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README.md

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installed with the OS. You have no option to remove them. You still have the
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ability to remove them.
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## Apps Removed
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These apps are capable of being removed by this script. If it has `(disabled)`
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by it, it's in the script but commented out, so it won't be removed by default.
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- 3D Builder
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- Alarms
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- Calendar
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- Clock
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- Food & Drink
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- Camera (disabled)
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- Candy Crush
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- Facebook
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- Get Office
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- Get Skype
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- Get Started
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- Groove Music
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- Health
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- Mail
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- Maps
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- Messaging
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- Microsoft Solitaire Collection
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- Money
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- Movies & TV
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- News
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- OneNote
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- Paid Wi-Fi & Cellular
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- People
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- Phone Companion
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- Photos
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- Reader
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- Sports
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- Store (disabled)
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- Sway
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- Travel
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- Twitter
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- Voice Recorder
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- Weather (disabled)
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- Xbox
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## Instructions (Uninstall)
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1. Get the uninstall script in this repo.

Reinstall_Win10_Apps.ps1

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###############################################################################
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# Reinstall Windows 10 Modern Apps
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#
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# Use this PowerShell script to add back all of the built-in/auto-installed
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# Windows 10 apps that were installed on your computer.
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###############################################################################
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#
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# To run the script
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#
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# Option 1: Copy/paste
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# 1) Copy this whole script (CTRL+A to select all, CTRL+C to copy)
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# 2) Open up a PowerShell window as an Administrator (click Start, type in
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# PowerShell, right-click and click Run as Administrator)
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# 3) Press CTRL+V in the window
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# 4) If it didn't run, press Enter to run it
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# 5) Open your Start Menu and watch the apps reappear
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# 6) Re-run the script if you
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#
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# Option 2: Run the script
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# 1) Open a Command Prompt or PowerShell window as administrator. (Right-click
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# on the icon, click Run as Administrator)
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# 2) Type: PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
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# (which enables scripts to run locally)
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# 3) Change to the director of the script
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# 4) Run .\Uninstall_Win10_Apps.ps1
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# 5) Open your Start Menu and watch the apps reappear
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#
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# If it won't let you run it because of the execute policy, try opening the
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# script up, typing an extra space somewhere, then saving it. This tells it
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# it's a script created on your computer, and makes it happier.
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#
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###############################################################################
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# Reinstall all built-in apps:
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Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml}
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Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

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