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Microsoft Gives European Union Users More Control: Uninstall Edge, Store, and Say Goodbye to Bing Prompts (blogs.windows.com)
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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 50 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Please let them also remove all the XBox nonsense. The other day my laptop from work that runs Windows 11 Pro gave a big ass prompt if I didn't want to try XBox Game Pass with the new Doom game. It's basically an ad for games on a Pro machine, ridiculous.

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 18 points 3 days ago

You know what is truly ridiculous? It's when I installed Windows N (the version without all that bullshit), but each time I launched a game, it complained that some Xbox app was missing. When I finally said, 'Fuck it, let's install that crap,' I learned that it isn't even possible to install on that Windows edition. Yet they would still show me the error about the missing app nonetheless. Every. Single. Time.

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You can already do that:

Get-AppxPackage "Microsoft.XboxApp" | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage "Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider" | Remove-AppxPackage -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Get-AppxPackage "Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay" | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage "Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay" | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage "Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay" | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage "Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI" | Remove-AppxPackage
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\GameBar" -Name "AutoGameModeEnabled" -Type DWord -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\System\GameConfigStore" -Name "GameDVR_Enabled" -Type DWord -Value 0
If (!(Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR")) {
	New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR" | Out-Null
}
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\GameDVR" -Name "AllowGameDVR" -Type DWord -Value 0

You're welcome

[–] pneumatron@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's a ridiculous step by step guide. Let me see if I can simplify.

Step 1: plugin your ventoy flash drive with Linux distro

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fuck sake the Linux subs are leaking.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wdym? All of Lemmy is literally a Linux circlejerk

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Exactly. They’re a little insufferable so tried to make a funny comment.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A freedom-focused decentralized platform is naturally going to attract people who love freedom-focused decentralized software. You should learn to love that about Lemmy, lest your own misguided desires contribute to your suffering.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Oh I do love that aspect of Lemmy, I just don’t want it shoved down my throat at every opportunity. I could make a post asking for windows advice and would be met with useless comments saying install Linux.

I use Linux for my media server, and I love it for that.

I tried to use Linux as my daily driver, partly due to the comments on here making it seem seamless. It was not seamless and a lot more involved than running windows for the handful of games I like to play on it.

I also like honesty and I don’t believe people on here are honest about the failings of Linux as a daily driver and that annoys me.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I think people here are honest about Linux, but there is a catch that often isn’t clarified - there are many distros and desktops out there and they are all optimized for particular use-cases.

Want to game and nothing else without technical headaches? Bazzite. Want to game and love to tinker? EndeavorOS. Want to do productivity stuff? Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or Fedora.

Want updates fast, including graphics drivers? Arch or openSuse Tumbleweed. Want stability instead? Debian.

MacOS fan? GNOME desktop. Windows fan? KDE Plasma or Cinnamon desktop.

It goes on and on. I still keep a Windows partition because a few things I need simply wont work properly on Linux no matter what I do… notably, the Affinity suite. But Linux as a whole is getting better fast. More people are working on it and that work is starting to snowball. I’m hopeful that in a few years I’ll finally be able to get away from Windows entirely… but you’re right, not everyone can. Not yet.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Good concise write up

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 3 days ago

Every time I see PowerShell syntax, I have this dissonance where I feel like it should be better than Unix shells, its command are surely more descriptive, still... It disgusts me for some reason. Too long, maybe?

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Check out the debloat script. It can’t get rid of everything (like Edge) but it makes a HUGE difference.

https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 3 points 3 days ago

Thanks for the suggestion. It's my laptop from work, I have zero say in what software it runs, I don't even have admin rights on it. None of my personal stuff runs Windows. But it might help other people on their own machines.