Remove Built-in Apps in Offline media

Question

I want to remove built-in apps during a offline media installation.

I tried 2 methods:
Command Line:
powershell.exe -command "Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass"
Command line:
powershell.exe -file "%ScriptRoot%\Remove_BuiltinApps.ps1"
Start in:
%ScriptRoot%

or

Set Task Sequence Variable
PSCommand
cmd /c powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command

Run Powershell Script
Remove_BuiltinApps.ps1

Both methods are not working and the powershell feature is checked inside the properties.
Anyone an idea how to configure this inside MDT?

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Microsoft MECM Q&A forum.

1 It's recommended that we remove built-in apps firstly and then create a new OS image. We can remove a preinstalled app from a Windows image by using the DISM.exe tool or the DISM cmdlets in Windows PowerShell. For example:
Dism /Image:c:\test\offline /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.devx.appx.app1_1.0.0.0_neutral_en-us_ac4zc6fex2zjp
For more detailed steps, please refer to:
Remove a preinstalled app by using DISM

2 We can also use customize PowerShell script to remove built-in apps (or default apps) in the reference images. For more detailed steps, please refer to the awesome blogs:
Remove Built-in apps when creating a Windows 10 reference image
Remove Built-in apps for Windows 10 version 1809

Hope it helps. Thanks for your time.

Best regards,
Simon

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Answer 2

Hi @Simon Ren-MSFT

Thanks a lot again. I used the first url of option 2.
I changed to location of the script in from offline to online (State Restore)