How To Take Windows 8.1 Shop Apps Amongst Powershell (When They Won’T Teach Quietly).

Here’s an upshot that I’ve alone experienced i time myself, but that anecdotal testify says may non endure a completely uncommon occurrence for roughly users.

You install an app from the Windows Store that either doesn’t install correctly (most probable due to an upshot from the developer) or y'all orbit upwards one's take heed that isn’t actually your loving cup of tea.

You opened upwards the Start carte du jour together with endeavour to Uninstall the app normally, yesteryear right-clicking the app tile together with and then selecting Uninstall from the context carte du jour below.

I’m using the actually wonderful app Network Speed Test for this illustration ( I personally dear this app, together with accept never had upshot alongside uninstalling it, but i time to a greater extent than this is only for example).

Now inward my sense the app that wouldn’t uninstall had no reaction to my clicking the Uninstall button. I didn’t larn an fault message, the app only didn’t uninstall.

The side yesteryear side pace was to opened upwards up PowerShell together with ‘get nether the hood’ thence to speak.  Open upwards Windows PowerShell equally an Administrator.

At the PowerShell ascendance prompt type ‘Get-appxpackage’ and hitting enter.

The listing of installed applications volition scroll past.  You’ll request to scroll dorsum thru them to detect the application y'all can’t remove.

Alternatively y'all tin plow over the sack type ‘Get-appxpackage –Name *some component of the name*’ to detect your app package.

In the inward a higher house illustration I typed ‘Get-appxpackage –Name *speed* to detect the parcel for Microsoft.NetworkSpeedTest

From this same output nosotros equally good larn the PackageFullName which volition operate to withdraw the package.

Now type ‘remove-appxpackage’ with the total parcel name.  In my illustration I typed ‘remove-appxpackage Microsoft.NetworkSpeedTest_1.0.0.23_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe –confirm’

The –confirm switch gives y'all a squeamish prompt to permit y'all verify what y'all are doing earlier y'all commit.  Hitting ‘Y’ the default proceeds alongside the Uninstall.

And at nowadays the pesky app is uninstalled (though inward my try illustration I’ll endure re-installing that app immediately). " yep it's a copyied post service .. but i idea that that it equally useful .. together with i desire to operate it often thence i posted hither "

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