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Windows 10 Setup Script

"Windows 10 Setup Script" is a set of tweaks for OS fine-tuning and automating the routine tasks ๐Ÿ†

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Core features

  • Set up Privacy & Telemetry;
  • Turn off diagnostics tracking scheduled tasks;
  • Set up UI & Personalization;
  • Uninstall OneDrive "correctly";
  • Interactive prompts;
  • Change %TEMP% environment variable path to %SystemDrive%\Temp
  • Change location of the user folders programmatically (without moving user files) within interactive menu using up/down arrows and Enter key to make a selection
    • "Desktop";
    • "Documents";
    • "Downloads";
    • "Music";
    • "Pictures"
    • "Videos.
  • Uninstall UWP apps from all accounts with exception apps list with pop-up form written in WPF;
  • Turn off Windows features;
  • Remove Windows capabilities with pop-up form written in WPF;
  • Create a Windows cleaning up task in the Task Scheduler;
    • A toast notification will pop up a minute before the task starts
  • Create tasks in the Task Scheduler to clear
    • %SystemRoot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download
    • %TEMP%
  • Unpin all Start menu tiles;
  • Pin shortcuts to Start menu using syspin.exe
    • Three shortcuts are preconfigured to be pinned: Control Panel, "old style" Devices and Printers, and Command Prompt
  • Turn on Controlled folder access and add protected folders using dialog menu;
  • Add exclusion folder from Microsoft Defender Antivirus scanning using dialog menu;
  • Add exclusion file from Microsoft Defender Antivirus scanning using dialog menu;
  • Refresh desktop icons, environment variables and taskbar without restarting File Explorer;
  • Many more File Explorer and context menu "deep" tweaks.

Usage

To run the script:

  • Download up-to-date version;

  • Expand the archive;

  • Check whether .ps1 is encoded in UTF-8 with BOM;

  • Run .ps1 file via powershell.exe with elevated privileges;

    • Set execution policy to be able to run scripts only in the current PowerShell session
    Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
  • Or Start.cmd as Administrator.

Supported Windows 10 versions

Version Code name Marketing name Build Arch Editions
2004 20H1 May 2020 Update 19041 x64 Home/Pro/Enterprise
1909 19H2 November 2019 Update 18363 x64 Home/Pro/Enterprise
1903 19H1 May 2019 Update 18362 x64 Home/Pro/Enterprise
1809 LTSC Enterprise 2019 17763 x64 Enterprise

FAQ

  • Due to the fact that the script includes about 150 functions, you should must the entire script and comment out those sections that you do not want to be execute otherwise likely you will enable features that you do not want to be enabled.
  • Running the script is best done on a fresh install because running the script on tweaked system may result in occurring errors.

GUI version (C#)

Still cooking (moved to the private repository)

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