MicrosoftEdgeDevTools - why it's whitelisted and should it be?

[XakerTwo]

@ShadowWhisperer

reviewing batch and py scripts, i had found this line in the py script, however i not found this exclusion in the batch
further more, py script delete few other possibly related dirs and files
Microsoft.MicrosoftEdgeDevToolsClient_*
MicrosoftEdgeDevTools.exe

so my question is why MicrosoftEdgeDevTools whitelisted/excluded in one place only in python script and should it be?

also there another location for Edge AppX package in fresh 10 22H2 installation(never connected to any net) - C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\
should it be removed in addition to C:\Windows\SystemApps\?

right now i make some changes so you may answer and this will be reflected and upcoming PR

[ShadowWhisperer]

why MicrosoftEdgeDevTools whitelisted/excluded in one place only in python script and should it be?

If I remember correctly the script ran into issues with removing it. After testing just this part on a VM and a few machines (Win 8, 10, 11) it doesn't not fail or cause issues. Looking at a different Project, if should be safe.

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\

Same project shows that the folder C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ is safe to have sub-folders deleted.

Initially I had planned on doing a deep dive into removing Appx Edge and went down a rabbit hole and ended up with this. This. It does a much deeper dive into removing Appx apps. Folders and registry.