU\S-1-5-19" 1>nul 2>nul || (echo Run the script as administrator&goto :TheEnd)

set "u_path=%LocalAppData%\Microsoft"
set "s_path=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft"
if /i %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%==x86 (if not defined PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 (
  set "s_path=%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft"
  )
)

@cls
if /I $%1==$FORCE goto autoyes
echo.
choice /C YN /N /M "Microsoft Edge Chromium will be uninstalled. Continue? [y/n]: "
if errorlevel 2 exit

:autoyes
sc.exe config EdgeUpdate start= disabled 2>nul
sc.exe config edgeupdatem start= disabled 2>nul
taskkill.exe /IM MSEdgeUpdate.exe /T /F 2>nul
taskkill.exe /IM MSEdge.exe /T /F 2>nul
sc.exe delete EdgeUpdate 2>nul
sc.exe delete edgeupdatem 2>nul
reg.exe delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Edge" /v NoRemove /f 2>nul
reg.exe delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Edge Update" /v NoRemove /f 2>nul
reg.exe delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Edge" /v NoRemove /f 2>nul
reg.exe delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Edge Update" /v NoRemove /f 2>nul
reg.exe delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Edge" /v NoRemove /f 2>nul
reg.exe delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Edge Update" /v NoRemove /f 2>nul

echo.
for /D %%i in ("%u_path%\Edge SxS\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo Canary...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --msedge-sxs --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%u_path%\Edge Internal\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo Internal...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --msedge-internal --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%u_path%\Edge Dev\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo Dev...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --msedge-dev --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%u_path%\Edge Beta\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo Beta...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --msedge-beta --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%u_path%\Edge\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo Stable...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%u_path%\EdgeWebView\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo WebView2 Runtime...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --msedgewebview --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%s_path%\EdgeWebView\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo WebView2 Runtime...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --msedgewebview --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%s_path%\Edge\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo Stable...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%s_path%\Edge Beta\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo Beta...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --msedge-beta --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%s_path%\Edge Dev\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo Dev...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --msedge-dev --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)
for /D %%i in ("%s_path%\Edge Internal\Application\*") do if exist "%%i\installer\setup.exe" (
echo Internal...
start "" /w "%%i\installer\setup.exe" --uninstall --msedge-internal --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall --delete-profile
)

if exist "\\?\%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Edge\" rmdir /s /q "\\?\%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Edge"
if exist "\\?\%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\" rmdir /s /q "\\?\%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate"
if exist "\\?\%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Temp\" rmdir /s /q "\\?\%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Temp"
if exist "\\?\%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\Edge\" rmdir /s /q "\\?\%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\Edge"
if exist "\\?\%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\" rmdir /s /q "\\?\%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate"
if exist "\\?\%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\Temp\" rmdir /s /q "\\?\%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft\Temp"
if exist "\\?\%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Microsoft Edge*.lnk" del /f /q "\\?\%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Microsoft Edge*.lnk"
if exist "\\?\%SystemRoot%\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Microsoft Edge*.lnk" del /f /q "\\?\%SystemRoot%\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Microsoft Edge*.lnk"
if exist "\\?\%UserProfile%\Desktop\Microsoft Edge.lnk" del /f /q "\\?\%UserProfile%\Desktop\Microsoft Edge.lnk"
if exist "\\?\%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Edge.lnk" del /f /q "\\?\%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Edge.lnk"
reg.exe delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Edge Update" /f 2>nul

reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate" /v DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f 2>nul

if /I $%1==$FORCE exit

:TheEnd
echo.
echo Press any key to exit.
pause >nul
exit

 

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Yes there are already several tools that remove Edge, the most difficult is to keep it removed because if you install a cumulative update it is reinstalled.

 

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Yet, it works perfectly fine on Windows 7 (minus those features, of course)
#planned-obsolescence

 

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first of all these are not "few" lines
second this code is garbage. it relies on rmdir deletion of directories
do you know why? cause edgeupdate.exe /uninstall native command does not work
do you know why? cause edge uwp is still present in the system
so those are "few" lines of BS

 

see that doesn’t make sense to me. why bother uninstalling edge? any programs that use an embedded browser for, say, a sign in screen will no longer work.

i’m fine with having components installed, as long as they aren’t running in the background. especially components like edge that can come close to privacy browsing options like firefox (though it still needs some work). edge is better than ie

ltsc is the only version that allows disabling any and everything. you don’t need to uninstall it. you’ll obliterate ur windows instances this way

 

As is your so called "comment". *plonk*

 

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The code I posted is from @abbodi1406. There are only a few things changed.
1. "Force" option. Call the script with "force" (case insensitive) as parameter, it will not ask for confirmation and auto-exit. Using this with a startup task.
2. Configuring the two services, killing the processes and finally deleting them. Uninstallation does not work if the processes are still running.
3. Added the deletion of a few leftover Uninstall strings. Trying to cleanup the shortcuts as best as possible.
4. Changed the paths in rmdir commands (for removing leftover files and directories) to direct filesystem calls (starting with \\?\). Had a few issues with not everything getting deleted completely. Probably not necessary, but can work around the 260 character limit in paths.

Also using EdgeDeflector, so, any URLs that would try to call Edge and error out now open in the default browser.

 

Wouldn't removing Edge Chromium revert to Edge Legacy? Which is even worse option

 

No, Edge Legacy is gone (unless your build is very old).

 

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Expect someone can leak the iso hahaha

 

I'll quote myself.

You can use the known key to modify a known working GitHub project to apply a HWID.
Look here behind the "SPOILER: HWID ACTIVATION" to get a visual of one of many posted examples seen on the reconstruction thread.

 

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