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[msaglioc99]

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[msaglioc99]

function Pin-App {    param(
        [string]$appname,
        [switch]$unpin
    )
    try{
        if ($unpin.IsPresent){
            ((New-Object -Com Shell.Application).NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').Items() | ?{$_.Name -eq $appname}).Verbs() | ?{$_.Name.replace('&','') -match 'Von "Start" lösen|Unpin from Start'} | %{$_.DoIt()}
            return "App '$appname' unpinned from Start"
        }else{
            ((New-Object -Com Shell.Application).NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').Items() | ?{$_.Name -eq $appname}).Verbs() | ?{$_.Name.replace('&','') -match 'An "Start" anheften|Pin to Start'} | %{$_.DoIt()}
            return "App '$appname' pinned to Start"
        }
    }catch{
        Write-Error "Error Pinning/Unpinning App! (App-Name correct?)"
    }
}

Pin-App "Mail" -unpin
Pin-App "Store" -unpin
Pin-App "Calendar" -unpin
Pin-App "Microsoft Edge" -unpin
Pin-App "Photos" -unpin
Pin-App "Cortana" -unpin
Pin-App "Weather" -unpin
Pin-App "Phone Companion" -unpin
Pin-App "Twitter" -unpin
Pin-App "Skype Video" -unpin
Pin-App "Candy Crush Soda Saga" -unpin
Pin-App "xbox" -unpin
Pin-App "Groove music" -unpin
Pin-App "films & tv" -unpin
Pin-App "microsoft solitaire collection" -unpin
Pin-App "money" -unpin
Pin-App "get office" -unpin
Pin-App "onenote" -unpin
Pin-App "news" -unpin
Pin-App "Asphalt 8: Airborne" -unpin
Pin-App "This PC" -pin
Pin-App "Alarms & Clock" -unpin
Pin-App "Skype" -unpin
Pin-App "This PC" -unpin
Pin-App "Code Writer" -unpin 
Pin-App "Eclipse Manager" -unpin 
Pin-App "Movies & Tv" -unpin 
Pin-App "Calculator" -unpin 
Pin-App "Sway" -unpin 
Pin-App "Microsoft Sway" -unpin 
Pin-App "Pandora" -unpin 
Pin-App "Maps" -unpin 
Pin-App "Microsoft Remote Desktop" -unpin 
Pin-App "NetworkSpeedTest" -unpin
Pin-App "Duolingo" -unpin
Pin-App "Pandora" -unpin

[Tom Elliott]

Does the script run independently from snapins? meaning, Can you test it from the machine you want this to work from and it works?

Mind you, I suspect you may need to add -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted to run with arguments element.

[msaglioc99]

If I manually run the script on the machine I wanna send it to via snapin it works successfully.

[Tom Elliott]

Then the question I suppose would be:

Does your script work from a user perspective? Remember snapins run as the SYSTEM user, so removing applications in the manner, as I understand it, is relevant to the SYSTEM user not the logged in user.

[msaglioc99]

@Tom-Elliott said in Powershell Snapin:

r script work from a user perspective? Remember snapins run as the SYSTEM user, so removing applications in the manner, as I understand it, is relevant to the SYSTEM user not the logged in user.

logged in as a user I am able to run the script. What “system” user is the fog script running as?

[Tom Elliott]

@msaglioc99 It’s literally “SYSTEM” user.

This is WIndows equivalent of “ROOT” with some caveats.

[Avaryan]

Does this script unpin the apps for all users or just the currently logged in user?

[msaglioc99]

@Avaryan said in Powershell Snapin:

unpin the apps for all users or just the

Currently logged in user. If there’s a way to set it up for all users that’s what I would prefer.