I recently installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 1709 (Fall Creator's Update) on my MacBook Pro 2016. Of course it has to come with some bloatware that I don't need such as Candy Crush. Before on my older MacBook Pro with 1703 installed I can just uninstall them and forget about it. But on this new version, I can uninstall it just fine. But every time I starts Windows, the app just got automatically placed back. Any solution to this?
Windows – Stop Candy Crush (and other bloatware) from automatically installing every time I start the system
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Best Answer
The following forum threads may be of assistance.
This forum thread, https://github.com/W4RH4WK/Debloat-Windows-10/issues/77 contains a suggestion on turning off Microsoft Consumer Experiences which appears to be turned off for some versions of Windows 10.
Supposedly you can prevent apps from reinstalling by enabling the group policy: Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Cloud Content | Enable: Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences.
This article, https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_store-winpc/how-do-i-stop-windows-10-from-installing-apps-like/a8e6fcaf-8890-4c11-b944-c6d1adc9be09?auth=1 says:
This article, https://www.pcauthority.com.au/feature/how-to-stop-annoying-programs-reinstalling-474992 as well as several others indicate you need to use Powershell to uninstall Candy Crush and the other annoying game apps as Windows 10 thinks they are necessary apps due to marketing arrangements.