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      Microsoft Store Apps Vulnerability Issues

      There are many reasons we may identify issues with apps installed and managed by the Microsoft Store - this is how to find and remove them.

      We often find Microsoft Store-based issues, and for the most common of those, we have listed some commands below to remove these issues.

      All of the code below is based on the following two key code snippets:

      To find out if an app exists on the device, and what versions are installed:
      (Replace {appname} with your app - for example, Microsoft.MSPaint)

      Get-AppxPackage {appname} -allusers

      And then to remove the app, from all users, as its often on users you cannot access or the SYSTEM profile, we can pipe "|" the command results from the above into the remove command:

      Get-AppxPackage {appname} -allusers | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers

      Sometimes you may also need to address issues in the staging or other area's where the following command works well.

      Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | % {if ($_.DisplayName -eq "{appname}") {$_}} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online

      We have provided several commands below for those issues we continue to find. You only need to copy and paste them into an Administrative PowerShell Terminal Session.

      List installed packages

      Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Select Name, Version

      List Provisioned packages

      get-appxprovisionedpackage -online |select packagename

      Typical Issues: Removal Commands

      Microsoft Paint 3D

      Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.MSPaint -allusers | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
      Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | % {if ($_.DisplayName -eq "Microsoft.MSPaint") {$_}} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online

      Microsoft 3D Viewer

      Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer -allusers | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
      Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | % {if ($_.DisplayName -eq "Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer") {$_}} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online

      HVEC Video Extension

      Get-AppXPackage Microsoft.HEVCVideoExtension -allUsers | Remove-AppXPackage -allUsers

      WEBP Image Extension

      Get-AppXPackage Microsoft.WebpImageExtension -allUsers | Remove-AppXPackage -allUsers

      HEIF Image Extension

      Get-AppXPackage Microsoft.HEIFImageExtension -allUsers | Remove-AppXPackage -allUsers

      Microsoft Office Hub

      Get-AppXPackage Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub -allUsers | Remove-AppXPackage -allUsers

      VP9 Video Extensions

      Get-AppXPackage Microsoft.VP9VideoExtensions -allUsers | Remove-AppXPackage -allUsers

      Example Specific Command to remove a package

      Remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.VP9VideoExtensions_1.0.22681.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

      Example Code to Remove a Provisioned Package Completely

      $app = get-appxprovisionedpackage -online |select packagename | where packagename -like "*MicrosoftOfficeHub*" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
      if ($app){
        $appname=$app.packagename
        DISM /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:$appname
      }else{
        write-host "OfficeHub App not found or multiple versions?"
      }