Multi-OEM/Retail Project {MRP} - Mk3

Im sure it never has

Iffssd.exe is a simple test if the system drive is a ssd or not, was my first autoit exe i wrote. Think it upx compressed which usually gets flagged.

 

Eset not like me programming MRP either, I'm always fighting av's.

 

Just doing a last minute test with MRP 156 then if all goes well i will upload the baseline..

 

MRP 156 Baseline has been uploaded, 2nd post's download link, password and hashes has been updated.

Spoiler: MRP156 Changelog

Updated the method for a slimmer Start Menu and a tidy Taskbar routines. You can now select which you wish in the Creator, such as just the Start Menu, Taskbar, Both or leave as default by a selector panel in the Creator. The new code in MRP should also clear up the issues with the LTSC's taskbar white non working explorer icon. This update should not remove some default icons such as Taskview or Search as those have their own options to hide those if required.

With Windows 11 installations the auto opening of the start menu at the end of an installation of the OS or a created new user should now be prevented so it not block the desktop instantly. Experimental and may not work on later updated win 11 OS's as M$ may force it to open automatically regardless.

Added more secure boot info to the OSINF log section to show if any mitigations or revocations was added to the OS (or BIOS), win1x only - experimental and may not always show anything as the revocations may have beeen done before the OS has started its installation and the registry data removed/cleared so the info may not be present when later checked.

The 'Disable the titlebar's accent color' option for the Taskbar and Start Menu is working again for win 1x.

Added more remove adverts/telemetry code for the Settings app etc when the remove telemetry option is used.

Added Windows 11 option: Hide the hidden icon chevron on the Taskbar's System Tray area. A odd request but added as it was easy enough. You can easy revert this by going to 'Settings>Personalization>Taskbar>Other system tray icons' and slide the selection for Hidden Icon Menu to On.

Experimental detection for Specialize.cmd and Unattend.xml files and will be shown in the project's log if present. Note that Unattend.xml may not always be detected as it could of been already used and deleted by the windows setup program before MRP had a chance to see if it was present or not.

Removed the 'Disable Defender' option and code within MRP as it was no longer working as expected due to changes that m$ have done in the past few months. You will need to use other methods to disable/remove Defender if you wish it gone but be very careful as it is now quite integrated and strange slowdowns etc may happen when it is removed.

The old slimmer MRP start menu and taskbar code has been removed also, the new selectable option in the creator and the new code in MRP is more efficent than before and works on LTSC/IoT too.

Fixed an issue on preview/insider builds that the new m$ Notepad appx was removed by accident when using the remove all safe apps option(s).

Also have tried to prevent NVidia/AMD/RealTek etc Apps that allow the user to adjust their settings for Graphics/Sound etc from being removed by mistake when the user has integrated those driver sets into the OS Image, however as there are many file and app names they can use some may get removed by accident when using the 'Remove all safe apps' type options.

Have tided up the code in the creator and updated some tool tips etc to have better descriptions, plus it should hopefully be more hi-DPI aware with some experimental code added, that may be a work in progress as not able to test.

 

There are a few things to have a play about with.

 

Edge still seems to vanish , no idea why.

Might be when using the tidy taskbar option as it could clear off the edge icon but it shouldn't uninstall edge as nothing in mrp uninstalls edge at all.

 

It could be as i do use the en-GB ISO's -- but as Britain has exited Europe and i have heard nothing about any changes plus the European law changes not affect here directly.

Its odd as on w11 at the end of install setup asks if i want to pin the edge shortcut to the taskbar, i clicked yes, and it was showing on the taskbar and i could use it as normal. Then i rebooted and i got the white icon where edge was, clicked it and i get 'this shortcut no longer valid' or words to that effect and i cant find edge anywhere on the system!

To use 'edge' i have to either search for Iexplorer.exe, so that it says about using edge instead of IE and it opens as edge, or go through the Store and install it from there.

Not that i personally use edge myself, but it i can see it a pain for anyone less savvy with a pc.

The odd time i install windows for friends etc i make sure i have chrome, firefox, brave etc in a folder on the USB so i can at least get some browser back on.

I really have no idea why it just vanishes, or to be more to the point -- how.

As i know a lot of people want it gone and have to mess about trying and here i am with it just sneaking out the backdoor without a trace.

 

The log shows grey set for the highlighted text color.

 

Strange. I not changed anything in the colorization code.

Insider builds are weird as some reg settings wont take, yet when released as 'rtm' the reg settings work again.

 

I personally not bothered what the ball's build number will be all i hope for is a release that isnt another balls up.