I am looking for a script that removes all of the default apps that come on a clean install of Windows 10. I want them completely uninstalled and without the chance of recovery. I do not just want to remove them. I would like something I could just double click and have it do the work for me. Has anyone made one yet?
Sounds like you need to do this to the install.wim of an image. I have messed around with Windows 8.1 doing this and find myself right now testing it on Win 10. There seems to be two lots of apps, one which DISM can handle and the major ones, or the ones I am naming "major" need a little boost from install_wim_tweaker to unhide all the packages before DISM can remove them. I have successfully tested that out with "One Drive" but nowt else so far. Not a script that your looking for but maybe a thought for you to throw around ??
The novice recrusive way through Powershell Code: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage –Online
In powershell started as Administrator Code: Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage –online
I tested this out earlier using DISM....Yep I understand your after a script but this was my result. I just used DISM to remove all the provisioned packages, after a test install all but Cortana & Edge remained on the Start Menu. A good result me thinks. No side effects that I noticed. Just testing removing Cortana, Defender and One Drive now. Again not a script and a little more work involved but worth it I recon.
Other than to clean up your start menu , there is no advantage of doing this. All you basicaly are doing is removing shortcuts. The apps still remain. I use Classic shell so I do not even see them.
They don't remain if you remove them from install.wim and create a new ISO to install with. If you remove them from your system you are using then yes, they are just removed from that profile.
What I tested was indeed removing the apps from the install.wim. It is quite easy really but maybe a little long winded but once it's done there will be no need to remove the apps by script at each fresh install and if your owt like me, I do numerouse installs. I did another test removing Cortana,Defender and One Drive. The test well well last night and i did not notice any bad after effects. All what was left on the Start Menu was Edge. I am looking into totally removing Edge too but what I have read this maybe tricky. There are posts on here saying the apps remain even after removing the packages. I really do hope the packages definatly are removed from the install.wim or this is a waste of time. You say you dont want to make your own .iso image, just wondering why not.
hu hu.. I get you.. But.... If you start with a good clean source and then mod it to suit your needs\wants. You know exactly what's happened to it. Is it not the same of installing it then modding it. Same sort of mods\alterations but one is done before and the other is after. I like to understand what I am doing before committing it to a fresh install as my main OS. I am currently messing with Win 10 but I don't feel I could use it, just yet. I want to understand this telemetry stuff first. It is all a bit confusing.
@tnx if you remove somethings like defebder for example or store before trying to activate windows, you won't be able to activate. I went through it before
No you can activate, I do personally remove all apps, store, defender, system restore, cortana, search, telemetry and other stuffs which are not needed If you want you can try my script and test it out.. check for my signature to get the script.
@msmg I already did try your script. In my case I couldn't activate windows after removing defender and other crap, was getting message security error, and I'm talking about removing not disabling