CleanWin v0.3.6 Release - April 2021
Pre-release
Pre-release
Last edited on 18th April 2021, 17:56 IST
Fixes
This release fixes the following issues:
- Connect app not removing.
- Services not stopping for some users post reboots.
- OneDrive not uninstalling properly for some users.
- WinGet not installing properly for some users.
- Windows Search not working properly after running CleanWin.
Changelog
Apps & Features
- Add app "Microsoft.GamingServices" into the app removal list.
- Add Microsoft To Do into the app removal list.
- Add Power Automate Desktop into the app removal list.
- Enable Windows Sandbox and Windows Subsystem for Linux.
- Replace Chocolatey Package Manager with Windows Package Manager, while "properly" installing it.
- Remove "Web Browsing - Restore recommended" suggestion in Settings using ViVeTool in CLI.
- Cleanup a lot of duplicate code.
- Check for Winstall.txt file and inform user if file not found.
- For users who run the ps1 files instead of prebuilt executables, there's a separate function called "UnpinStartTiles" to unpin start menu tiles.
- Add the following Optional Features into Features uninstaller:
- Hello Face
- Internet Explorer
- Math Recognizer
- Microsoft Paint (Desktop app)
- OpenSSH Client
- PowerShell ISE
- Quick Assist
- Steps Recorder
- Snipping Tool
- Work Folders
- Windows Media Player
- WordPad
- Windows Fax & Scan
- XPS Viewer
- XPS Printer
General
- CLI will now print the OS build version.
- CLI will create System Restore point of type "MODIFY_SETTINGS" if not created in the last 24 hours.
- Made CLI run faster than ever by removing all sleep points and making it fully unattended.
- Create logs in
C:\CleanWininstead ofC:\Temp\CleanWin. - Add individual scripts folder called "scripts" (I could not come up with a better name) in the root directory of CleanWin repository (main branch) for users that might be interested.
- Do not allow resizing of GUI window.
Privacy & Security
- Turn off notifications from sync provider.
- Move "DiagTrack" and "DMWAppPush" services into Tasks & Services.
- Online speech recognition is no longer turned off because the code for it no longer works in newer editions (202H2 and up). I'm working on finding a fix, until then users are suggested to manually go to Settings > Privacy > Speech (on the sidebar) and turn it off.
- No longer disable background apps by default because it might make Windows Search not work properly. I am working on a fix for this.
Tasks and Services
- Add "Setup Windows Update" and "Reset Windows Update".
- What "Setup Windows Update" does:
- Turn off automatic updates
- Delay feature update by 20 days
- Delay quality updates by 4 days
- Turn off drivers offering through Windows Update
- Turn off installation of bloatware following Windows Feature updates
- "Reset Windows Update" reverts all settings back to the stock settings.
- What "Setup Windows Update" does:
- Unify "Disable unnecessary tasks" & "Disable unnecessary services" buttons in GUI.
- Print name of each task / service.
Windows Explorer
- In the GUI, a lot of individual buttons have been removed except Seconds in Taskbar, and have been unified into a single button.
- No longer enable Verbose Status by default.
- Add Unpin Tiles in Start Menu button in GUI.
Known issues
Please take a look at the tracker for currently known issues.
Contributors
- I'd like to thank @YaAlex3 for his suggestion to add Windows Update settings.
Release notes
- This release of CleanWin has been tested on the latest Windows 10 Pro virtualized environment (Build 19042.685) and my own host machine, running the same build, and additionally on Windows 10 Insider Preview Dev channel OS build 21354.1000
- With this release, the CLI variant of CleanWin is no longer in Maintenance state. It will receive regular updates like GUI.
- I also need suggestions on Windows Terminal as an inbox app
- Please read more and voice your opinion here.