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Last edited on 1st July, 2021 at 19:25 IST

Windows 11 is now experimentally supported!

Fixes

This release fixes the following issues:

  • News & Interests don't turn off.
  • Shell output freezing (CLI/GUI).
  • Blurry app icon (thanks to Yohan).

Changelog

Apps & Features

Winstall Next is here. You can now install apps with their friendly names like "firefox" instead of "Mozilla.Firefox". Try it out! Read more here.

  • Winstall will now inform user if WinGet is not installed on PC.
  • Installation of WinGet is more intelligent yet more simple than ever.
  • No longer uninstall Snip & Sketch app (subject to changes).
  • Write "WinGet" instead of "Windows Package Manager".
  • Do not forcefully remove web-app shortcuts.
  • Purge the redundant CleanupRegistry function.
  • Uninstallation of Microsoft OneDrive is now faster than ever.
  • Download the latest available release of WinGet from its repository.
  • Check if WinGet is already installed before installing it.
  • Winstall now supports both Winstall.txt and winstall.txt filenames.
  • [CLI] Print names of apps getting uninstalled.

General

Windows 11 is now supported! 😛

  • Rename shell window to pratyakshm's CleanWin.
  • If device is offline, CleanWin will auto-terminate itself.
  • Detail device's current OS build properly.
  • Update System Restore function to inform user.
  • Hide Progress Bar from majority of the code, if not all. f519778
  • Move active windows to foreground.
  • Clearer app icon.
  • Make a lot of code intelligent.
  • Detect and avoid running incompatible code (for instance, code needed only for Windows 10 will not execute in Windows 11).

Privacy & Security

  • Turn on and demo Clipboard history.
  • Remove MeltdownCompatFlag functions since they are only needed by older Windows OSs.

Tasks and Services

  • Windows Update: more intelligent than ever before, with the following changes:
    • Check for editions - if not Professional, Education, or Enterprise, do not set up policies and inform user about unsupported edition.
    • Do not delay OS flights if device is running Windows 11.
    • Delay OS flights by 2 days if device is enrolled in Dev channel of Windows Insider Program.

Windows Explorer

  • Add 2ms sleep points.
  • [GUI] Add "Turn off News and interests".
     

Known issues

  • A small batch of users may experience Microsoft Store does not download or install any apps, including performing app updates. To workaround this issue, open an elevated PowerShell environment and paste the following:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | ForEach {Add-AppxPackage -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppxManifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}

Warning: This command will re-register all Windows apps and so you might see some previously installed apps come back. You may use the GUI tool again to selectively uninstall those apps. The reason behind this has not yet been found, however if anyone has any idea regarding it, feedback is appreciated.

  • Optional features don't get uninstalled.
  • Windows Update policies don't get set up on Windows 11.
     

Release notes

This release of CleanWin was tested on Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview OS Build 22000.51 in the Dev channel and Windows 10 Pro RTM OS Build 19043.1052 in the Semi Annual Channel. Testing environment was virtualized.

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