disable app actions via settings.dat

RemoveWindowsAi.ps1

@@ -394,6 +394,95 @@ function Create-RestorePoint {
 
 }
 
+function Set-UwpAppRegistryEntry {
+    # modified to work in windows powershell from https://github.com/agadiffe/WindowsMize/blob/fe78912ccb1c83d440bd2123f5e43a6156fab31a/src/modules/applications/settings/public/Set-UwpAppSetting.ps1
+    <# 
+    .SYNOPSIS
+        Modifies UWP app registry entries in the settings.dat file.
+    
+    .EXAMPLE
+        PS> $setting = [PSCustomObject]@{
+                Name  = 'VideoAutoplay'
+                Value = '0'
+                Type  = '5f5e10b'
+            }
+        PS> $setting | Set-UwpAppRegistryEntry -FilePath $FilePath
+    #>
+
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param
+    (
+        [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
+        $InputObject,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
+        [string] $FilePath
+    )
+
+    begin {
+        $AppSettingsRegPath = 'HKEY_USERS\APP_SETTINGS'
+        $RegContent = "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00`n"
+    }
+
+    process {
+        $Value = $InputObject.Value
+        $Value = switch ($InputObject.Type) {
+            '5f5e10b' { 
+                # Single byte for boolean
+                '{0:x2}' -f [byte][int]$Value
+            }
+            '5f5e10c' { 
+                # Unicode string 
+                $bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($Value + "`0")
+                ($bytes | ForEach-Object { '{0:x2}' -f $_ }) -join ' ' 
+            }
+            '5f5e104' { 
+                # Int32
+                $bytes = [BitConverter]::GetBytes([int]$Value)
+                ($bytes | ForEach-Object { '{0:x2}' -f $_ }) -join ' '
+            }
+            '5f5e105' { 
+                # UInt32
+                $bytes = [BitConverter]::GetBytes([uint32]$Value)
+                ($bytes | ForEach-Object { '{0:x2}' -f $_ }) -join ' '
+            }
+            '5f5e106' { 
+                # Int64
+                $bytes = [BitConverter]::GetBytes([int64]$Value)
+                ($bytes | ForEach-Object { '{0:x2}' -f $_ }) -join ' '
+            }
+        }
+
+        $Value = $Value -replace '\s+', ','
+    
+        # create timestamp for remaining bytes
+        $timestampBytes = [BitConverter]::GetBytes([int64](Get-Date).ToFileTime())
+        $Timestamp = ($timestampBytes | ForEach-Object { '{0:x2}' -f $_ }) -join ','
+    
+        # build registry content
+        if ($InputObject.Path) {
+            $RegKey = $InputObject.Path
+        }
+        else {
+            $RegKey = 'LocalState'
+        }
+        $RegContent += "`n[$AppSettingsRegPath\$RegKey]
+        ""$($InputObject.Name)""=hex($($InputObject.Type)):$Value,$Timestamp`n" -replace '(?m)^ *'
+    }
+
+    end {
+        $SettingRegFilePath = "$($tempDir)uwp_app_settings.reg"
+        $RegContent | Out-File -FilePath $SettingRegFilePath
+
+        reg.exe UNLOAD $AppSettingsRegPath 2>&1 | Out-Null
+        reg.exe LOAD $AppSettingsRegPath $FilePath | Out-Null
+        reg.exe IMPORT $SettingRegFilePath 2>&1 | Out-Null
+        reg.exe UNLOAD $AppSettingsRegPath | Out-Null
+
+        Remove-Item -Path $SettingRegFilePath
+    }
+}
+
 function Disable-Registry-Keys {
     #maybe add params for particular parts
 
@@ -927,7 +1016,34 @@ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
         Remove-Item "$($tempDir)DisableAIPhotos.reg" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
     }
 
+    #disable app actions
+    #method credit : https://github.com/agadiffe/WindowsMize
+    $settingsDat = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\Settings\settings.dat"
 
+    if (Test-Path $settingsDat) {
+        Write-Status -msg "$(@('Disabling','Enabling')[$revert]) App Actions..."
+
+        $apps = @(
+            'Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_8wekyb3d8bbwe' 
+            'Microsoft.Office.ActionsServer_8wekyb3d8bbwe' 
+            'MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe' 
+            'Microsoft.Paint_8wekyb3d8bbwe' 
+            'Microsoft.Windows.Photos_8wekyb3d8bbwe'
+            'MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy' #describe image (system)
+        )
+        #prevent file lock
+        Stop-Process -Name @('SearchHost', 'AppActions') -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        foreach ($app in $apps) {
+            $setting = [PSCustomObject]@{
+                Name  = $app
+                Path  = 'LocalState\DisabledApps'
+                Value = @('1', '0')[$revert] # 1 = disable    0 = enable
+                Type  = '5f5e10b'
+            }
+            $setting | Set-UwpAppRegistryEntry -FilePath $settingsDat
+        }
+     
+    }
     
 
     #force policy changes