Windows 11

Why you can't remove the Get Started app.

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/1636
This is intentional because Get Started is an application that's provisioned as a system application rather than an application you can remove from within the OS.

It's part of C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy so removing this will have various side effects to your OS as the main component powers quite a lot of stuff due to its modularity, and will break Windows Sandbox as well.

Uninstalling the built-in Microsoft Edge already breaks Windows Sandbox, so uninstalling the Start Menu, Touch Keyboard, Screen Snipping, and more will break that even more, possibly including your own OS, that is, if you don't use Windows Sandbox.
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great thanks again m$,i would try to edit it out from the folder but, when i touch those folders even paint stops working.
 
paint stops working after restart or update when appxmanifest is edited. so I removed paint&windowsphotoviewerclassic&photos app. switched to https://github.com/easymodo/qimgv
the only use paint for me was to paste snipped image. that software is going to include that feature, i contacted dev. so i'm happy got rid of 3 blood sucking apps. and got a decent one in return. also i was able to do this.

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win11 for me is stable and clean now i can rest in peace. my work is done for this version.
 
microsoft is being so aggressive about browsers since win11 is out. i'm using chrome but oh boy its getting harder everyday to use it.

i don't use websearch on my search button its ok i don't need search deflector
and i don't ever needed edge deflector since i did not seen any microsoft-edge:// protocol from any app. is it so common? any examples?
 
i think i'm lucky since i use chrome,
dont use widgets cortana or mail app or any other microsoft app :)
 
crypticus said:
dont use widgets cortana or mail app or any other microsoft app :)
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good man :). i use paint frequently for quick cropping and prtscn because it loads faster than gimp, snipping tool and clock/calendar gadgets(might put them on w10 thanks to winaero) n thats it.
 
i suggest qimgv it will support pasting snipped clipboard soon. u can get rid of paint or photoviewer or photos or slow gimp
 
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ms want you online and using their stuff by any means fair or foul. give it 10 years and you'll be reminiscing about today being the good old days. you wait till they put internet through the mains supply, it has already been mentioned.
 
so its good we have Nuhi in our team :)
and many other devs around the globe
mb in few years Linux will stand out
and hardware companies such AMD will increase dev in linux plat
there still hope Clanger
 
crypticus said:
Today i added these commands to setupcomplete. it disabled microsoftteams and microsoftedge (edge only! not webview since we need it) installaton and blocks future installations...

system is clean on online install, no tray icons, no startuptasks to update or install them.

I reached my goal of clean stable fast windows 11. with the preset i shared, +replacing empty start.bin and these commands. its adware free. the only thing missing is contextmenu editor. but atleast i added my own menu
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Doesn't work for me, Teams always appear when doing a clean install and system has internet connectivity. What exactly did you do??
 
Clanger said:
good man :). i use paint frequently for quick cropping and prtscn because it loads faster than gimp, snipping tool and clock/calendar gadgets(might put them on w10 thanks to winaero) n thats it.
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the now discontinued autodesk sketchbook is my to go replacement of paint, to be honest, ever since this motion to turn perfectly working programs into buggy 'apps'. after many twists and turns until I found its .msi bundle was broken beyond repair, I remember to try the simplest solution of all: Unpack the thing and try to run the program inside.

And it worked! So yeah, that's what I've been doing to counter APPaint.
 
HSeber said:
Doesn't work for me, Teams always appear when doing a clean install and system has internet connectivity. What exactly did you do??
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Also add these
Code: 
:: Remove Teams
taskkill /F /IM "Teams.exe" >NUL 2>&1
taskkill /F /IM "MSTeams.exe" >NUL 2>&1
taskkill /F /IM "Update.exe" >NUL 2>&1
taskkill /F /IM "Squirrel.exe" >NUL 2>&1
taskkill /F /IM "MSTeamsUpdate.exe" >NUL 2>&1

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Teams" /v PreventInstallationFromMsi /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >NUL 2>&1
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\OfficeUpdate" /v PreventTeamsInstall /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f >NUL 2>&1

"%localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe" --uninstall --force-uninstall --system-level >NUL 2>&1
>nul powershell -nop -c "Get-WmiObject -Query ' select * from Win32_Product where Name like \"%%Team%%\" ' | ForEach-Object { ($_).Uninstall()}"
>nul powershell -noprofile -executionpolicy bypass -command "Get-AppxPackage -Name *Team* -AllUsers | Foreach {Remove-AppxPackage $_.PackageFullName -AllUsers}"
>nul powershell -noprofile -executionpolicy bypass -command "Get-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Online | Where-Object { $_.PackageName -match 'Team' } | ForEach-Object { Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Online -AllUsers -PackageName $_.PackageName }"

@RD /S /Q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\*" >NUL 2>&1
@RD /S /Q "%localappdata%\Packages\MicrosoftTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\*" >NUL 2>&1
@RD /S /Q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\TeamsMeetingAddin\*" >NUL 2>&1
@RD /S /Q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\TeamsPresenceAddin\*" >NUL 2>&1
@RD /S /Q "%appdata%\Teams\*" >NUL 2>&1
@RD /S /Q "%appdata%\Microsoft\Teams\*" >NUL 2>&1
del /f /q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Teams\*" >NUL 2>&1
del /f /q "%localappdata%\Packages\MicrosoftTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\*" >NUL 2>&1
del /f /q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\TeamsMeetingAddin\*" >NUL 2>&1
del /f /q "%localappdata%\Microsoft\TeamsPresenceAddin\*" >NUL 2>&1
del /f /q "%appdata%\Teams\*" >NUL 2>&1
del /f /q "%appdata%\Microsoft\Teams\*" >NUL 2>&1

PhsMu said:
the now discontinued autodesk sketchbook is my to go replacement of paint, to be honest, ever since this motion to turn perfectly working programs into buggy 'apps'. after many twists and turns until I found its .msi bundle was broken beyond repair, I remember to try the simplest solution of all: Unpack the thing and try to run the program inside.

And it worked! So yeah, that's what I've been doing to counter APPaint.
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yeah it was good but i don't use since no updates. as i said qimgv is enough for me i only paste. when needed edit i use photoshop
 

https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect​

0.3.0.0 comes with the following changes:​

  • Added Basic Debug Logging
  • Added "Hide Icon" menu option
  • Fixed Widgets still opening in Edge
  • Fixed Updater to load the correct page
  • Added Edge Beta, Dev, and Canary Support
  • Added lots of not yet implemented future code
  • Greatly Improved Application Resource Usage (~66% less!)
  • Added /h or /hide parameter to hide the icon on launch (Launch the app again to have to reappear)
 
I blocked Teams from installing during OOBE, and had a clean desktop. Then I returned to find WU pushed Store to reinstall Teams while updating other apps. Will have to test if the regkey for Store autoupdate works or not :confused:

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Log Name: Microsoft-Windows-AppXDeploymentServer/Operational
Source: Microsoft-Windows-AppXDeployment-Server
Date: 11/17/2021 9:51:43 PM
Event ID: 854
Task Category: (3)
Level: Information
Keywords: AppXDeploymentServer Keyword
User: SYSTEM
Computer: Y50-70
Description:
Successfully added the following uri(s) to be processed: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2160968.

EDIT - This seems to be a specific domain we can block:
URLs for the latest production build of Microsoft Teams:
1.4.00.29469 (win-x64) - published on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 11:41 AM with 120 MB: https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/production-windows-x64/1.4.00.29469/Teams_windows_x64.exe
1.4.00.29469 (win-x64) - published on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 11:41 AM with 122 MB: https://statics.teams.cdn.office.net/production-windows-x64/1.4.00.29469/Teams_windows_x64.msi
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Windows 11

I had these long discussions, nuhi prefers using canonical feature names (as established by MSFT). Whereas I say, users recognize "Widgets" instead of "Web Experience". So the confusion continues... we need a feature -> picture guide.
www.ntlite.com www.ntlite.com

Deprovision.reg and installed apps for W10 W11 refreshed for latest builds.
 
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