Windows 10 Install

The purpose of this document is to describe how I configure Windows 10 on a new system.

1. UserPreferencesMask

2. 7zip

3. Disable window animation

4. Disable Snap Assist

   1. Make Cortana use Chrome

      1. 1. And attack Bing with Chrometana

   2. AllSnap - Windows 30px - Desktop 40px

   3. KatMouse

• • • 1. Disable ("ignore") audacity.exe, putty.exe

      2. Disable Chrome_RenderWidgetHostHWND

      3. Disable ChromeWidgetWin1

      4. Set Z-order via "None of the buttons" as push button

4. 4. Manage Startup folder - Run shell:startup

5. Disable Windows Auto Maximize

• 1. Date and Time formats

  2. DIOD script: Get-ChildItem 'C:\Users\justin\Documents\diod' -recurse | Where {$_.LastWriteTime -lt (get-date).AddDays(-1)} | Remove-Item -force

  3. Bypass security: Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -force ; Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -force

  4. Disable powershell beeping in PowerShell profile: Set-PSReadlineOption -BellStyle None

  5. Shrink the start menu back down by unpinning things.

  6. Possibly disable screen sleep lockout via deleting/renaming "C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\Microsoft.LockApp_cw5n1h2txyewy". You can still set the screen saver lock.

6. Index local drives

• 1. Make Chrome searches luckier (more of a Chrome tip).

  2. Disable Download Bar

     1. 1. Alternative: Always clear downloads

  3. Enable "I'm feeling lucky" by using {google:baseURL}search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=%s as keyword l in chrome://settings/searchEngines

7. Disable windows auto reboot after update

8. Make Google Searches keyboard navigable

• 1. Powershell PSReadlineOption and also here so be sure to run Set-PSReadlineOption -MaximumHistoryCount 100000

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