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A Collection of Scripts Which Disable / Remove Windows 10 Features and Apps
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remove-default-apps.ps1 - is it possible to remove content delivery tiles? #52

Closed daleallenc closed 8 years ago

daleallenc commented 8 years ago

I've found that Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta, Adobe Photoshop Express, and Flipboard fall under some kind of content delivery system and can't be removed with script. This is what they look like when exported:

SecondaryTile AppUserModelID="Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy!App" TileID="PreInstalled.DefaultStartLayout2.2" DisplayName="Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta" ...(clipped)

SecondaryTile AppUserModelID="Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy!App" TileID="PreInstalled.DefaultStartLayout1.2" DisplayName="Adobe Photoshop Express" ...(clipped)

SecondaryTile AppUserModelID="Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy!App" TileID="PreInstalled.DefaultStartLayout1.3" DisplayName="Flipboard" ... (clipped)

default-start-layout.txt

W4RH4WK commented 8 years ago

I think it should be possible to remove the tiles from the start menu, this may not be adequate for the remove-default-apps.ps1 but fits in one of the optimization scripts. I'll look at this a little bit later when I have more time. Simply unpin them for now or replace your start menu with something more useful like classic shell.

W4RH4WK commented 8 years ago

the optimize-user-interface.ps1 script will remove all start menu tiles, those content delivery tiles should be gone too.

bittin commented 8 years ago

cool will look into that when we are installing Windows 10 in another computer lab at work in August something more we have use for :)

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the optimize-user-interface.ps1 script will remove all start menu tiles, those content delivery tiles should be gone too.

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Daystrom256 commented 8 years ago

Hi, could this issue be re-opened?

I tried the latest version of the script and it still won't remove some tiles. I checked the command that removes all ties, it seems to only check installed apps to unpin them if they are pinned.

These leftover tiles are something different, like web shortcuts stored in wherever MS has chosen to store this info. Pre-Windows 10 it would have been a folder somewhere you could delete the link from. export-startlayout via powershell shows:

<start:SecondaryTile AppUserModelID="Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy!App" TileID="PreInstalled.DefaultStartLayout2.2" DisplayName="Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta" ...(clipped)
<start:SecondaryTile AppUserModelID="Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy!App" TileID="PreInstalled.DefaultStartLayout1.2" DisplayName="PicsArt - Photo Studio" ...(clipped)
<start:SecondaryTile AppUserModelID="Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy!App" TileID="PreInstalled.DefaultStartLayout1.3" DisplayName="Duolingo - Learn Languages for Free" ...(clipped)
W4RH4WK commented 8 years ago

Sure,I have seen this recently happening with the anniversary edition, but haven't found a better we to solve this yet.

Daystrom256 commented 8 years ago

Related to these 3rd party tiles...

Feature enhancement Have remove-default-apps.ps1 delete all reg_dword entries in this registry key: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContenetDeliveryManager\SuggestedApps (Twitter came back with a windows update after being uninstalled, I suspect because it was in this list of suggested apps?)

Remove-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager\SuggestedApps' -Name *

Background info HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContenetDeliveryManager REG_DWORD SystemPaneSuggestionsEnabled set to 0 to disable and corresponds to settings > Personalization > Start > "Occasionally show suggestions in start" Source: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/how-to-disable-start-menu-ads-or-suggestions-in-windows-10/

Listed nearby in registry are 5 apps, 3 of which are the ones I'm trying to get rid of the tiles. See: HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContenetDeliveryManager\SuggestedApps Appropriate settings in this area of the registry will likely prevent these zombies from coming back from the dead as Twitter did.

brad-x commented 8 years ago

I've also been setting the 'DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures' DWORD to a value of 1 under HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent. More info at:

https://winpeguy.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/win10-start-menu-junk-and-candy-crush-soda-saga/

W4RH4WK commented 8 years ago

You may not be pleased to hear this, but I ditched the official startmenu, I stated my reasons in the readme.

Please use something more sophisticated.