

As it turns out, not all apps, which is installed on the first logon, can be uninstalled. This list of provisioned app packages is significantly smaller than the list of all universal apps installed on your profile. If you run it from a 32-bit console, you will get the error “An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format”: Notice that this must be run from a 64-bit PowerShell console. By the way, DISM /Online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages would give the same list as the -Online parameter. If you’ve mounted a WIM file to a folder, you could use -Path instead.

You must use the parameter -Online to specify that it should look in the online running Windows image.

Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | Select DisplayName To get the list of all provisioned app packages available on your system, type in the following PowerShell in an elevated 64-bit console: On my test-computer this would produce the following list:Ī universal app, which gets installed the first time you log on, is called a provisioned app package (.appx). In addition, you can run Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers in an elevated PowerShell prompt, to get the netto list of packages installed for all users (but since everyone gets everything installed, this list would probably be equal to the list for your profile, unless you already have uninstalled some of the apps). Get-AppXPackage returns the list of app packages (.appx) that is installed for the current user. If you want to get a complete list of all the apps installed in your profile, you can run the PowerShell script: If you would like to get an example of how much you can optimize this, go to the bottom of this page. Ever wondered why the first logon on Windows 10 takes a long time with the “Hi, We’re Setting Things Up For You”? It’s because it is installing the apps in the user profile. The universal apps are installed on a per user basis, which means that the first time you log on to a computer, the apps will be installed in your profile. “Contact Service” which gets them in touch with Microsoft Support or “Mail” when you already use Outlook in your corporation), or simply because you want a more business oriented image. However, some of them you might not want around in your corporate image. Either because the doesn’t make sense to keep around your end users (e.g. And some of them are great for the home user. Windows 10 includes a list of universal apps (running on Windows Runtime, or WinRT introduced in Windows 8).
