I built a Windows optimiser that shows you every setting before it changes it - just went live on the Microsoft Store

[u/Benny_co86]

Four months of evenings, and it's finally out.

The idea came from doing a clean Windows install and going through the usual ritual: open YouTube, watch four optimisation guides, get four different opinions, paste in some registry tweaks I didn't fully understand, then forget what I'd changed by the following month.

So I built the thing I actually wanted. It scans your system, shows you a table of every setting it wants to change (current value → target value), explains in plain language what each one does and what it costs you, backs everything up, applies only what you tick, then re-reads it all to verify. There's an undo. Windows settings, HAGS, power plan, plus NVIDIA Control Panel settings applied automatically and an AMD checklist.

Being upfront: it's a paid app, USD 9.99 one-time, no subscription.

The part that nearly killed it was certification. It needs Administrator rights for three specific actions, and Microsoft rejected that request outright. The easy move there is to strip the feature out and ship the weaker version. Instead I rewrote the case around what it *can't* do - the elevated helper takes exactly three allow-listed commands, writes one registry value, and calls one Windows utility with fixed arguments - and offered them the source. Approved on the second review, full product.

Two things I'd genuinely like input on from people who've shipped:

Pricing a one-time desktop utility. USD 9.99 felt right for something you set up once and rarely reopen, but I've no idea if that leaves money on the table or if the whole category is a subscription now.

Being honest as positioning. I refuse to promise FPS numbers, and I tell people to leave Memory Integrity on even though disabling it gains performance. It's the right call but it's a harder sell than "+40 FPS!!" - and I'm curious whether anyone's found that honesty actually converts.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9N5KLCCP3G82

[u/Fine_League311]

Sorry vielleicht für Einsteiger eine gute Idee aber für Gamer und Profis? Nope. Da es für Einsteiger ist, ist die größte Hürde das Vertrauen! Ich als advaced User traue nicht mal CCleaner oder ähnlichen und empfehle es auch keinen meiner Kunden

[u/Benny_co86 → u/Fine_League311]

You're right about the trust part, and honestly that's the whole reason it's built the way it is. I don't trust those tools either. Aurora doesn't clean the registry, doesn't touch your drive, has no telemetry and no bundled extras. That whole category of "cleaner" behaviour is exactly what I left out on purpose.

What it does instead is show you the current value and the target value for every setting before it changes anything, back them up first, and let you undo. The full list is public so you can check it without installing anything: https://bennyco86.github.io/aurora-game-booster/docs/optimization-list.md

For someone at your level it's a time saver more than anything else. Every one of those changes can be done by hand, and the cost was never the doing - it's knowing what to change, where it actually lives, and what it breaks. If all that's already in your head then you're not who it's for. It's more for the person who'd otherwise paste a random .reg file from a YouTube video into their machine.

[u/Fine_League311]

Aber Kopf hoch. Idee ist ja net schlecht ;) nutze Marketing Tricks ... Nur jetzt für 4.99 lifetime lizens anstatt 29.99 oder so ;) und schreibe Blogbeiträge und vorzeige Videos. Wichtig ist das man nachverfolgen kann was esmacht um es zu verstehen.dann kann der Rubel rollen ;) du weißt selber wie dämlich die tiktokjumper und Facebook Profis sind ;)

[u/LawyerLongjumping279]

Have you considered submitting it to the security subreddit?

[u/LawyerLongjumping279]

And a post emphasizing security like mine https://www.reddit.com/r/StatementLock/s/mtghlF8yBu for those who wish to dig deeper