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As you can see, in our case, the computer policy update has completed successfully.

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The applied group policy will be available on Windows 10 machines after reboot.

Type gpupdate /force and press In this step, we will force an update for the configured policy, so that Windows Store is disabled on target machines.

Right click on the Start menu and then click on Windows PowerShell (Admin).

If you disable or do not configure this setting, access to the Store application is allowed. If you enable this setting, access to the Store application is denied.

Select Enabled and then click on Apply and then OK.

Expand User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Store.

Right-click on group policy and then click on Edit.

Type the name of a new group policy and then click on OK.

Right-click on OU and then click on Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here.

Type the name of the OU and then click on OK.

In case you already have dedicated OU for certain Windows machines, you can create a policy in that OU and apply on all machines.

Right-click on the domain and then click New Organizational Unit.

Click on Tools and then click Group Policy Management.

#Windows 10 home disable store how to#

We will show you how to do it on Windows Server 2019, but this procedure is also compatible with Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016. Once you configure a group policy on your Domain Controller, you will be able to distribute it on thousands of Windows machines in a few clicks. The requirement is that all Windows 10 machines are part of the same domain. The most convenient way of configuring or disabling Windows Store or any other application is by using Group Policy Management in Domain infrastructure. Block Windows Store using Group Policy Management in Windows Server 2019 You have successfully created a policy.Under Name and Description type the name and description (optional) and then click on Create.Select Windows Store from the list and then click on OK.Select on Use an installed packages app as a reference and then click on Select.Under User a group choose the user or group which should not be able to run Windows Store.Under Permissions click on Action > Deny to block Windows Store.Right-click on Packaged app Rules and then click on Create New Rule.Expand Application Control Policies > AppLocker and then click Packaged app Rules.Right-click on secpol and click on Run as administrator.Left-click on Start menu and type secpol to open Local Security Policy.If you have several machines that are part of the same Workgroup, you will need to repeat the procedure on each Windows machine.

#Windows 10 home disable store windows 8#

We will show you how to do it on Windows 10 machine, but this procedure is also compatible with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. The second way of disabling Windows Store or any other application is by using AppLocker. Block Windows Store using AppLocker in Windows 10 We can also do the same by restarting the Windows machine.

Type gpupdate /force and press In this step, we will force an update for the configured policy, so that Windows Store is disabled.

In case you do not see Windows PowerShell (Admin), but Command Prompt (Admin), you can do it also in that way.

Select Enabled, click on Apply, and then click OK.

Right-click on Turn off the Store application and then click on Edit.

Expand Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Store.

Right-click on Start Menu and click on Run.

In case you want to disable Windows Store on a Windows machine that is not part of domain infrastructure, but a workgroup, you would need to do it using Local Group Policy. Block Windows Store using Local Group Policy in Windows 10 The disabled Windows Store will also reflect on installed app updates.ġ. In case your Windows 10 machine is part of Domain infrastructure, then you can disable Windows Store directly from Windows Server that acts as Domain Controller.