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LearningSponge
Copper Contributor
Jan 25, 2026

Ability to Block Windows Store on Windows 11 Pro

Dear friends,

I have quite a huge number of student laptops which run Windows 11 Pro (latest) and are connected to Microsoft Entra ID.

The laptops are controlled by InTune.

I am having a problem as they are able to run Windows Store and able to download X-VPN software, even though they do NOT have administrator access to their laptop.

 

I would like to:

  1. Be able to block them from loading Windows Store
  2. Uninstall X-VPN software through inTune

The issue is that, since they are running Windows 11 Pro, I cannot use AppLocker or GPOs since they would need to run the Education or Enterprise version to use AppLocker. The GPO setting to block Store from running has been depricitaed.

Did anyone find a solution to block Windows Store from running on Windows 11 Pro please?

Thanks a lot in advance.

2 Replies

  • LearningSponge​ 

    Hi,

    Hmm, have you tried blocking it via a Custom OMA-URI profile? Not sure if it will work on PRO, but give it a try.

    OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ApplicationManagement/AllowStore

    Data type: Integer

    Value: 0

    or Sign in block same only change the OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/Experience/AllowMicrosoftAccountConnection

     

    X-VPN - i will go with a detection/remediation

    Good luck!

  • MSizec's avatar
    MSizec
    Copper Contributor

    Would like to know how to to that efficiently too

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