Uninstall System Appx W8.1

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pim

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Does somebody know how to uninstall system appx integrated with Windows 8.1? I mean:
Checkpoint.VPN
f5.vpn.client

Filemanager

JuniperNetworksJunosPulseVPn

MoCamera

SonicWallMobileconnect

windows.immersivecontrolpanel

winstore With PowerShell it is not possible (errors are generated).
Best Regards.
 
pim said:
Does somebody know how to uninstall system appx integrated with Windows 8.1? I mean:
Checkpoint.VPN
f5.vpn.client
JuniperNetworksJunosPulseVPn
SonicWallMobileconnect.
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These aren't Windows 8 apps, they're just normal desktop apps?

Is this a business machine - do you have an IT department?

windows.immersivecontrolpanel
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Err... this is the Settings app in Windows, you can't remove this
 
Actually, apparently F5 Secure VPN, SonicWall mobile connect and Junos Pule are available on the Windows store (didn't know this - I've only ever used the Win32 versions of those programs at work). However, you can just uninstall them like you would any other UWP app - right click, uninstall.

Checkpoint VPN is definitely a normal Win32 app though.

My point about the immersivecontrolpanel is still true though.
 
Tekno Venus said:
Actually, apparently F5 Secure VPN, SonicWall mobile connect and Junos Pule are available on the Windows store (didn't know this - I've only ever used the Win32 versions of those programs at work). However, you can just uninstall them like you would any other UWP app - right click, uninstall.

Checkpoint VPN is definitely a normal Win32 app though.

My point about the immersivecontrolpanel is still true though.
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Hi,
Thanks to answer but if you run Get-AppxPackage in Powershell you get a list of appxs in your system. Using Remove-AppxPackage you can uninstall all except the list I asked for. Windows X App Remover doesnt remove the list. the reason is that we are hardening the system and we don't need the store and vpn plugins.
Best Regards.
 
I'm not quite sure I understand your scenario.

I understand locking down systems (done that before for work), but why do you have those VPN apps in the first place in your image? They're not included in Windows 8 by default. If you're locking down, why don't you start from a clean image?

Store and settings app can be locked down by GPOs if you're in a domain environment.
 
Tekno Venus said:
I'm not quite sure I understand your scenario.

I understand locking down systems (done that before for work), but why do you have those VPN apps in the first place in your image? They're not included in Windows 8 by default. If you're locking down, why don't you start from a clean image?

Store and settings app can be locked down by GPOs if you're in a domain environment.
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If you run Get-AppxPackage in PowerShell you can ser that these applications are included by default in Windows 8.1.

Best regards.
 
I don't see how removing any of those will help performance or saving of disk space in any significant want. I would recommend leaving them.

But suspecting that advice will not be heeded, see this and note that some apps just cannot be uninstalled.

I sure hope you made a viable backup of everything before you started this venture.
 
Uninstall PowerShell 4.0

Does anybody know how to uninstall PoweShell 4.0 in Windows 8.1? It is built-in in the system.

Thanks in advance.

Edit add - moved to existing thread on moving integrated apps.
 
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Err, no, checkpoint VPN, F5 VPN, JunosPulse VPN and Sonicall VPN aren't included in a normal clean install of Windows 8.1. Why would Microsoft bundle apps from Checkpoint, Juniper and Dell in their clean install. What version of 8.1 is this (Home, Pro, Enterprise)? Where did you get your ISO from?

And again, you can't remove the store or settings app. If you want to block access to them, GPOs are the way to go providing you're in a domain environment.
 
Does anybody know how to uninstall PoweShell 4.0 in Windows 8.1? It is built-in in the system.
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This was posted as a new thread. I have moved it into this thread. Please don't start new threads for related topics.
 
Well then, please accept my sincere apologies - I stand corrected!

I installed a clean version of Windows 8.1 myself, and ran the powershell command. Low and behold:

Code: 
ame              : CheckPoint.VPN
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : Neutral
ResourceId        : neutral
Version           : 1.0.0.1
PackageFullName   : CheckPoint.VPN_1.0.0.1_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocation   : C:\Windows\vpnplugins\checkpoint
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : CheckPoint.VPN_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherId       : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False

Name              : f5.vpn.client
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : Neutral
ResourceId        : neutral
Version           : 1.0.0.11
PackageFullName   : f5.vpn.client_1.0.0.11_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocation   : C:\Windows\vpnplugins\f5
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : f5.vpn.client_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherId       : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False

Name              : FileManager
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : Neutral
ResourceId        : neutral
Version           : 6.3.9600.16384
PackageFullName   : FileManager_6.3.9600.16384_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocation   : C:\Windows\FileManager
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : FileManager_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherId       : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False

Name              : JuniperNetworks.JunosPulseVpn
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : Neutral
ResourceId        : neutral
Version           : 1.0.0.206
PackageFullName   : JuniperNetworks.JunosPulseVpn_1.0.0.206_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocation   : C:\Windows\vpnplugins\juniper
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : JuniperNetworks.JunosPulseVpn_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherId       : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False

Name              : Microsoft.MoCamera
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : Neutral
ResourceId        : neutral
Version           : 6.3.9600.16384
PackageFullName   : Microsoft.MoCamera_6.3.9600.16384_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocation   : C:\Windows\Camera
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : Microsoft.MoCamera_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherId       : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False

Name              : SonicWALL.MobileConnect
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : Neutral
ResourceId        : neutral
Version           : 1.0.0.8
PackageFullName   : SonicWALL.MobileConnect_1.0.0.8_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocation   : C:\Windows\vpnplugins\sonicwall
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : SonicWALL.MobileConnect_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherId       : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False

Name              : windows.immersivecontrolpanel
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : Neutral
ResourceId        : neutral
Version           : 6.2.0.0
PackageFullName   : windows.immersivecontrolpanel_6.2.0.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocation   : C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherId       : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False

Name              : winstore
Publisher         : CN=Microsoft Windows, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
Architecture      : Neutral
ResourceId        : neutral
Version           : 1.0.0.0
PackageFullName   : winstore_1.0.0.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
InstallLocation   : C:\Windows\WinStore
IsFramework       : False
PackageFamilyName : winstore_cw5n1h2txyewy
PublisherId       : cw5n1h2txyewy
IsResourcePackage : False
IsBundle          : False
IsDevelopmentMode : False

Once again, please accept my apologies!

So, what can you do about these? Not much I'm afraid - but I don't see any reason you'd need to remove them. Firstly, my point on the Windows Store and Settings app still is valid, since you can't uninstall these. Pretty sure that's the same for the camera. Apart from GPOs as mentioned, I don't think there's a way to remove those.

From some digging around, the VPN programs can only be run inside a container package, which would be a Windows store app. You can't just run the exe from the install path. They're not user-accessible and runnable programs from what I can see. From what I can tell, they're integrated into the OS as VPN drivers to allow connections to SonicWALL, F5, Juniper and Checkpoint VPN appliences from Windows. I'm not sure why you'd want to remove them really since I don't see what problem they're causing.

SonicWall Mobile Connect for Windows 8.1 is a VPN plug-in that is distributed by Microsoft as part of Windows 8.1. The SonicWall Mobile Connect VPN plug-in enables secure, mobile connections to private networks protected by SonicWall security appliances for devices running Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT

Feature Highlights and Functionality Details:

  1. The Mobile Connect plugin cannot be uninstalled/reinstalled. The plugin is distributed by Microsoft as part of Windows 8.1 (locates in C:\Windows\vpnplugins). Updates are delivered through Windows Update.
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Mobile Connect: Windows 8.1 Mobile connect Plugin and its feature highlights (SW10644)
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