Windows 10 Setup Script

Contents

• Overview
• Supported Windows version
• Core features
• Nota bene
• Usage
• FAQ
• Screenshots
• Microsoft Docs
• PS

Overview

The PowerShell script is a set of tweaks for fine-tuning the OS and automating the routine tasks.

Supported Windows versions

Version	Code name	Marketing name	Build	Arch	Editions
1909	19H2	November 2019 Update	18363	x64 only	Pro/Enterprise
1903	19H1	May 2019 Update	18362	x64 only	Pro/Enterprise

Core features

• Turn off diagnostics tracking services;
• Turn off diagnostics tracking scheduled tasks;
• Interactive prompts
  • Screenshot
• Multilingual support: English & Russian
• Uninstall all UWP apps from all accounts with exception apps list;
• Turn off Windows features;
• Create a task in the Task Scheduler to start Windows cleaning up;
• Create a task in the Task Scheduler to clear the $env:SystemRoot\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder;
• Add folder to exclude from Windows Defender Antivirus scan;
• Turn off per-user services;
• Add old style shortcut for "Devices and Printers" to the Start menu";
• Import Start menu layout from pre-saved reg file;
  • Download pre-saved Startmenu.reg
  • Screenshot
• Unpin all Start menu tiles;
• Set location of the "Desktop", "Documents", "Downloads", "Music", "Pictures", and "Videos";
• Refresh desktop icons, environment variables and taskbar without restarting File Explorer;
• Many more File Explorer and context menu "deep" tweaks.

NB

• PowerShell and PowerShell ISE must be run with elevated privileges;
• Set PowerShell execution policy Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force to be able to run .ps1 files.
  • Read more about execution policy

Usage

To run the script:

• Download up-to-date version;
• Check whether file is encoded in UTF-8 with BOM and run it through powershell.exe.

or

• Copy the script code and paste it into PowerShell ISE.

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).

Screenshots

• Startmenu

  

• Interactive promts

  

Microsoft Docs

• Release information
• Known issues

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PS

Collection of useful scripts