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Retaining Removed Pre-Provisioned AppX Packages Across Feature Updates
After upgrading to Windows 10, v1703 in-box apps that were uninstalled by the user won't automatically reinstall as part of the Feature Update installation process. (Apps de-provisioned by IT administrators will still be reinstalled, this is expected to be addressed in the next Feature Update)
After upgrading to Windows 10, v1703 in-box apps that were uninstalled by the user won't automatically reinstall as part of the Feature Update installation process. (Apps de-provisioned by IT administrators will still be reinstalled, this is expected to be addressed in the next Feature Update)
Nathan,
Thanks for the response. Glad it is being addressed. Have to say I'm surprised it wasn't addressed for enterprise customers first, or at least at the same time. I'm really glad we haven't rolled out to more users yet as this is a pain to clean up.
- you don't need to wait. you could workaround this now by using a post install action from SetupConfig.ini or modifying the install.wim with Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mniehaus/2016/08/23/windows-10-1607-keeping-apps-from-coming-back-when-deploying-the-feature-update/
Nathan,
I'm already removing them as part of the task sequence for new builds. The issue is with Feature Updates. These are just installed as an update. I have written two scripts to clean this up. One machine script that will run after the FU to remove them from the system, and another user based in case someone logs on before the system script runs. Pretty ugly. Looking forward to not having to do this for 1709.