Remove-Default-Apps not working on W10 Pro 1709

[TechArtisanIO]

Didn't really want to create an issue for this because I am not sure whether there's an actual issue or whether or not the issue is with the user :), but this script no longer works for me on the latest W10 release (1709). It works fine on previous versions, however.

I set-executionpolicy unrestricted and then run both ls -recurse commands. After that I go ahead an run the remove-default-apps script, but it no longer removes any apps. Is this a known issue? I can post the errors I receive here in a bit. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong...

[wastelandgunner]

I don't believe it to be a user error. I am experience the same problems.

[4oo4]

@ahelton From having to run this lots at work to clean up Windows 10 images, I've noticed that a lot of the time when you run the script, it will remove all the apps for anyone who logs in and creates a new profile, but the current profile you're using is essentially "tainted", and the apps won't go away unless you manually remove them. I think this is because Windows 10 apps are on a per user basis.

If you create a new user account and login do you still have any of the apps? Can you also post the errors you're getting? Most of the time they are just due to a package not being installed that it's trying to remove.

[tlahitte]

Edit your remove-default-apps.ps1 script and remove the -AllUsers at the end of the file inside of the foreach loop.
It appears twice on the same line, remove it twice

[TechArtisanIO]

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I managed to construct my own script using part of the Debloat10 package as well as some tips I found in this incredibly useful article: How Windows 10 Pro installs unwanted apps. My new script works perfectly even if it isn't as clean as Debloat10; however, @tlahitte I am going to attempt to do as you say to see if it works.

[TechArtisanIO]

Also, I wonder if running this in audit mode would prevent new accounts from being tainted? Is that possible?