ogeccut 2 Report post Posted October 26, 2017 I just installed 1709 and there are some new appx packages i would like to remove. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *people* | select name, PackageFullName Name PackageFullName ---- --------------- Microsoft.Windows.PeopleExperienceHost Microsoft.Windows.PeopleExperienceHost_10.0.16299.15_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2t. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *people* | Remove-AppxPackage But getting the following error: Remove-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CFA, Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CFA) error 0x80070032: AppX Deployment Remove operation on package I can remove other packages.... Thanks for the help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tale 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2017 There are 2 appx packages for 'People': Microsoft.People is the actual 'People' app in the start menu that can be removedMicrosoft.Windows.PeopleExperienceHost probably can't be removed since it's embedded in to the OS (in the taskbar/settings). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ogeccut 2 Report post Posted October 26, 2017 What are we supposed to do? Cant be remove is not an option in an Enterprise.....Why would they include this crap in the OS? I am looking in CU registry key and setting it as default... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tale 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2017 Yes to disable it by default, the registry is: REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\People" /v PeopleBand /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f I also added the other 2 to make sure notifications stay off if someone accidentally re-enables the icon on the taskbar REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\People\ShoulderTap" /v ShoulderTap /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\People\ShoulderTap" /v ShoulderTapAudio /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f As long as it's hidden it doesn't really seem to do anything. And if you remove the Microsoft.People app, it's even more useless as it won't be able to actually connect to anything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ogeccut 2 Report post Posted October 26, 2017 Were you able to remove an app? I keep getting an error. Just need to test adding this to default profile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tale 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2017 I normally use Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object {$_.PackageName -like "Microsoft.People*"} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Where-Object {$_.PackageFullName -like "Microsoft.People*"} | Remove-AppxPackage with no issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ogeccut 2 Report post Posted October 26, 2017 people is not a provisioned package. Only appx. And generating an error on remove. I can remove other appx 's with the same command Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavin1973 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2017 I use a powershell script to remove built in apps from the wim file. I have used successfully on all the Window 10 version including 1709. The script can downloaded from https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Removing-Built-in-apps-65dc387b#content Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites