Script to Remove Apps

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  1. tnx

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    #61 tnx, Aug 27, 2015
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    whoops..My bad

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    #62 tnx, Aug 27, 2015

    I will test this out for you.

    Just happen to be messing.
     
  3. tnx

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    #63 tnx, Aug 27, 2015
    I have just found summet out.
    I have mounted my Win 10 pro image, which has all the packages intact.
    I have loaded the reg hive.

    When I search
    Both of the package names you put up point to the OWNERS KEY.

    If I am doing it right I see the packages as
    I am not 100% sure but this is my findings.

    maybe somebody else in the know can check this out.

    Sorry If I getting it wrong..

    :cool:
     
  4. halasz

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    #64 halasz, Aug 27, 2015
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    I have these 2 on the machine I didn't remove it from... I was looking in a different path in the script I copied and my package names are not the same as yours. They are BioEnrollment not Biometrics....

    The keys I was looking at are:

    Code:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-BioEnrollment-Base-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.10240.16384 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-BioEnrollment-Base-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.10240.1638~
    In regedit for both of these keys, set Visibility to 1, delete Owners key and add a DWORD DefVis value 2

    Then you can remove them:

    Code:
    dism.exe /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName: Microsoft-Windows-BioEnrollment-Base-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~en-US~10.0.10240.16384 /NoRestart

dism.exe /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName: Microsoft-Windows-BioEnrollment-Base-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.10240.1638~ /NoRestart
    That is what I did by script and it worked. I don't have another machine to test with today - perhaps tomorrow I will refresh again and I'll try it manually if you have no luck.
     
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    #65 Garbellano, Aug 27, 2015
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    #66 tnx, Aug 28, 2015
    Access is denied.
    Have you taken control of the reg key ?
     
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    #67 maverick09, Aug 28, 2015
    clean install Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB :clap:
     
  8. Garbellano

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    #68 Garbellano, Aug 28, 2015
    no .
     
  9. Supern00b

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    #69 Supern00b, Aug 28, 2015
    Can you please elaborate on the key that we have to take ownership of?

    Cheers.
     
  10. halasz

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    #70 halasz, Aug 29, 2015
    You have to take ownership of the 2 keys in post 64 and then make the 3 changes to both keys. Only then can you run dism.
     
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    #71 Supern00b, Aug 29, 2015
    Thanks, I seem to get it now. For each package it is the same procedure, right?

    Cheers.
     
  12. halasz

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    #72 halasz, Aug 30, 2015
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    No, only for system apps. For normal (that have the uninstall option on the start menu) ones you don't need to do anything with registry.

    For example you can type this in admin powershell:

    Code:
    $app = "Microsoft.BingFinance"

Get-AppxPackage -Name  $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $app | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online
    Or you could run the script in post #56
     
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