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In the unfortunate scenarios, where you need to use a Windows Install and or a VM never start without running through something like this:

https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater

WARNING: Use at your own risk, no guarantees. Personally never broke anything for me.



I tried Blackbird (similar idea) a couple times on my Surface and it hosed the install twice. I'd still make it to desktop but it was a barely usable mess, and the "restore" functionality didn't fix it.

I've been pretty leery of them ever since - definitely don't try it on a critical machine, and you're really at the mercy of Microsoft changing something every update. Definitely "use at your own risk" territory.

https://www.getblackbird.net/


PS > Get-AppxPackage -allusers | Where-Object {$_.name -notlike "store" -and $_.name -notlike "linux" -and $_.name -notlike "ubuntu"} | Remove-AppxPackage

PS > Get-AppxprovisionedPackage -online | Where-Object {$_.name -notlike "store" -and $_.name -notlike "linux" -and $_.name -notlike "ubuntu"} | Remove-AppxprovisionedPackage -online




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