Start Menu doesn't work properly - feedback

So if you log in as BUILTIN\Administrator, windows apps don't work in Windows 8.1
This has been expanded to various critical parts of the OS, like the Start Menu in Windows 10.
To put it mildly, this is completely bonkers and needs to be re-engineered (or finished).
Also it kills the various ways of removing bloatware apps from Windows 8.1
Say you had a variety of bloatware on your OEM Windows 8.1 PC, such as a lot of the crap Dell, etc. load onto OEM PCs, one way I had of removing them was to run the following script: get-appxpackage|remove-appxpackage
As Windows Store and other vital bits couldn't be removed, that wiped off the bloatware.  Now, if I run that on the Windows 10 preview, it removes the Start Menu and other critical parts of the OS!
It seems obvious that the additional parts of the OS in Windows 10 that are appxpackages such as the Start Menu should be in the same category as Windows Store - i.e. they can't be uninstalled.
I have no doubt that was the plan but could you move the plan forward please as it cripples the OS at present because you can't use the Start Menu logged in as BUILTIN\Administrator

In case you don't know.....
If you want to give a "feedback" to Microsoft, Feedback forum is NOT the right venue.
Please post you finding in Windows Feedback app where MS will read and take note.

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