MSMG ToolKit

The ToolKit also uses the DISM to remove the apps anyway will checkout.

 

Since you are using Windows 10 v1709 x64 en-us 16299.19 as Host OS, so there's no need for .Net Framework 4.6 to be installed as it comes built-in with 4.7, so .Net Framework is not an issue.

I did tested the ToolKit extracting to C:\Downloads\ToolKit-v7.9 and still the ToolKit Helper is working here.

The steps you are doing is correct but still it's not working for you, anyway do like this

- Right click on ToolKit.cmd and choose edit to open with Notepad.
- Search for the below text, make sure it's "%InstallMount%" and not "%InstallMount%\%%i"

Code:

:: Removing Microsoft Windows People Experience Host
 if "%WindowsComponent%"=="PeopleExperienceHost" (
  echo.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  echo.Removing Windows People Experience Host Package...
  echo.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  %ToolKitHelper% "%InstallMount%" PeopleExperienceHost
 )

- Now modifiy it like this

Code:

:: Removing Microsoft Windows People Experience Host
 if "%WindowsComponent%"=="PeopleExperienceHost" (
  echo.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  echo.Removing Windows People Experience Host Package...
  echo.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  echo.ToolKitHelper=%ToolKitHelper%
  %ToolKitHelper% "%InstallMount%" PeopleExperienceHost
 )

- Save the file.

- Run the ToolKit and select a single index for servicing.
- Goto Remove Windows Componetns and Choose People Experience Host.
- The ToolKit will show the path of ToolKitHelper.exe while removing the components.
- Do tell me know what it shows.​

 

When you remove a metro app using the DISM it will remove the entries from

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppxProvisioning.xml
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\DefaultLayouts.xml

Some Apps like Defender it will remove from the above said XML files and also from other few XML files from Windows folder too, the ToolKit uses the DISM to remove the Apps and so it's related, even for components which uses ToolKitHelper.exe also it uses the above said XML files for removing the App.

In your previous post, you said you were using SW_DVD5_Win_Pro_Ent_Edu_N_10_1709_64BIT_English_MLF_X21-50143.iso and hence the apps are in english.

If you want them to be in your language either use a ISO of your language or integrate a language pack and then integrate the metro app again to update the app language resources or wait for the WU/Store to update the app language resources.

The Photos App not working I haven't checked about it and the Store App, it has been already discussed here that it's not working as it's missing some dependent packages.

And today I chekced with the Store App manifest.xml file and here's the dependency packages

Code:

  <Dependencies>
    <TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Universal" MinVersion="10.0.10586.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.15063.0"/>
    <TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Holographic" MinVersion="10.0.14393.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.14393.0"/>
    <PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00" MinVersion="14.0.24123.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US"/>
    <PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3" MinVersion="1.3.24201.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US"/>
    <PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.4" MinVersion="1.4.24201.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US"/>
  </Dependencies>

And for Photos App the dependency packages are

Code:

  <Dependencies>
    <TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Desktop" MinVersion="10.0.10586.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.15063.0" />
    <TargetDeviceFamily Name="Windows.Team" MinVersion="10.0.10586.0" MaxVersionTested="10.0.14393.0" />
    <PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00" MinVersion="14.0.24123.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US" />
    <PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3" MinVersion="1.3.24201.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US" />
    <PackageDependency Name="Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.4" MinVersion="1.4.24201.0" Publisher="CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US" />
  </Dependencies>

 

What @BladeGod said is correct the Settings App is required for Core Metro Services, StartMenu, if you remove it will break the StartMenu and other features of Windows Shell.

You can customize the Settings App by hiding the requried componet like I have done for Defender, the Settings App will one day fully replace the classic control panel and there won't be control panel no more in future.

If you still want to remove everything metro related then you may need to write down your own control panel, StartMenu and even a desktop shell.​

 

Ok other than removing the apps using the DISM, just some tweaks are applied, don't know what's causing it?

 

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