dont use this. lol

[camelCaseAlt]

dont use this if u dont want ur stuff deleted, the script not only deleted bloatware but also the apps i use LITERALLY EVERYDAY (win camera, ILspy, some important windows modules...) so yeah JUST DONT

[farag2]

What did you want from a n00bie made PowerShell script? 😆

[tort-oise]

Back again? I’ve already told you to get off this GitHub page if all you’re gonna do is slander, Dmitry. To the opener of this issue: This script does exactly as intended, and what you see as “necessary apps” are proprietary, from the Microsoft Store, and, namely, bloat. I would bet a couple hundred bucks on that there are several open source alternatives to Windows Camera, for example. If you need anything, reinstall it, modify the script yourself to fit your needs (like I did) or simply don’t use the script, because clearly, this script is not for you. Thank you, and close this issue, as it is not a bug.

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________________________________ From: Dmitry Nefedov ***@***.***> Sent: Sunday, December 5, 2021 8:42 PM To: Sycnex/Windows10Debloater Cc: Subscribed Subject: Re: [Sycnex/Windows10Debloater] dont use this. lol (Issue #465) What did you want from a n00bie made PowerShell script? 😆

[qupear]

“necessary apps” are proprietary, from the Microsoft Store, and, namely, bloat

It is not OK to remove every app. For example, Sycnex might think of Microsoft apps as a sort of bloat, which is questionable already, but why did he touch ILSpy? Even most destructive debloaters ask users to choose which UWP should be removed, so this should be the only way, not carelessly remove everything.

[farag2]

@tort-oise, slander? Did you audit the code? The only thing the script does is collecting such issues which is not being viewed by the maintainer. LOL. he even couldn't built a function to display UWP apps with exclusions to remove. As I stated above, it's just a out-dated shitty code that breaks the OS.

[tort-oise]

“necessary apps” are proprietary, from the Microsoft Store, and, namely, bloat

It is not OK to remove every app. For example, Sycnex might think of Microsoft apps as a sort of bloat, which is questionable already, but why did he touch ILSpy? Even most destructive debloaters ask users to choose which UWP should be removed, so this should be the only way, not carelessly remove everything.

Well, it theoretically just removes UWP apps, with the Remove-AppxPackage (or something like that) command. The GUI version of this script theoretically does that with the custom blacklist. The user above probably didn't run the GUI version.

@tort-oise, slander? Did you audit the code? The only thing the script does is collecting such issues which is not being viewed by the maintainer. LOL. he even couldn't built a function to display UWP apps with exclusions to remove. As I stated above, it's just a out-dated shitty code that breaks the OS.

I have audited the code a little bit, yes. As stated above, it does have a function to display UWP apps, with exclusions to remove. And yes, this is slander, as you just blatantly stated that it is "n00bie made", you mentioned nothing about out-dated before, neither does it break the OS. I have tested this several times (vanilla) in several VMs, and a couple live systems as well. It does not break the OS at all, it just removes every AppX package, and modifies a few registry keys. It does exactly as intended, and the risks are listed in the README.

I commend your script for being able to do more, but it does not mean that you can call the devs "n00bies", or advertise it on here. It is good for what it does, and your script might do things differently, but this script and your script's aim is simply different. Point ended.

[1RandomDev]

Now I experience a quite opposite issue, for me too little is deleted. For example Cortana, the proprietary Camera app, Maps, Contacts, Your Phone, Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft Store are still there after "debloating" Windows. (Don't know if the last two can be removed without destroying the system but would be nice)

[tort-oise]

Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Store cannot be removed without crippling the system. The rest of the apps are whitelisted due to user complaints.

[1RandomDev]

Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Store cannot be removed without crippling the system. The rest of the apps are whitelisted due to user complaints.

Oh just created a custom blocklist and deleted everything except Edge (why the fuck mak it so hard Microsoft...). Even the Windows Store with all it's "advertising" SDKs is gone and Windows still looks quite happy.