
Not that I am using the apps, but I’m not trying to make a “lean” drive. I did download and take a look at the apps on my computer however, I really didn’t see anything that I wanted to eliminate. See if it makes it quicker to get rid of some of this rubbish.īrother site, BetaNews, for which you write a neat column on “the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 on the Windows Store in the past seven days”–some 323 in a series–provided information for the portable app a few days ago.
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However, it doesn’t always remove the registry or archive function leaving the app an ability for forced re-installation. I’ve also noticed that ccleaner’s add remove program list will often times have many of these unwanted apps and can easily be removed from there. However, these registry names and locations seem to be changed by Microsoft from time-to-time in what can only be seen as attempt to thwart this degenerate belief that someone may not necessarily want all this junk on their system.

Once this is complete, a check through the privacy settings to be assured that they magically weren’t switched back on again and that usually takes care of it. Get-AppxPackage *3Saga_kgqvnymyfvs32 | Remove-AppxPackageĪfter that, you must go to the registry and disable the ability for the app to be reinstalled from the archive.

Get-AppxPackage *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackage I’ve been running scripts via the powershell from my ever increasing list of annoyances that Microsoft insists are vital for Windows 10.
