Windows 10 Sophia Script

A PowerShell module for Windows 10 fine-tuning and automating the routine tasks 🏆

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🔥 Before running 🔥

• Due to the fact that the script includes more than 150 functions with different arguments, you must read the entire Sophia.ps1 carefully and comment out/uncomment those functions that you do/do not want to be executed. Every tweak in the preset file has its' corresponding function to restore the default settings.
• Running the script is best done on a fresh install because running it on wrong tweaked system may result in errors occurring.

Supported Windows 10 versions

Version	Marketing name	Build	Arch	Editions	Script version
21H1	Spring 2021 Update	19043	x64	Home/Pro/Enterprise	5.9
20H2	October 2020 Update	19042	x64	Home/Pro/Enterprise	5.9
2004	May 2020 Update	19041	x64	Home/Pro/Enterprise	5.9
1809	LTSC Enterprise 2019	17763	x64	Enterprise	5.1.2

Screenshots

Screenshots

Videos

Core features

• Set up Privacy & Telemetry;
• Turn off diagnostics tracking scheduled tasks with pop-up form written in WPF;
• 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 arrows to select a drive
  • "Desktop";
  • "Documents";
  • "Downloads";
  • "Music";
  • "Pictures"
  • "Videos.
• Uninstall UWP apps displaying friendly packages names with pop-up form written in WPF;
  • Dynamically generated UWP apps list installed for all users
• Disable Windows features displaying friendly packages names with pop-up form written in WPF;
• Uninstall Windows capabilities displaying friendly packages names with pop-up form written in WPF;
• Download and install the HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer from Microsoft server using https://store.rg-adguard.net parser to be able to open .heic and .heif formats;
• Register app, calculate hash, and set as default for specific extension without the "How do you want to open this" pop-up using special function;
• Install and setup WSL
• Create a Windows Cleanup and Windows Cleanup Notification scheduled tasks for Windows cleaning up unused files and updates;
  • A native toast notification will be displayed where you can choose to snooze, run the cleanup task or dismiss
• Create tasks in the Task Scheduler to clear
  • %SystemRoot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download
  • %TEMP%
• Pin shortcuts to Start via pure PowerShell
  • Three shortcuts are pre-configured to be pinned: Control Panel, "old style" Devices and Printers, and Windows PowerShell
• Unpin all Start menu tiles;
• 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;
• Setup Windows 10 security;
• Many more File Explorer and context menu "deep" tweaks.

Usage

• Download up-to-date version;

• Expand the archive;

• Open folder with the expanded archive;

• Look through the Sophia.ps1 file to configure functions that you want to be run;

  • Comment out function with the # char if you don't want it to be run;
  • Uncomment function by removing the # char if you want it to be run.

• Click "File" in File Explorer, hover over "Open Windows PowerShell", and select "Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator" (how-to with screenshots);

• Set execution policy to be able to run scripts only in the current PowerShell session

  Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
  

• Type .\Sophia.ps1 to run the whole preset file;

• Press Enter.

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How to run the specific function(s) (example):

.\Sophia.ps1 -Functions CreateRestorePoint, "ScheduledTasks -Disable", "WindowsCapabilities -Uninstall"

• Regardless of the functions entered as an argument the Checkings function will be executed first, and the Refresh and Errors functions will be executed at the end;
• The quotation marks required.

How to translate

• Get your OS UI culture by

  $PSUICulture
  

• Create a folder with the UI culture name;

• Place your localized Sophia.psd1 file into this folder

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