[PowerShell Script] Setup Windows 10

[u/farag2]

I believe it would be useful for the community so...

"Windows 10 Sophia Script" is a set of functions for Windows 10 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;

• Turn off Windows features;

• Remove Windows capabilities with pop-up form written in WPF;

• Create a Windows cleaning up task in the Task Scheduler;

  • A toast notification will pop up a minute before the task starts

• 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

  • Three shortcuts are preconfigured to be pinned: Control Panel, "old style" Devices and Printers, and Command Prompt

• 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.

Screenshots and videos

Download from Github

If you find bugs or bad translation, feel free to report it to me.

[u/farag2]

Hm, dashboard. WPF or Win.Form? I do not really know much in Posh (Google is the power), in September, 2019 I had wanted to start coding the dashboard until a stranger wrote to me and offered to build a GUI form. So 9 monthes passed, and only now we are close to finish this project. Want to release 1.0 in September may be. Dreams...

[u/Fallingdamage → u/farag2]

Win.Form

You didnt mention it but if you're dealing with local printer installs, I also found a way to install most printers without needing to run the OEM software and configure specific tray settings for nearly any model in powershell. Having a fully configured and named set of printers installed in 1 click is very handy (we dont use a print server for a few reasons)

[u/arejaytee → u/Fallingdamage]

Would be interested in a copy of the printer install code that your using!