- superuser.com: How to enable execution of PowerShell scripts?
[Add -Scope Processat end so it doesn’t change execution policy globally & permanently] - 🌟 github.com: Raphire/Win11Debloat: Issues & PRs
- 🌟 github.com: memstechtips/Winhance: Issues & PRs
[debloat, optimize and customize Windows] - youtube.com: CyberCPU Tech
- 🌟 github.com: undergroundwires/privacy.sexy Issues & PRs
[enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, Linux etc.] - github.com: aviado1/Restore-Old-Context-Menu-in-Windows-11: PowerShell Script to Restore Old Context Menu in Windows 11
[PowerShell script] - howtogeek.com: How to Get the Old Context Menus Back in Windows 11
- learn.microsoft.com: Set-ExecutionPolicy (Microsoft.PowerShell.Security)
[RemoteSigned, Unrestricted etc.] - superuser.com: How to enable execution of PowerShell scripts?
[powershell.exe -noprofile -executionpolicy bypass -file .\script.ps1] - kevinthetechguy.ca: These Are the Apps I Recommend Getting Rid of After Installing Windows 11
- news.ycombinator.com: The Ultimate Windows Utility (2022)
[Tip: Choose Region “English (World)” Avoid US, UK (& more)] - github.com: Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher: Issues & PRs
[Quick File Search & App Launcher for Windows] - 🌟 github.com: zoicware/ZOICWARE: Issues & PRs
- ss64.com: Get-FileHash - PowerShell
[Compute hash value for a file using a specified hash algorithm] - learn.microsoft.com: Get-FileHash (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility)
[easier than certutil IMHO] - support.microsoft.com: Keep your Edge saved passwords private with custom primary password
[ensure that NOT everyone can use your saved passwords] - github.com: rizonesoft/Notepad3: Issues & PRs
- 🌟 github.com: zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI: Issues & PRs
[script to remove ALL AI to improve user experience, privacy and security] - github.com: zoicware
[PowerShell scripts to customize and tweak Windows] - microsoft.com: Windows 11 Clean Installation
- arstechnica.com: How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2
- askleo.com: Still Another Way to Install Windows 11 With Only a Local Account
[2025-October] - old.reddit.com: r/PowerToys
- 🌟 old.reddit.com: r/WindowsHelp: Windows Help
- old.reddit.com: r/WindowsHelp: How to start Task Manager automatically on login to windows 11:
[2-second delayed .BAT file (WTF IMHO)] - learn.microsoft.com: PowerToys Command Palette utility for Windows
[successor of PowerToys Run] - old.reddit.com: r/LifeProTips: Move windows between monitors by using Win+Shift+Arrow key
[zones, desktops, and more ] - 🌟 github.com: Microsoft/terminal: Issues & PRs
[Windows Terminal aka wt.exe] - ghacks.net: How to restore the Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11
- wikipedia.org: Windows Photo Viewer
[built into Windows 11, default for .tif & .tiff] - winfsp.dev: WinFsp: Windows File System Proxy
[FLOSS, used by Cryptomator] - microsoft.com: Win32/Agent threat description - Microsoft Security Intelligence
[generic detection for files that perform various malicious actions on an affected computer] - howtogeek.com: Get Rid of These 6 Annoyances From Windows 11
[use local (not web) search, and more] - kittenlabs.de: Windows 11 tweaks & usability improvements
[Classic context menu & more] - alphr.com: How To Find Your Windows Product Key
- github.com: Issues · fastfetch-cli/fastfetch
[neofetch-like tool for fetching system information and displaying them in a pretty way] - mailman12.u.washington.edu: [Alpine-info] How do I use gpg to verify alpine-2.26.zip?
[by ɯ u] - christitus.com: The Ultimate Windows Utility
[debloat Windows and more] - 🌟 github.com: Issues · ChrisTitusTech/winutil
- christitus.com: The Ultimate System
- support.microsoft.com: Troubleshoot connected accounts in Outlook.com - Microsoft Support
[July 1, 2024… syncing will no longer work for connected accounts] - wikipedia.org: XML Notepad
[for Windows] - davidrm.com: The Journal – Write, Organize, Remember, Find
[full password protection (if you want); for Windows; not free/gratis; not free/libre] - support.microsoft.com: Windows keyboard tips and tricks
[emoji keyboard etc.] - howtogeek.com: How to Create a System Restore Point on Windows 10 or Windows 11
- youtube.com: Fix “The Wallpapers folder isn’t supported because of its location. Please choose another folder.”
- clonezilla.org: Clonezilla
[Free and Open Source Software for Disk Imaging and Cloning] - drivesnapshot.de: Drive Snapshot - Disk Image Backup for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/X64
[Easy Use and Restore of single Files or directories] - superuser.com: windows: How do I create a log of robocopy actions and save in a text file named with today’s date?
[Rename-Item -Path “C:\logs\robocopy.log” -NewName “robocopy-$(Get-Date -F yyyy.MM.dd)$($_.Extension).log”] - bjansen.github.io: Sfsu
[Stupid Fast Scoop Utilities] - github.com: Issues · jewlexx/sfsu
[~400 times faster than regular scoop search] - github.com: Issues · shilangyu/scoop-search
[scoop-search is on average ~50 times faster than “scoop search”] - support.microsoft.com: Free up drive space in Windows
- windowscentral.com: 12 best ways to free up hard drive space on Windows 10
- old.reddit.com/r/Windows10 Can i delete pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys?
[mentions TreeSize Free, WizTree Free, or WinDirStat] - news.ycombinator.com: Unix sockets, Cygwin, SSH agents, and sadness
- github.com: antonmedv/walk: Terminal file manager
[formerly known as llama] - hillelwayne.com: Learn AutoHotKey by stealing my scripts
- imageglass.org: A lightweight, versatile image viewer
- news.ycombinator.com: Learn AutoHotKey by stealing my scripts
- 🌟 github.com: Issues · zyedidia/eget
- news.ycombinator.com: MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
- wikipedia.org: WordPad
[free/gratis, supports .doc, .docx, .odt, .rtf, and .txt] - wikipedia.org: Windows Package Manager
[winget] - stackoverflow.com: What is the difference between [pwsh] and [Powershell Integrated Console] on VS Code?
- wiki.umbc.edu: Installing Alpine for Windows
[I have not yet tried this guide¯\(ツ)/¯] - github.com: Scoop vs winget · Discussion #4777 · ScoopInstaller/Scoop
- wikipedia.org: Everything (software)
- stackoverflow.com: Echo UTF-8 characters in windows batch
- learn.microsoft.com: about Profiles - PowerShell
[how to create and use a PowerShell profile] - 🌟 thewindowsclub.com: Windows 11/10 Tips, Tricks, Help, Support, Downloads, Features
- 🌟 windowscentral.com: Windows Central - News, Reviews & Help on Windows 10, Windows 11, Xbox & more
- howtogeek.com: 15 Super-Charged Alternatives to Built-in Windows Apps
[7-Zip, Everything, VLC, & more] - mridgers.github.io: Clink
[Powerful Bash-style command line editing for CMD] - 🌟 scoop.sh: Apps
[searchable, sorted from newest to oldest] - 🌟 github.com: Issues · Maximus5/ConEmu
- pcworld.com: Is your Windows 11 PC encrypted? The answer is surprisingly complex
- wikipedia.org: Windows Spotlight
- 🌟 askwoody.com: AskWoody: Tame Your Tech!
- askwoody.com: Securing Windows 11 with 22H2
- wikipedia.org: Out-of-box experience
[OOBE] - askvg.com: How to Complete Windows 11 [Home] Setup Without Internet Connection
[Method 1: OOBE\BYPASSNRO worked for me] - support.microsoft.com: Give your PC a Fresh Start
[To NOT install bloatware (McAfee etc), you must select “Keep my files”] - wikipedia.org: Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC)
- github.com: System Error: VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found · Issue #7564 · keepassxreboot/keepassxc
- learn.microsoft.com: Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads
- voidtools.com: Everything: Locate files and folders by name instantly.
- howtogeek.com: All Microsoft’s PowerToys for Windows 10 and 11, Explained
- howtogeek.com: 9 Ways to Open PowerShell in Windows 10
- pcmag.com: How to View Saved Wi-Fi Passwords
- 🌟 stackoverflow.com: Newest ‘batch-file’ Questions
- github.com: npocmaka/batch.scripts: batch script utils and examples by npocmaka
- superuser.com: Search partial filenames in windows explorer [using
name:~=and more] - windowscentral.com: List of all Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts: The ultimate guide
- den.dev: Windows Needs a Change in Priorities | Den Delimarsky
- news.ycombinator.com: Windows needs a change in priorities
- support.microsoft.com: Show or hide the Recycle Bin
- old.reddit.com: Windows 11 will soon be closed off to anyone without internet
- stackoverflow.com: uri - So what IS the right direction of the path's slash (/ or \) under Windows?
- howtogeek.com: Windows 11 Pro’s Setup Process Will Need a Microsoft Account
- news.ycombinator.com: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account during initial setup
- theverge.com: Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account
- docs.microsoft.com: Comparing WSL 1 and WSL 2
- gitforwindows.org: Git for Windows
- old.reddit.com: Windows s mode : GeekSquad [this helped me escape S mode without a Microsoft account]
- docs.microsoft.com: Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces
- askvg.com: How to Complete Windows 11 Setup Without Internet Connection [Method 3 worked for me!]
- askvg.com: [Tip] How to Install Windows 11 With Local User Account
- 🌟 askvg.com: AskVG – Windows Tips, Troubleshooting and Customization
- wikipedia.org: BitLocker
- wikipedia.org: Windows 10 editions
- wikipedia.org: Windows 11
- howtogeek.com: FYI: Windows 11 Home Will Require a Microsoft Account For Initial Setup
- howtogeek.com: How to Get Rid of McAfee’s Notifications and Bundled Software
- howtogeek.com: FYI: Windows 11 Home Will Require a Microsoft Account For Initial Setup
- wikipedia.org: List of Microsoft Windows versions [scroll up to see versions]
- microsoft.com: Explore the world one photo at a time | Bing Wallpaper
- docs.microsoft.com: PowerToys PowerRename utility for Windows 10
- codesector.com: TeraCopy for Windows
- github.com: Issues · microsoft/winget-cli
- docs.microsoft.com: Windows Terminal General Profile Settings
- stackoverflow.com: Windows batch files: .bat vs .cmd?
- wikipedia.org: Windows Error Reporting
- 🌟 github.com: Issues · samhocevar/wincompose
- burningcutlery.com: Making Windows Usable
- devblogs.microsoft.com: Share Environment Vars between WSL and Windows | Windows Command Line
- docs.microsoft.com: Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces - Win32 apps
- lifewire.com: How to Disable Error Reporting in Windows
- helpdeskgeek.com: How To Fix ‘Filename Is Too Long’ Issue In Windows
- helpdeskgeek.com: Using PowerShell for Home Users – A Beginner’s Guide
- support.code42.com: Windows file paths longer than 255 characters
- howtogeek.com: How to Make Windows 10 Accept File Paths Over 260 Characters
- docs.microsoft.com: tree
- howtogeek.com: How to Enable or Disable Secure Sign-In for Windows 10
- howtogeek.com: What Is the “God Mode” Folder in Windows 10, and How Do I Enable It?
- github.com: Backup stops on too long filename not found under Windows · Issue #236 · rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup
- highrez.co.uk: X-Mouse Button Control
- docs.microsoft.com: Maximum Path Length Limitation - Win32 apps
- jmmv.dev: Windows Subsystem for Linux: The lost potential
- news.ycombinator.com: Windows Subsystem for Linux: The lost potential
- old.reddit.com: Windows Subsystem for Linux: The lost potential : bashonubuntuonwindows
- howtogeek.com: How to Move Your Documents, Music, and Other Folders Somewhere Else in Windows
- howtogeek.com: What Is the “Windows Feature Experience Pack” on Windows 10?
- 🌟 github.com: Issues · microsoft/PowerToys
- howtogeek.com: All Microsoft’s PowerToys for Windows 10, Explained
- 🌟 devblogs.microsoft.com: DevBlogs - Microsoft Developer Blogs
- stackoverflow.com: How to print environment variables to the console in PowerShell?
- stackoverflow.com: Windows 7 environment variable not working in path
- devblogs.microsoft.com: Share Environment Vars between WSL and Windows
- 🌟 devblogs.microsoft.com: Windows Command Line
- appuals.com: Fix: Windows Update Error 0x800F081F
- tenforums.com: Backup Files and Folders with File History in Windows 10
- howtogeek.com: How to Uninstall Windows 10’s May 2020 Update
- docs.microsoft.com: Windows Package Manager
- devblogs.microsoft.com: Windows Package Manager Preview | Windows Command Line
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