ℹ️ Summary:

Advanced configuration utility that helps you restore your privacy and increase your security.
Optimizer is recommended after a fresh, clean installation of Windows to achieve maximum privacy and security.
Depending on your version of Windows, Optimizer will also allow you to perform some specific tweaks.

• Full multilingual support (21 languages available)
• Speed up your system and network performance
• Disable unnecessary Windows services
• Disable Windows telemetry, Cortana and many more
• Disable Office telemetry (works only with Office 2016)
• Disable Windows 10 automatic updates
• Download useful apps quickly at once
• Uninstall UWP apps
• Clean your system drive and major browsers' profile data
• Fix common registry issues
• Ping IPs and assess your latency
• Search IPs on SHODAN.io
• Rapidly change DNS server (from a pre-made list)
• Flush DNS cache
• Remove unwanted programs running at startup
• Edit your HOSTS file
• Find file lock handles and kill associated processes
• Hardware inspection tool
• Add items in desktop on right-click menu
• Define custom commands for run dialog
• Silent run support using a configuration file

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⬇️ Downloads:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/releases

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🖼️ Screenshots:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/IMAGES.md

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🆘 How to effectively disable Defender in Windows 10 1903 and later

Restart in SAFE-MODE and run Optimizer with /disabledefender switch
-OR-
Execute Optimizer with /restart=disabledefender switch and let it do the rest automatically

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🔨 Command-line options and silent configuration files:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/CONFS.md

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❓ Frequently asked questions section:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/FAQ.md

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📜 Changelog:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

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🖼️ Early development images:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/LEGACY.md

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💻 Compatibility:

• .NET Framework 4.8
• Compatible with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11
• Can run under Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 using /unsafe switch

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#️ Details:

• Latest version: 14.9
• Released: February 18, 2023
• SHA256: CC81BE39ADCB8EA105C75106084F7B6809014AEDE70B52FD7EB2F41D5C7C288C

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❤️ Tools used:

• ByteSize | Thanks for this really tiny, yet extremely useful library
• ColorPicker | Thanks to cat - https://github.com/vadiscode for the new theme engine

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❤️ Credits for translating:

• https://github.com/mrkaban - mrkaban for Russian translation
• https://github.com/theflamehd - theflamehd for German translation
• https://github.com/Kheasyque - Kheasyque for Turkish translation
• https://github.com/danielcshn - danielcshn for Spanish translation
• https://github.com/cassiompf - Cassio for Portuguese translation
• https://github.com/RAFF47 - RAFF for French translation
• https://github.com/Ziocash - Ziocash for Italian translation
• https://github.com/btwise - btwise for Chinese translation
• https://github.com/tomlonghorn - Tom Longhorn for Czech translation
• https://github.com/H3XDaemon - H3XDaemon for Taiwanese translation
• https://github.com/VenusGirl - VenusGirl for Korean translation
• https://github.com/Wilamaxin - Wilamaxin for Polish translation
• https://github.com/MesterPerfect - MesterPerfect for Arabic translation
• https://github.com/BeamingNG - BeamingNG for Romanian translation
• https://github.com/svanlaere - svanlaere for Dutch translation
• https://github.com/kirill0ermakov - Kirill Ermakov for Ukrainian translation
• https://github.com/Hayao0819 - Yamada Hayao for Japanese translation
• https://github.com/creeper-0910 - creeper-0910 for Correction of Japanese translation
• Parwar Andam for Kurdish translation
• Zan for Hungarian translation