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Windows 11 Tweaks

This may or may not get updated. My DD is Mint, but at work it is Windows 11. These are the things most important to me.

Restore The Classic Right-Click Menu - cmd as user

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reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve

Disable Bing in the Start Menu - cmd as Administrator

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reg.exe add HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer /v DisableSearchBoxSuggestions /t REG_DWORD /d 00000001

Disable Some Telemetry - cmd as Administrator

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reg.exe add HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection /v AllowTelemetry /t REG_DWORD /d 00000000

Disable Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service in Services or run these PowerShell commands as Administrator:

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stop-service diagtrack
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set-service diagtrack -startuptype disabled

Generate Hash Values with right-click

This is one of my favorite tweaks to Windows 11! Save with .reg extension and merge.
Source: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/78681-add-file-hash-context-menu-windows-8-10-a.html

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink
; Created on: March 5th 2017
; Updated on: March 8, 2024
; Tutorial: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/78681-file-hash-context-menu-add-windows-8-windows-10-a.html


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash]
"MUIVerb"="Hash"
"SubCommands"=""

; SHA1
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\01menu]
"MUIVerb"="SHA1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\01menu\command]
@="powershell -noexit get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm SHA1 | format-list"


; SHA256
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\02menu]
"MUIVerb"="SHA256"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\02menu\command]
@="powershell -noexit get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm SHA256 | format-list"


; SHA384
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\03menu]
"MUIVerb"="SHA384"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\03menu\command]
@="powershell -noexit get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm SHA384 | format-list"


; SHA512
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\04menu]
"MUIVerb"="SHA512"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\04menu\command]
@="powershell -noexit get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm SHA512 | format-list"


; MACTripleDES
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\05menu]
"MUIVerb"="MACTripleDES"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\05menu\command]
@="powershell -noexit get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm MACTripleDES | format-list"


; MD5
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\06menu]
"MUIVerb"="MD5"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\06menu\command]
@="powershell -noexit get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm MD5 | format-list"


; RIPEMD160
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\07menu]
"MUIVerb"="RIPEMD160"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\07menu\command]
@="powershell -noexit get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm RIPEMD160 | format-list"


; Allget-filehash -literalpath '%1' -algorithm RIPEMD160 | format-list
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\08menu]
"CommandFlags"=dword:00000020
"MUIVerb"="Show all"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\hash\shell\08menu\command]
@="powershell -noexit get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm SHA1 | format-list;get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm SHA256 | format-list;get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm SHA384 | format-list;get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm SHA512 | format-list;get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm MACTripleDES | format-list;get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm MD5 | format-list;get-filehash -literalpath \\\"%1\\\" -algorithm RIPEMD160 | format-list"

Windows Recall - Check Status, Disable or Enable.

Command as Administrator

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Check Status: Dism /Online /Get-Featureinfo /Featurename:Recall 
Disable: Dism /Online /Disable-Feature /Featurename:Recall 
Enable: Dism /Online /Enable-Feature /Featurename:Recall
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