Could you please look at XP-Antispy and make something along those lines for Windows 10? I've used that utility since Windows XP days, not because I'm paranoid, but because I didn't want anything wasting my internet bandwidth. Tweak selection, settings backup, reversal, uninstallation, tweak profiles for certain tasks like Windows Update - this app had it all.
I'm so tired. That's up to the developer to do that. For now, I'm only doing the removal and bits disabled and thats it
@OP I ran the script to install the tweaks and I selected the option not to remove default apps Now I can't open the store Help please thanks
I will commit the changes you've done and insert the revert option, thanks! So you ran the script with everything activated but the removal of default apps and now your store doesn't work? Strange, I can't seem to reproduce this problem as it works for me everytime I use the script. :/ I'll do a bit more research in the next couple of hours. Also added a pastebin mirror.
Maybe it's just me but the store loads endlessly or just flat out crashes Also... Once you insert the changes I made can you also add support to add back default apps. I can't figure that one out unless I provide the .appx packages myself... Maybe see if you can back them up when the script stArts it would make things easier Thanks in advance. ----------------------- BTW: If you look at the code I edited, I don't know why but I removed the silent switches everywhere " > NUL 2&1 " or something like that. So if you want to add them back go ahead Sorry for the inconvenience ------- One more thing Sorry about that just want to make everything awesome Some were requesting that we can select y/n to each tweak, not a group of them. Like set this pc icon on desktop y/n or Remove pin to start y/n I just thought about it and maybe if you put a list of tweaks in the script with numbers and we type in the numbers we want instead of having to drag around clicking y/n endlessly. Like that. I kind of agree but it's just a suggestion. Either way it's fine. Thanks for your efforts
Hosts file does not change with this, or is it just me? So I modified little, before adding lines to the file... ATTRIB -S -R -H %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts ( -H is not necessary, just unhides the file ) Then removed all "> NUL 2>&1" from end of lines, no idea why these are here. And finally added line: ATTRIB +S +R +H %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Why are you adding attributes to the hosts files. That's not gonna do anything that's important. Anyways The script makes a backup in the same directory in case you need to restore the file. Also NUL > 2&1 is required because it calls the silent parameter so it's needed.
@compgen_1534: No problem, I've already began to insert triggers for each tweak. @simexi: The hosts file is protected by default. The Windows Defender or any other AV will just block all changes the script tries to make. Simply deactivate AV for this part and it works like a charm. Changing the attributes isn't working when you have a proper AV installed either. :/ It's a bit of a pain, I know. Maybe I'll find another solution.
Are you really sure that it works if you disable defender? Coz mine is not working!!! I don't have any AV installed.