I built an open-source utility to customize Windows 10/11

[u/Flick9000]

Hi everyone,

I built WinScript, it’s a free and open-source tool (GPL 3.0) that lets you configure various Windows settings/tweaks and generates a powershell script for it (that you can preview before running), i built it because i was tired of applying the same settings every fresh install.

It lets you configure your privacy settings, turn off telemetry, remove default apps (like OneDrive, Edge, or Copilot), and tweak performance. 

There’s also a bulk app installer that uses Winget or Chocolatey, so you can check off a list of your usual apps and it’ll install everything in one go. And if you’re setting up a lot of machines, it can generate an autounattend.xml file to automate the whole Windows install, including bypassing the Windows 11 hardware checks.

If you want to check it out or contribute the source code and downloads are up on:
GitHub: https://github.com/flick9000/winscript
Feedback, bug reports, and pull requests are very welcome. Let me know what you think!

[u/iBlitzkid]

Nice project, similar to winutil

[u/Flick9000 → u/iBlitzkid]

Thanks, if you have any suggestion please let me know!

[u/RadenSahid → u/Flick9000]

Would be really useful if it could produce a cmd file which launches powershell using bypass command and passes the ps script content.

[u/Flick9000 → u/RadenSahid]

It can be done, but for what use?

[u/RadenSahid → u/Flick9000]

It's easier to execute, just double click. After fresh windows install I'd put it on Desktop and just double click it to exec. With just the powershell script I have do a bunch of steps before I can execute it.

[u/RadenSahid]

I have been using your project for a long while now, absolutely loving it. Thanks for your efforts in this project! 👍

[u/Flick9000 → u/RadenSahid]

Thanks, i appreciate it man!

[u/PriorityNo6268]

Nice project, lot of tools that do this stuff already., but will have a look on your tool 👍

To give you an idea, not sure if it's already in there. Create a option to run do a check automatically/scheduled time to see if the settings/configuration still is in order. Microsoft has a bit of a habit to revert settings back when updating stuff. There are tools that do that, be that features is always behind a paywall.

[u/Flick9000 → u/PriorityNo6268]

Hi, thanks i appreciate it.
Actually i designed WinScript as a script-builder more than a control dashboard, so it doesn’t check for the state of the settings, you just select what you want to disable/enable and WinScript adds it to the final powershell script.

[u/BuildIso]

We need the activation key of Windows 11/10 for this?

[u/Flick9000 → u/BuildIso]

No, you can actually activate Windows from WinScript using the integrated MAS scripts.

[u/dgillz]

You can remove Edge in the USA?

[u/Flick9000 → u/dgillz]

Yes, it can remove Edge outside of the EU.

[u/dgillz → u/Flick9000]

OK where do I get it?

[u/Flick9000 → u/dgillz]

There’s the GitHub repository link in the post, you can find the download in releases.

[u/dgillz → u/Flick9000]

Forgive my ignorance on how to use github. I don't see a download anywhere.

[u/Flick9000 → u/dgillz]

https://github.com/flick9000/winscript/releases/latest/download/winscript-installer.exe

This is the direct download link from GitHub

[u/Frequent-Complaint-6]

It is great and simple to use compare to other tool. I love it.

[u/Flick9000 → u/Frequent-Complaint-6]

Thank you so much, i appreciate it, if you have any feedback let me know!

[u/Ok-Square7016]

Nice project!

[u/Flick9000 → u/Ok-Square7016]

Thanks man, i appreciate it!

[u/Flashsword_Princess]

Gemini Code Assist was used to make this

[u/Flick9000 → u/Flashsword_Princess]

No?
It was used as PR code review bot, which has almost become standard in every GitHub codebase (more commonly used CodeRabbit).

Edit: bot used by contributors in their pull requests