Unpin-default-apps

[BoQsc]

Original poster: bflores
Retested and researched by: BoQsc
Source is taken from: community.cognetic.com
This script does not require to be run as an administrator

A clean way to pin and unpin default apps from Window 10 Start menu.

Originally written in the English language.
Script tested only using Windows 10 Lithuanian language.

The script needs to be updated manually for every Windows language to open the possibility of universal use.

A more advanced programmer needs to look at this script and see if he can make it work with pinned Ads like:

• Drawboard PDF,
• Asphalt 8: Airborne
• Fallout Shelter
  These currently not working. But there is 30-40% possibility that they can be made to work with the help of an advanced programmer.
  For now it seems to NOT WORK with them, I'm not the author of the script, so it might need some modifications of advanced PowerShell programmer.

How to manually update script to fit your own Windows language:

1. Copy and paste this path: shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1} into File Explorer:
2. From the opened folder: copy and paste names of the shortcuts into the list of this script below.
3. Now right click on any shortcut stored in shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}
4. And manually write down context menu option name of "Unpin from Start" that is presented in your own/current windows language.
5. Search in this script for "-match 'From "Start" UnPin|Unpin from Start|" and add context menu option name to the list.
6. Example:
   ... -match 'From "Start" UnPin|Unpin from Start|Your language unpin option name|Atsegti nuo pradžios ekrano'} | %{$_.DoIt()}

[W4RH4WK]

Thanks for your input. We used this method in the past and ditched it since it did not work for some people although they had an English installation. I'll add this again when I do the whole creators update stuff and we'll see whether this now works or still causes problems.

I am also thinking about dropping other languages than English, as this repository does not really support other versions than Windows 10 Professional English 64 Bit.