Remove Metro applications

metroRemove.ps1

#----------------------------
# Filename: MetroRemove.ps1
# Author:   Josh Teeter
# Date:     2013-05-06
# Version:  1.0.0.5
# Purpose:  This will remove metro apps based on a list of applications in a file called Crapps.txt
#----------------------------
$Diagnostics = 0
$DumpApps = 0



#
# Determine how many apps are installed
#
$packages = Get-AppxPackage
$Precount = $packages.Count

#
# Get the current execution path
#
$fullPathIncFileName = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$currentScriptName = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
$currentExecutingPath = $fullPathIncFileName.Replace($currentScriptName, "")

#
# Get the user folder
#
$desktopFolder = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("MyDocuments")
$logFile = $desktopFolder.ToString() + "\log.txt"

#
# Read the list of apps to remove from the file
#
$filePath = $currentExecutingPath.ToString() + "Crapps.txt"
$strAppsToRemove = Get-Content $filePath.ToString()

if ($DumpApps) {
    $installedAppsFile = $currentExecutingPath.ToString() + "Installed.txt"
    Get-AppxPackage >> $installedAppsFile
}

if($Diagnostics){Get-AppxPackage}

#
# Loop through each line in the file and check if the app exists and then remove the app if it does
#
foreach ($i in $strAppsToRemove){
    if($Diagnostics){write-host "Searching for: " $i}
    try{
      	#
        # Search for the app
        #
      	$toRemove = Get-AppxPackage | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*" + $i + "*" } 
        #
        # Remove said app
        #
      	Remove-AppxPackage $toRemove.PackageFullName
	    write-host "Removing: " $toRemove
    }catch{
      	if($Diagnostics){write-host "Not Found: " $i}
    }#endTry
}#endForEach

$packages = Get-AppxPackage
$postCount = $packages.Count
write-host ""
write-host "-----------------------------------------"
write-host ""
write-host Number of apps before removal: $Precount
write-host Number of apps after removal: $postCount
write-host Number of apps removed: ($Precount - $postCount)
$AppsRemoved = ($Precount - $postCount)
$DateandTime = Get-Date -format yyyy-M-d
echo "Number of modern applications removed: $AppsRemoved"| Out-File -Encoding "UTF8" $logFile -Append