GPO disable apps & store from W10 Professional

Question

_{Tuesday, June 28, 2016 9:37 AM}

Hello,

I'm planning to upgrade all our computers from W7 Professional to W10 Professional.

But I need to remove all default apps and store, so users can't use them. I need to remove Cortana, and unpin every App, like twitter, wheather, minecraft, and so on.

If I'm not wrong, before a certain update, it was possible using GPO, but since the upgrade, is only available to W10 Enterprise.

Thanks,

All replies (11)

_{Monday, July 4, 2016 5:53 AM ✅Answered}

Hi carolsa8,

According to my research, that gpo should be available both for Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Pro. Please try to update to the latest version Windows 10.10586.420.
However, we could try the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsStore
AutoDownload DWORD
 delete DWORD = default
2 = always off
4 = always on
Here is a link for reference:
Store Update Apps Automatically - Turn On or Off in Windows 10
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/6664-store-update-apps-automatically-turn-off-windows-10-a.html
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_{Tuesday, June 28, 2016 12:23 PM}

Hello

In elevated powershell:

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName

Remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.4.8.176_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h4txyewy

like wise you can do for other applications

Regards, Regin Ravi

_{Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:51 PM}

But this, is for any user that logs on the computer, or only for the user running the powershell?

_{Tuesday, June 28, 2016 1:58 PM}

But this, is for any user that logs on the computer, or only for the user running the powershell?

You can set it in computer configuration in the GPO, then it will affect every computer under that gpo

_{Tuesday, June 28, 2016 5:10 PM}

How do I do so?

I mean, how could I run a powershell script on a gpo?

_{Tuesday, June 28, 2016 5:44 PM}

Sorry for my last question.

I'm a bit tired today :(

_{Wednesday, June 29, 2016 5:53 AM}

Hi llinasenc,

The main issue is to remove all the built-i metro apps, right?

Here is a link for reference:
How to Uninstall Desktop Apps and Windows Apps in Windows 10
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4689-apps-uninstall-windows-10-a.html

Use "Remove-AppxPackage" for present users, use "remove-appxprovisionedpackage" for new users.

We may need to disable the store apps update or they may be installed automatically later.
Computer Configuration => Policies => Administrative Templates => Windows Components => Store=>Turn off automatic download and install of updates

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_{Wednesday, June 29, 2016 7:06 AM}

Hi MeipoXu,

With what you mentioned on the Group Policy setting

"We may need to disable the store apps update or they may be installed automatically later.
Computer Configuration => Policies => Administrative Templates => Windows Components => Store=>Turn off automatic download and install of updates"

It seems like this is not applicable to Windows 10 Pro Version 1511 (And possibly other versions too). Is that correct? It isn't working on mine. 

_{Thursday, July 7, 2016 1:04 AM}

According to this link from Microsoft, the policy to block the Store only works on Windows 10 Enterprise and Education https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3135657.

For the part about removing the built-in apps for all the users I use a PowerShell script during the imaging process. It is very close to this https://github.com/W4RH4WK/Debloat-Windows-10/blob/master/scripts/remove-default-apps.ps1

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_{Wednesday, August 8, 2018 12:43 AM}

How can I apply this GPO through Domain Controller. I don't see the "Store" option when I try to apply on Windows 10 OU through Domain Controller.

Please help.

Thanks

_{Friday, October 19, 2018 3:59 AM}

You need to download the latest/current GPO templates. For example, here is the URL for the 1803 templates.

Install the GPO templates and then the policy options you're looking for will be available.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56880

Cheers, Glen