fix: resolve silent failures in AppX removal and PS7 DISM bugs (#4822)

* fix: resolve silent failures in AppX removal and PS7 DISM bugs

- Fixed a bug where Remove-AppxPackage failed silently in PowerShell 7 due to pipeline binding issues. We now explicitly loop through Get-AppxPackage results and pass PackageFullName directly.
- Added wildcard matching to Get-AppxPackage and Get-AppxProvisionedPackage to reliably locate packages regardless of short name vs family name variations.
- Offloaded Get-AppxProvisionedPackage and Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage execution to Windows PowerShell 5.1 (powershell.exe) to bypass PowerShell 7 DISM COM exceptions ("Class not registered") and performance hangs.
- Deduplicated AppX removal logic by calling Remove-WinUtilAPPX directly from Invoke-WPFAppxRemoval instead of copying the implementation.

* refactor(Remove-WinUtilAPPX): use script block to improve readability

* feat: enhance AppX removal process and add provisioned package removal function

* fix(tests): update AppX removal tests

This also adds tests for the new Remove-WinUtilProvisionedAPPX functionality

* Move AppX removal under Tweaks

* Address AppX removal review feedback

* Complete AppX removal error handling

* Prevent AppX cleanup confirmation prompts

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Co-authored-by: Chris Titus <contact@christitus.com>
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Omar
2026-07-13 13:16:35 -05:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Chris Titus
parent c8e756dc11
commit 9791386f53
10 changed files with 236 additions and 38 deletions
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@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ function Invoke-WPFAppxRemoval {
$sync.ProcessRunning = $true
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "AppX" -Message "Starting AppX removal for $(@($selected).Count) selected package(s)."
$packageList = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()
foreach ($key in $selected) {
if ($key -eq "WPFAppxMicrosoft_XboxGamingOverlay") {
# Making sure Game Bar isn't running
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "AppX" -Message "Stopping GameBarFTServer before removing Xbox Gaming Overlay."
Stop-Process -Name GameBarFTServer
Stop-Process -Name GameBarFTServer -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# This stops annoying ms-gamebar popup when launching games.
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "AppX" -Message "Disabling Game DVR capture before removing Xbox Gaming Overlay."
@@ -25,14 +27,14 @@ function Invoke-WPFAppxRemoval {
}
if ($key -eq "WPFAppxMicrosoft_WindowsNotepad") {
# i hope your having fun reading this
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "AppX" -Message "Stopping dllhost before removing Notepad."
Stop-Process -Name dllhost
Stop-Process -Name dllhost -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
Write-Host "Removing $($apps[$key].Content)"
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "AppX" -Message "Removing $($apps[$key].Content) ($($apps[$key].PackageId))."
Get-AppxPackage -Name $apps[$key].PackageId -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Remove-WinUtilAPPX -Name $apps[$key].PackageId
$packageList.Add($apps[$key].PackageId)
if ($key -eq "WPFAppxMSTeams") {
# Uninstalls Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office
@@ -41,6 +43,10 @@ function Invoke-WPFAppxRemoval {
}
}
if ($packageList.Count -gt 0) {
Remove-WinUtilProvisionedAPPX -PackageList $packageList.ToArray()
}
Write-Host "================================="
Write-Host "-- AppX Removal Finished ---"
Write-Host "================================="