Custom Start Screen - removing SOME tiles

Hi,
I have a method of customising the Start Screen, but it involves using a powershell command, which removes all provisioned apps. Then, when a new user first logs in, they essentially get 0 tiles on the Start Screen.
I now need to create a sysprep image, where they are only left with the Mail, Calendar, People and Internet Explorer tile. What is the best way to achieve this?
Many thanks.

Hi,
You do need to use the command AppxPackage to remove provisioned app. To remove store app one by one, you can use the command like:
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackageName MyAppxPkg
Also can be realized at command prompt:
DISM.exe /Online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.app1_1.0.0.0_neutral_en-us_ac4zc6fex2zjp
Please refer to the link below for more details:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh852635.aspx#RemoveApps
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

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END POLICY
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[strings]
CustomBehavior="Custom Behavior Settings"
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Karen-
Results: Did not work. The web based shortcuts did not appear.
Below is the steps taken with your tips incorporated. (Again it's lengthy sorry about that, but anyone can recreate what was done here. Maybe someone can see something left out by doing/reviewing it).
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1. Installed a fresh install of Windows 8.1 enterprise on a pc. No updates were ran.
2. During setup created the admin account.
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Starting desktop Internet Explorer. Going to Technet's website. Clicked tools and then selecting "Add site to Apps" from the drop down menu. Went to Apps screen, right clicked and pinned it to start screen. Repeated this procedure with an
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8. Opened computer management, under Local Users and Groups I chose Users, right clicked in the middle screen and created a new user called Alpha.
9. Logged out of the inital account and logged into newly created Alpha account.
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