Need help with a Deploy to add back the Windows Store

I am willing to share the xml file of my package, but I did not want to post the whole long thing here if it was not appropriate...

I do not think I would need the entire xml of the package, but could you copy the powershell for step 4 into a code block? I can take a look at it and see if I get a similar error.

One question I do have, Uninstalling the store in the first place should not remove the original manifest from WindowsApps. Is there a reason that you need to completely replace the existing manifest?

Start-Transcript -Path c:\users\adminpdq\ps2log.txt path = Get-ChildItem -Path “C:\Program Files\WindowsApps” | Where-Object {_.BaseName -like "Microsoft.WindowsStore_11712.1001.23.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe"} | select fullname $registerpath = $path.FullName + “\appxmanifest.xml” Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $registerpath

path = Get-ChildItem -Path “C:\Program Files\WindowsApps” | Where-Object {_.BaseName -like "Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe"} | select fullname $registerpath = $path.FullName + “\appxmanifest.xml” Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $registerpath

path = Get-ChildItem -Path “C:\Program Files\WindowsApps” | Where-Object {_.BaseName -like "Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.6_1.6.24903.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe"} | select fullname $registerpath = $path.FullName + “\appxmanifest.xml” Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $registerpath

path = Get-ChildItem -Path “C:\Program Files\WindowsApps” | Where-Object {_.BaseName -like "Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.6_1.6.24903.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe"} | select fullname $registerpath = $path.FullName + “\appxmanifest.xml” Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $registerpath

Get-AppXPackage Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.6_1.6.24903.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “(.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} Get-AppXPackage Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.6_1.6.24903.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “(.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} Get-AppXPackage Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_14.0.26706.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “(.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} Get-AppXPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore_11712.1001.23.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “(.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

##Remove Provisioned Packages

$appname = @(

"*BingWeather"

"*BingFinance"

"*BingFoodAndDrink"

"*BingHealthAndFitness"

"*BingMaps"

"*BingNews"

"*BingSports"

"*BingTravel"

)

ForEach($app in $appname){ Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | where {$_.PackageName -like $app} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -AllUsers -Online -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

}

This is the PS I ran. The trailing asterisk is missing just to make the code show more properly in this text block.

This actually deleted the whole app folder in the WindowsApps folder - I probably misplaced a quote, comma, or asterisk while adding app names. I grabbed the good folders from a machine that was untouched and the same version.

**edited to try to get the code to show correctly.

My best bet on why this is working when you run it locally but not from Deploy is Add-AppxPackage does not have an -alluser like remove does. So it is attempting to install for the Deploy user. For a quick test can I have you log into the computer you are testing on with any credentials and then deploy this package with the Run As set to "Logged on User"?

PS1 failed before it got to 4. Even with -ErrorAction Continue

Error: Remove-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11712.1001.23.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe' because it does not exist. At C:\WINDOWS\AdminArsenal\PDQDeployRunner\service-1\exec\user.ps1:9 char:1

Remove-Item "c:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_1171 ...

• CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Program File...__8wekyb3d8bbwe:String) [Remove-Item], ItemNotFoundEx ception
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand

Best way around that is to test if it is there first, then remove if it is found.

If(Test-Path "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11712.1001.23.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe"){

Remove-Item "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11712.1001.23.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe" -Recurse -Force

}

I am close! I rearranged a few things to run the Add-AppXPackage as logged in user. I am still having issues though with:

If(Test-Path "c:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11809.1001.8.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbwe") { Remove-Item "c:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsStore_11809.1001.8.0_neutral_split.scale-100_8wekyb3d8bbwe" -Recurse -Force }

Half of the time it just tells me that permission is denied even though I have taken ownership and have no errors with this: takeown /f "c:\Program Files" /r /d y > NUL icacls "c:\Program Files" /INHERITANCE:e /GRANT:r "DOMAIN\adminpdq":(OI)(CI)F /T /GRANT:r "administrators":(OI)(CI)F /T > NUL

Is it possible that it is not elevating privilege enough?