I don't see Niehaus talking about group policy in that blog article, but if you're referring to the GPO to block the store, and disable the consumer experience, we already do that, with good success on 1607. Not sure why it wouldn't continue to work with 1709. I've been looking over the 1709 admx template and don't see any updates to the GPO, but I'll take another look.
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jason Sandys Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 3:22 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [External] [mssms] RE: Removing Apps from 1709 Don't confuse built-in apps with those that are automatically added from the store when a user logs in. Two different things. The apps you call out below are not Microsoft apps, not built-in, and thus not subject to removal using Michael's script or anything similar - they instead come from the store as noted. This can be prevented by setting the appropriate group policy which Michael also describes in his blog post(s). J From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Bradley, Matt Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 2:44 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [mssms] Removing Apps from 1709 In the past when I built my 1607 image, I used Niehaus's script, seen here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mniehaus/2015/11/11/removing-windows-10-in-box-apps-during-a-task-sequence/. Worked great. Went to go use it again, as I build our new 1709 image (we skipped 1703), and am not having the same success. Packages that I select with that script, are indeed removed after imaging, but they soon come back. They are still listed in the app list, and soon rebuild themselves. Can't just right click and delete from the menu either (that would be too easy). Some packages (Code Writer, Eclipse Manager, etc.) appear that were never detected with the script to begin with. I'm curious how others are dealing with image building and removing unwanted apps in their 1709 image.
