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Hello! I was testing some of registry commands to Disable Promotional apps like "Whatsapp" , & others in start menu in windows 11 for all new created users by doing following commands

reg load "hku\Default" "C:\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT" 
reg delete "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v SilentInstalledAppsEnabled /f
reg add "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v SilentInstalledAppsEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg unload "hku\Default"

and then After Confirming that "SilentInstalledAppsEnabled" value "0" will apply to all new created users i created new user but i still see these promotional apps there!
Since that did not worked, i did that same thing... but with different reg deletes and additions

reg load "hku\Default" "C:\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT"

reg delete "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v SubscribedContent-338389Enabled /f
reg delete "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v SubscribedContent-88000326Enabled /f
reg delete "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v SystemPaneSuggestionsEnabled /f
reg delete "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v ContentDeliveryAllowed /f

And when i executed these commands it said that it was not found there, so i decided to add following to there:

reg add "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v SubscribedContent-338389Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v SubscribedContent-88000326Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v SystemPaneSuggestionsEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKU\default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager" /v ContentDeliveryAllowed /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

And after doing that i restarted pc and created user, still nothing, i was still seeing these shortcuts to MS Store apps, then i checked registry for that user and it seems that almost all of them applied and were set to "0" with possible exceptions of "ContentDeliveryAllowed" set to "1" !
Quesiton: Do users really have to Use Any Windows 11 Edition that is Not Non-N version of Home & Non-N version of Pro? is there any way to disable promotional titles on Windows Home & Pro without Any other things specialy like setting region to "English(World), English(Europe)" or something like that?
P.S Maybe I just have to set everything there to "0" that what can be setted to 0 ! Note: Just Tried All This Same thing on Windows 10 & It Does Not Work There too! It seems that User has to Change All Starting with "ContentDeliveryAllowed" & Ending With "SoftLandingEnabled" & set them all to "0" with Exceptions of "IdentityProvider" ! Setting Almost All of That to "0" there worked in Windows 10 But Not In Windows 11! Can Confirm that setting "ContentDeliveryAllowed" to "0" for All users is Not Possible on Windows 11 if user does that in "Default" profile Reg hive.

Info:
Windows 11
Edition: Pro(Professional)

Feature Update Version: 22H2
Environment: Virtual Machine

Answer 1

Hello there,

This can be done by modifying the Registry

{\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager} and disabling the values.

You can also use GPO

Computer configuration->Administrative templates->Windows Components->Cloud Content.

double click Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences

And enable the policy

Hope this resolves your Query !!

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