I like a clean start menu so here is the way to uninstall the new Windows Backup and it wont be on the start menu .. This is for windows 10 Pro and LTSC at the latest updates ( I have 2 images that I am working on as of this post date and time ) @echo off DISM.exe /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName:Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.3636
Here is another way to remove Windows Backup off start menu .. blah Image must be mounted with read and write privilege's and here you go ... change C:\my_mounted_wim to the folder with mounted image and run as Admin Dism /Image:C:\my_mounted_wim /Remove-Package /PackageName:Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.4046
If you read the 2 posts above you know what this is about, is there a very easy script to run ( .cmd , .bat or ps1 ) to read this line in folder .. C:\Windows\servicing\Packages NOTE :- The version number may be different in your OS today ( unless it was upgraded with MS's mess of updates ) the 4 digits is 4046 that is the key to uninstall Windows Backup, I will never use it , we have better apps to do this if you use a backup program. Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.4046.cat NOTE 2:- The version is also in the system OS Build info area ( reg key ) but where is this info ? I have no clue like this .. Edition Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC Version 21H2 Installed on 5/11/2024 OS build 19044.4291 is to find the number/s at the end of the line like this .. find this part of the line > Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~ search the line 1 more time if this line has this in the full line we have a match like .. Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041 After that, grab the complete line except the .cat extension and execute it with dism like so .. DISM.exe /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName:Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.4291 Refer to the version numbers above in the 2 other posts, that is all that changes, The file name is Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~10.0.19041.4291.cat It is about 70kb , maybe like 69kb If anyone has info to learn from point me to it please as I like a nice clean daily OS
Well this works, it is not nice and clean but it works, for some reason MS has the reg key 'MSN Apps\MSN Toolbar Suite' with the exact version number of the installed windows backup app, hey if it is not broken don't fix it LOL This is for a LIVE WIN 10 OS only, not for win 11 as MS stuffed the Windows Backup app in CBS crap so blah .. @Echo Off for /f "tokens=3" %%i in ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSN Apps\MSN Toolbar Suite" ^| findstr Version') do set RemoveNum=%%i DISM.exe /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName:Microsoft-Windows-UserExperience-Desktop-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~%RemoveNum% pause
