PolicyPlus
Local Group Policy Editor plus more, for all Windows editions (by Fleex255)
WindowsPathEditor
PATH editor for people who use a lot of "unixy" tools on Windows (by rix0rrr)
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| 20 | 1 | |
| 1,407 | 271 | |
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| 2.3 | 0.0 | |
| 7 months ago | over 5 years ago | |
| Visual Basic .NET | C# | |
| Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 | - |
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PolicyPlus
Posts with mentions or reviews of PolicyPlus.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-02.
- Microsoft Defender Flags Tor Browser as a Trojan and Removes It from the System
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DISMTools Tips and Tricks (May 2023 update)
Let's begin by setting things up: use the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) or Policy Plus (if the Group Policy Editor isn't available). Go to "Computer configuration > Administrative Templates > System" and double-click the "Specify settings for optional component installation and component repair" entry. Then, set it to "Enabled" and specify a valid source.
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Downgrading from Windows 11 to 10.
Cough. Though, I see no reason to run Windows 11 Home over Windows 10 Pro if you unless you really like the Windows 11 UI.
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How do I stop windows from f**king up my drivers every few weeks?
It is actually possible to enable group policy editing on non-Pro versions of Windows. There's a FOSS program called Policy Plus that will let you change it, though with less functionality if you don't want to resort to command line shenanigans.
- I love bing
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Can you disable OneDrive ?
If you don't have access to group policy editor, give Policy Plus a try. It's an open source alternative for the editor that works on Home edition as well.
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what is something you can't believe people like?
With this being said, under the hood, the guts of the group policy framework are still fully intact on the other Windows editions. You can't use Microsoft's fancypants editor to control it, but they can't stop you from using a third-party editor like PolicyPlus.
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How do you stop windows from restarting/updating by itself ?
In Windows Pro, use Group Policy (Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update) or for Windows Home read over and consider Policy Plus ( https://github.com/Fleex255/PolicyPlus -- read the whole README ). Or registries keys as in https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-restart#registry-keys-used-to-manage-restart but it's tricky to get Configure Automatic Updates/AUOptions set with all its options.
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Cannot install display driver because blocked by Group Policy (0x800f0248) but I cannot unblock because the policies are missing on gpedit.msc
Update 1: I downloaded PolicyPlus from github because I wanted to have a look around, and I found out that i can access Administrative Templates and specifically the policies that i need to disable to unblock driver installations. However, all the policies say they are not configured, which is contradicting what Windows is saying. Anyone ever used Policyplus before?
- GitHub - Fleex255/PolicyPlus: Local Group Policy Editor plus more, for all Windows editions
WindowsPathEditor
Posts with mentions or reviews of WindowsPathEditor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-22.
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Microsoft is trying to stop the distribution of the leaked Windows 11 ISO using DMCA
Instead of System Properties Advanced >> Environment Variables: PathEditor2 orPathEditor (Archive) PthMgr or PathEditor (none of them is perfect yet)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing PolicyPlus and WindowsPathEditor you can also consider the following projects:
EverythingToolbar - Everything integration for the Windows taskbar. [Moved to: https://github.com/srwi/EverythingToolbar]
WinPass11 - 🔑 WinPass11 is a tool for installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.
patheditor - PATH editor for people who use a lot of "unixy" tools on Windows
WinPass11 - 🔑 WinPass11 is a tool for installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. [Moved to: https://github.com/ArkaneDev/WinPass11]
patheditor2-mirror - Unofficial mirror of https://patheditor2.codeplex.com/ due to CodePlex shutting down
AccountManagement - Local User and Group Management application, for all Windows editions
SchannelConfiguration - Configure SChannel Security Settings via Group Policy
ctrlfrything - Search your current Windows Explorer folder with voidtools' Everything via Ctrl+F
pthmgr - Windows Path Manager
PolicyPlus vs EverythingToolbar
WindowsPathEditor vs EverythingToolbar
PolicyPlus vs WinPass11
WindowsPathEditor vs patheditor
PolicyPlus vs WinPass11
WindowsPathEditor vs patheditor2-mirror
PolicyPlus vs AccountManagement
WindowsPathEditor vs AccountManagement
PolicyPlus vs SchannelConfiguration
WindowsPathEditor vs ctrlfrything
PolicyPlus vs ctrlfrything
WindowsPathEditor vs pthmgr