Blocking the Store App on Windows 10 Pro

windows-store-logo

As blocking access to the store app isn’t available through GPO in 10 Pro,

This is an option to keep your users from installing store apps.

There’s a firewall rule allowing outbound access for the store app, this PowerShell command will switch it to block the app

Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup ‘Store’ | Set-NetFirewallRule -Action Block

The app will still be available, but will only display this:

blocked_Store

To revert to a working store app, run this one:

Get-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup ‘Store’ | Set-NetFirewallRule -Action Allow

 

 

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