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I have enterprise windows on a domain joined machine and literally gigabytes of data are devoted to shadow versions of games. Does anyone have a solution for th

I have enterprise windows on a domain joined machine and literally gigabytes of data are devoted to shadow versions of games. Does anyone have a solution for this? Why is this happening on Enterprise? https://imgur.com/PsFySH9 https://imgur.com/PsFySH9 Windows has been a compliance nightmare with a small team. Edit: I can't delete these to be clear, even with a local admin and domain admin account. I saw some solutions online but I need something I can have an admin create a script and/or gpo for.

Avery3R 7y ago
Turning off the "cloud content" gpo I think it is will prevent them from being installed. You can remove the packages with powershell, try googling remove candy crush appx
tvanantwerp 7y ago
I've been dealing with that garbage since migrating my office to Windows 10. Each update, things would reinstall. Or scripts I used to automated uninstallation stopped working because they just change the game roster. Or various GPOs I used no longer worked if you merely had Windows 10 Pro, so I had to shell out for new Enterprise licenses. I've really liked some things MS is doing recently, like VS Code. But the Windows team--I just don't understand what they're doing. They're treating an OS--an OS that's frequently used for serious business purposes and ought to be predictable and stable--like some startuppy web app that changes everyday according to the latest A/B test. It's infuriating.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
  > But the Windows team--I just don't understand what they're doing. They're treating an OS--an OS that's frequently used for serious business purposes and ought to be predictable and stable--like some startuppy web app that changes everyday according to the latest A/B test. It's infuriating. And there's your answer. Microsoft has become infected with these kind of people and they're fucking up Windows 10. The situation hasn't been fixed because attention is on more profitable portions of the business like Azure.

Avery3R 7y ago

Turning off the "cloud content" gpo I think it is will prevent them from being installed. You can remove the packages with powershell, try googling remove candy crush appx

tvanantwerp 7y ago

I've been dealing with that garbage since migrating my office to Windows 10. Each update, things would reinstall. Or scripts I used to automated uninstallation stopped working because they just change the game roster. Or various GPOs I used no longer worked if you merely had Windows 10 Pro, so I had to shell out for new Enterprise licenses. I've really liked some things MS is doing recently, like VS Code. But the Windows team--I just don't understand what they're doing. They're treating an OS--an OS that's frequently used for serious business purposes and ought to be predictable and stable--like some startuppy web app that changes everyday according to the latest A/B test. It's infuriating.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
> But the Windows team--I just don't understand what they're doing. They're treating an OS--an OS that's frequently used for serious business purposes and ought to be predictable and stable--like some startuppy web app that changes everyday according to the latest A/B test. It's infuriating. And there's your answer. Microsoft has become infected with these kind of people and they're fucking up Windows 10. The situation hasn't been fixed because attention is on more profitable portions of the business like Azure.