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Why does Wipe/Fresh Start remove MS Store and other built-in UWP app distributed by Microsoft?
I am trying to find out if this is expected behavior. When I first onboard (join) a new device to Intune and a user logs in for the first time, MS Store and other built-in UWP apps distributed by Mic...
I am also having this problem. I have confirmed that the appx directories are not in c:\program files\windowsapps. As you said default apps like To Do, Sticky Notes, Photos and Windows Store are not present after either a wipe or Fresh Start. I do not recall this being an issue before in the last 4 years of running Intune at various sites, it seems like a relatively new problem.
I downloaded a windows iso, mounted the wim file and extracted the contents of c:\program files\windowsapps and copied to one of my problem pc's and reran the command
Get-AppxPackage -allusers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
and this did not resolve the issue either.
I believe the issue for me was a registry item being changed in my debloat script, so if you are changing any registry keys to prevent MS from auto-installing or auto-reinstalling certain UWP apps like Candy Crush and what not, one of those might actually be preventing the reinstallation of the MS Store app and other apps after a wipe/reset. I can't recall precisely which registry key it was. If I figure it out, I'll post back here and let you know.