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winutil/functions/private/Remove-WinUtilAPPX.ps1
Omar 9791386f53 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>
2026-07-13 13:16:35 -05:00

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function Remove-WinUtilAPPX {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Removes all APPX packages that match the given name
.PARAMETER Name
The name of the APPX package to remove
.EXAMPLE
Remove-WinUtilAPPX -Name "Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer"
#>
param (
$Name
)
Write-Host "Removing $Name"
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "AppX" -Message "Removing AppX package pattern: $Name"
# We explicitly loop through packages instead of using the pipeline because PowerShell 7 pipeline binding
# for Remove-AppxPackage fails silently, and Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers returns duplicate objects for each user profile.
$pkgs = Get-AppxPackage "*$Name*" -AllUsers | Sort-Object -Property PackageFullName -Unique
if ($null -ne $pkgs) {
foreach ($pkg in $pkgs) {
try {
Remove-AppxPackage -Package $pkg.PackageFullName -AllUsers -ErrorAction Stop
}
catch {
Write-WinUtilLog -Level "ERROR" -Component "AppX" -Message "Failed to remove AppX package $($pkg.PackageFullName): $($_.Exception.Message)"
}
}
}
Write-WinUtilLog -Component "AppX" -Message "AppX removal completed for package pattern: $Name"
}