Windows 10 Tweaks

[AsRock]

Where did you find it, System folder?

Start \ all Apps under C, Calc

The .exe was located in C:\Windows\System32

 

[silkstone]

Start \ all Apps under C, Calc

The .exe was located in C:\Windows\System32

When I try to load that calculator, it tells me I can't run it with UAC turned off.

 

[AsRock]

When I try to load that calculator, it tells me I can't run it with UAC turned off.

Weird, don't seem to do that for me.

 

[silkstone]

Weird.
The program won't launch from the system32 folder either. No notifications, it just does noting when double-clicked

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

YEp, gotta log it in.

Can you say, only log in once and it will be happy or does it need to always be logged in with the live account?

 

[OneMoar]

@W1zzard here is a another one
edit: found a better way

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open]
"MuiVerb"="@photoviewer.dll,-3043"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,\
6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,\
00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,\
25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f,\
00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,50,00,68,00,\
6f,00,74,00,6f,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,\
5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,\
00,31,00,00,00


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{FFE2A43C-56B9-4bf5-9A79-CC6D4285608A}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print]


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,\
6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,\
00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,\
25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f,\
00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,50,00,68,00,\
6f,00,74,00,6f,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,\
5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,\
00,31,00,00,00


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}"

 

[AsRock]

Weird.
The program won't launch from the system32 folder either. No notifications, it just does noting when double-clicked

Just turn UAC on lol, what harm is it going to do ?.

 

[DigDeep]

I used those commands,

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/windows-10-tweaks.214172/

but I changed my mind, and want to use apps, how do I reverse that.


I did not use command to permanently remove apps (delete their installation files, frees up another 500 MB), .

Apps install packages are in crogram files/windows apps i want to use windows photo viewer and calculator .etc, how can i reverse those commands, because if I click on calc.exe nothing happens

 

[Ahhzz]

Windows 10 god mode.
Create a new folder on your Windows desktop (New > Folder) and save it with the text below:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

 

[BumbleBee]

I've started to look into Windows 10 for desktop and benchmarking usage.

Share the tweaks you find useful, I'll integrate them into first post.

Download Microsoft Windows 10 ISO or make USB stick Installer

Spoiler

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Download the tool on any Windows machine, start it, select "Create Installation Media for other computer", then follow the prompts to either create an ISO or write data to a USB stick

Remove Microsoft OneDrive

Spoiler

@echo off
echo Uninstalling OneDrive...
start /wait "" "%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSWOW64\ONEDRIVESETUP.EXE" /UNINSTALL

rd C:\OneDriveTemp /Q /S >NUL 2>&1
rd "%USERPROFILE%\OneDrive" /Q /S >NUL 2>&1
rd "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\OneDrive" /Q /S >NUL 2>&1
rd "%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft OneDrive" /Q /S >NUL 2>&1

reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}\ShellFolder" /f /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 0 >NUL 2>&1
reg add "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}\ShellFolder" /f /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 0 >NUL 2>&1

echo.
echo OneDrive has been removed. Windows Explorer needs to be restarted.
pause

start /wait TASKKILL /F /IM explorer.exe
start explorer.exe

Remove as many Apps as possible (more than you could remove by clicking uninstall)

Spoiler

This will break Windows App functionality - do this if you never plan on using any Metro-style apps.

powershell "Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage"
powershell "sleep 5"
powershell "Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online"

Remove individual pre-installed Windows 10 Apps

Spoiler

To uninstall apps for the current user, in an elevated PowerShell run the following commands. This frees up around 500 MB disk space.

These commands will not remove App Store & App connector, so you can reinstall apps using the Store.

If you want to keep certain packages, just exclude that package's command line

Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingFinance_10004.3.193.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingNews_10004.3.193.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingSports_10004.3.193.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.BingWeather_10004.3.193.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Getstarted_2015.622.1108.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_2015.4218.23751.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_3.1.6103.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Office.OneNote_2015.4201.10091.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.People_2015.627.626.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.SkypeApp_3.2.1.0_neutral_~_kzf8qxf38zg5c
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2015.618.1921.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_2015.619.10.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_2015.619.10.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.WindowsCamera_2015.612.1501.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_2015.6002.42251.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.WindowsMaps_2015.619.213.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.WindowsPhone_2015.620.10.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder_2015.615.1606.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.XboxApp_2015.617.130.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2019.6.10841.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.ZuneVideo_2019.6.10811.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxPackage -package Microsoft.3DBuilder_10.0.0.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

To permanently remove apps (delete their installation files, frees up another 500 MB), in PowerShell run:

Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.BingFinance_10004.3.193.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.BingNews_10004.3.193.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.BingSports_10004.3.193.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.BingWeather_10004.3.193.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.Getstarted_2015.622.1108.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_2015.4218.23751.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_3.1.6103.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.Office.OneNote_2015.4201.10091.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.People_2015.627.626.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.SkypeApp_3.2.1.0_neutral_~_kzf8qxf38zg5c
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2015.618.1921.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_2015.619.10.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_2015.619.10.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.WindowsCamera_2015.612.1501.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_2015.6002.42251.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.WindowsMaps_2015.619.213.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.WindowsPhone_2015.620.10.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder_2015.615.1606.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.XboxApp_2015.617.130.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2019.6.10841.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.ZuneVideo_2019.6.10811.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -package Microsoft.3DBuilder_2015.624.2254.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe

Hide the Search Box in Taskbar

Spoiler

Right click on the taskbar background, then go to Search -> Hidden

Enable the Administrator account to use Microsoft Edge and other Metro-style apps

Spoiler

reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v FilterAdministratorToken /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Show removed hardware devices so you can uninstall them from device manager

Spoiler

This also works on Windows 7/8/8.1

Go to System -> System Properties -> Environment Variables -> New

Add a variable named DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES with value 1

Now you can go into Device Manager, from its menu select View -> Show Hidden Devices and it will display all devices that were once installed, but removed since, in a faded out display.

Disable hibernation on desktops, to free up disk space on C: drive (equal to RAM size)

Spoiler

This also works on Windows 7/8/8.1

powercfg -h off

Remove background image of Microsoft Windows 10 Logon Screen

Spoiler

reg add HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System /v DisableLogonBackgroundImage /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Remove the Homegroup icon from Explorer

Spoiler

Windows + R -> services.msc
Go to: HomeGroup Provider (not HomeGroup Listener)
Double-click the service and select Startup type: Disabled

has anybody made an app that disables the torrenting and dozens of privacy settings? like a one click button.

 

[tabascosauz]

And you are sure that W10 detects it is a SSD? In my "current status" it says all drives needs optimisation, both SSD and conventional drives.
Will it say defragmentation in "current status" instead of optimisation for conventinal drives - if needed, and only optimisation for SSD´s?

Okay - forget my question - just read a blog from MS - W10 detects the SSD and only sends TRIM commands to the drive - so it only optimize SSD´s......

Relax. You should see this in the defrag menu (which is also called Defrag and Optimize Drives, I don't remember it being called that before).

 

[ruff0r]

Remove the pop up every time you start a game asking if you want to record your game play with GAME DVR.

Lunch the XboX app log into a Microsoft account (yes you have to log in into that app with an Microsoft account )

and turn it off on the options menu. havnt tested FPs improvement yet.

Allso a lot of people including myself have a strange short noise every time a 3D program is lunched anyone can figure that one out?

 

[cadaveca]

Can you say, only log in once and it will be happy or does it need to always be logged in with the live account?

You may need to stay logged in. There is a local account, and a live account, both are different. Not sure how activation works with either one, but I do know that for those of us doing the preview, you did need to log in then because of the whole Insider thing. I use OneDrive, so am ALWAYS logged in to live, even on WIn8.1.

 

[ThE_MaD_ShOt]

You may need to stay logged in. There is a local account, and a live account, both are different. Not sure how activation works with either one, but I do know that for those of us doing the preview, you did need to log in then because of the whole Insider thing. I use OneDrive, so am ALWAYS logged in to live, even on WIn8.1.

Makes sense to me buddy.

 

[hat]

Thought this might go here... one annoying thing I found today. In previous versions of Windows, if I clicked on the clock on the bottom right, a small calendar would appear. Now, in W10, it doesn't. Sure there's the Calendar app, which is fine, but I'm used to having it come up when I clicked on the clock... not a huge deal, just something I'd like to change if I could. Since I brought that up, I may as well bring up the control panel as well. Ever since I stated using computers, I got used to the control panel being right there on the right hand side of the start menu, with an arrow that opened up to everything I could do in the control panel. Now I go digging for it in "all apps" and then the control panel window opens up with my options.

 

[OneMoar]

Thought this might go here... one annoying thing I found today. In previous versions of Windows, if I clicked on the clock on the bottom right, a small calendar would appear. Now, in W10, it doesn't. Sure there's the Calendar app, which is fine, but I'm used to having it come up when I clicked on the clock... not a huge deal, just something I'd like to change if I could. Since I brought that up, I may as well bring up the control panel as well. Ever since I stated using computers, I got used to the control panel being right there on the right hand side of the start menu, with an arrow that opened up to everything I could do in the control panel. Now I go digging for it in "all apps" and then the control panel window opens up with my options.

wut try clicking the clock again .,...

 

[Caring1]

has anybody made an app that disables the torrenting and dozens of privacy settings? like a one click button.

Yes I have seen an open sourced App available online already, sorry forgot the link.
edit, found it: http://www.zdnet.com/article/want-t...=nl.e551&s_cid=e551&ttag=e551&ftag=TRE7ed2633
It may not do all you want but it's a start.

 

[AsRock]

Thought this might go here... one annoying thing I found today. In previous versions of Windows, if I clicked on the clock on the bottom right, a small calendar would appear. Now, in W10, it doesn't. Sure there's the Calendar app, which is fine, but I'm used to having it come up when I clicked on the clock... not a huge deal, just something I'd like to change if I could. Since I brought that up, I may as well bring up the control panel as well. Ever since I stated using computers, I got used to the control panel being right there on the right hand side of the start menu, with an arrow that opened up to everything I could do in the control panel. Now I go digging for it in "all apps" and then the control panel window opens up with my options.

Try left clicking the clock.

 

[hat]

It's a no-go. I can click it as many times as I want, calendar doesn't come up...

I found this... now, I do get a calendar that comes up, but it doesn't look like the ones you guys are showing... looks like an old(er) calendar. Guess MS didn't want to give me the new one or something... works fine for me though.

 

[george2nice]

Excuse me plz, is it true that the Windows 10 only last for a month

 

[Ahhzz]

Excuse me plz, is it true that the Windows 10 only last for a month

No.

 

[broken pixel]

Excuse me plz, is it true that the Windows 10 only last for a month

30 days to go back to the OS you upgraded from.

 

[t_ski]

30 days to go back to the OS you upgraded from.

^ this

 

[Ahhzz]

Privacy tweaks...

• Turn Cortana Off. Bring up the Start menu and start typing. Click on the notebook icon in the left sidebar and choose Settings. From there, you can turn off Cortana.
• Search online and include web results. When you turn off Cortana, you’ll see this option appear. You can turn it off if you’d rather not get web search suggestions from the Start menu, which log your typing and send it back to Microsoft so you can get live-updating predictions, just like you do on Google.com or in Chrome and Firefox.
• Getting to Know You. In Settings > Privacy > Speech, Inking, & Typing, you’ll find a feature called “Getting to Know You”. This is probably the most sweeping privacy setting on the system, and even after turning off Cortana, you’ll have to disable this setting. Just click the “Stop Getting to Know Me” button to turn it off.
• Cloud Info. Turning off Getting to Know You removes info from your device, but you’ll have to remove it from the cloud separately. In that same window, click “Go to Bing and manage personal info for all your devices” to clear the Getting to Know You Data from your Microsoft account.

• If you head to Settings > Privacy > Feedback & Diagnostics, you’ll see two settings:

• Feedback frequency: Windows will occasionally ask you for feedback so you can send Microsoft your thoughts on Windows 10. If you’d rather it not bug you with such things, you can change it to Never.
• Diagnostic and usage data: This feature can send a lot of data back to Microsoft, including how often you use certain apps, which apps you use most often, and memory snapshots (which can inadvertently include parts of a document you’re working on if something crashes). You can change this to Full, Enhanced, or Basic. You can read more about what each of these to here.

Microsoft doesn’t let you turn off diagnostics completely, except on Enterprise versions of Windows. The Basic setting, they say, is data that is “vital to the operation of Windows”, including Windows Update and malicious software protection.


some may be duplicated. I found this info on Lifehacker, if anyone wants the full article.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Im not sure if anyone has encountered this , but my "shut Down" button doesnt shut my win 10 down.It goes black, and then comes right back on...I read online that holding the Shift button would resolve this, and it Did, but id Really rather not have to hold it on every shut down.

Does anyone know of a fix?

Also, has anyone heard of people having trouble with Sleep mode? mine just wakes right back up.MS please.