A collection of Scripts which disable / remove Windows 10 Features and Apps
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# Description:
# This script disables Windows Defender. Run it once (will throw errors), then
# reboot, run it again (this time no errors should occur) followed by another
# reboot.
Import-Module -DisableNameChecking $PSScriptRoot\..\lib\New-FolderForced.psm1
Import-Module -DisableNameChecking $PSScriptRoot\..\lib\take-own.psm1
Write-Output "Elevating priviledges for this process"
do {} until (Elevate-Privileges SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege)
$tasks = @(
"\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cache Maintenance"
"\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cleanup"
"\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Scheduled Scan"
"\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Verification"
)
foreach ($task in $tasks) {
$parts = $task.split('\')
$name = $parts[-1]
$path = $parts[0..($parts.length-2)] -join '\'
Write-Output "Trying to disable scheduled task $name"
Disable-ScheduledTask -TaskName "$name" -TaskPath "$path"
}
Write-Output "Disabling Windows Defender via Group Policies"
New-FolderForced -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" "DisableAntiSpyware" 1
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" "DisableRoutinelyTakingAction" 1
New-FolderForced -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" "DisableRealtimeMonitoring" 1
Write-Output "Disabling Windows Defender Services"
Takeown-Registry("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinDefend")
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinDefend" "Start" 4
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinDefend" "AutorunsDisabled" 3
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WdNisSvc" "Start" 4
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WdNisSvc" "AutorunsDisabled" 3
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sense" "Start" 4
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sense" "AutorunsDisabled" 3
Write-Output "Removing Windows Defender context menu item"
Set-Item "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{09A47860-11B0-4DA5-AFA5-26D86198A780}\InprocServer32" ""
Write-Output "Removing Windows Defender GUI / tray from autorun"
Remove-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" "WindowsDefender" -ea 0