Windows 10 Setup Script

**"Windows 10 Setup Script" is a set of tweaks for OS fine-tuning and automating the routine tasks** 🏆
## 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](#Images); - Turn off Windows features; - Remove Windows capabilities with pop-up form written in [WPF](#Images); - Create a Windows cleaning up task in the Task Scheduler; - 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](http://www.technosys.net/products/utils/pintotaskbar) - 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. ## Images
Images and YouTube videos [![](http://img.youtube.com/vi/8MzuDLNH9QU/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MzuDLNH9QU "Windows 10 Setup Script in Action") [![](http://img.youtube.com/vi/cjyi9nX8sFA/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjyi9nX8sFA "Cleaning up unused Windows files and updates") ![Image](https://i.imgur.com/azbQLAN.png) ![Image](https://i.imgur.com/nJPs2XV.png) ![intro](https://i.imgur.com/zXCi8SJ.png)
## Usage To run the script: - Download [up-to-date version](https://github.com/farag2/Setup-Windows-10/releases); - Expand the archive; - Check whether .ps1 is encoded in **UTF-8 with BOM**; - Run .ps1 file via PowerShell.exe; - Or Start.cmd as Administrator. The script will start immediately. ## Supported Windows versions |Version|Code name| Marketing name |Build| Arch | Editions | |:-----:|:-------:|:------------------:|:---:|:------:|:-----------------:| | 1909 | 19H2 |November 2019 Update|18363|x64 only|Home/Pro/Enterprise| | 1903 | 19H1 | May 2019 Update |18362|x64 only|Home/Pro/Enterprise| ## FAQ Read the code you run carefully. Some functions are presented as an example only. You must be aware of the meaning of the functions in the code. **If you're not sure what the script does, do not run it**. **Strongly recommended to run the script after fresh installation**. Some of functions can be run also on LTSB/LTSC and on older versions of Windows and PowerShell (not recommended to run on the x86 systems). ## GUI version (C#) Still [Cooking](https://github.com/farag2/Windows-10-Setup-Script/tree/GUI-dev) ## Microsoft Docs - [Release information](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information) - [Known issues](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/status-windows-10-1909) ## Ask a question on - [Habr](https://habr.com/en/post/465365/) - [Ru-Board](http://forum.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=62&topic=30617#15) - [4PDA](https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=523489&view=findpost&p=95909388) - [My Digital Life](https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/powershell-script-setup-windows-10.81675/) - [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerShell/comments/go2n5v/powershell_script_setup_windows_10/) ## PS Collection of useful [scripts](https://github.com/farag2/Utilities)