Fix Remove-AI-CBS-Packages operator precedence corrupting component store - #234
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…k packages The visibility check (Visibility -eq 2) was only scoped to the AIX pattern due to missing parentheses, so PSChildName -like '*Recall*'/'*Copilot*'/'*CoreAI*' matched any CBS package regardless of whether it was actually hidden. Combined with this function manually stripping a package's Owners/Updates registry subkeys before forcing removal (bypassing DISM's normal dependency tracking), a hidden CBS package sharing WinSxS payloads with other components could take those shared files down with it. On a Windows 11 25H2 test machine this corrupted ~605 component-store files and crashed TextInputHost.exe (touch keyboard/handwriting panel host, now shipped in the MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS package) on every launch with 0xc0000409 in Windows.UI.Xaml.dll. Confirmed root cause via DISM/SFC logs showing "Total Repaired Corruption: 605" right after this function ran, and fixed only after a DISM RestoreHealth + reboot repaired the component store. This adds the missing parens so all four name patterns require Visibility -eq 2 as originally intended, adds an explicit exclude list for CBS/text-input packages so they can never be matched by this removal path even if hidden, and drops the now-unnecessary 'InpApp' match from the two $aipackages arrays (MicrosoftWindows.Client.InputApp is the touch keyboard host on older builds and shouldn't be targeted either).
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Remove-AI-CBS-Packages's visibility check (Visibility -eq 2) was only scoped to the*AIX*pattern due to missing parentheses (-andbinds tighter than-or), so*Recall*/*Copilot*/*CoreAI*matched any CBS package by name regardless of whether it was actually hidden.Owners/Updatesregistry subkeys before forcing removal viaRemove-WindowsPackage/DISM, which bypasses the normal dependency-tracking safety net Windows servicing relies on.Total Repaired Corruption: 605right after this function ran) and brokeTextInputHost.exe— the touch keyboard/handwriting panel host, shipped in theMicrosoftWindows.Client.CBSpackage on this build — which then crashed on every launch with0xc0000409inWindows.UI.Xaml.dll. Fix requiredDISM /RestoreHealthwith matching install media + a reboot.InpApppattern from both$aipackagesarrays —MicrosoftWindows.Client.InputAppis the touch keyboard host package on older Windows builds and shouldn't be targeted by AI removal either.Changes
Visibility -eq 2as originally intended, narrowing the removal back to genuinely hidden packages.Client.CBS,TextInput,InputApp,Client.CBSPreview) so packages backing the text-input/touch-keyboard stack can never be matched by this removal path, even if hidden.InpAppfrom both$aipackagesarrays.Test plan
TextInputHost.exestill launches normally after running the script.