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awesome-windows-privacy
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MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
The issue is that it's the way Microsoft conduct business at all. The default should be opt-in not hard to find opt-outs for every patch.
I would say no, there is no way to make it more tolerable unless you run something like shutup10 or https://github.com/TemporalAgent7/awesome-windows-privacy but then again if you care that much you should simply just run Linux because in reality there is no real good solution since spyware is baked right into the product.
- Windows Privacy
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Tell HN: Windows Defender considers W10Privacy to be malware
You don't even indicate which download link you used, it was "earlier this week" so nobody can try and reproduce it, and you don't even say what it was detected as? Plus you linked to a site that has a whole article talking about them getting regularly flagged for false-positives due to the sensitive settings they're changing within Windows.
Like what is it you expect to happen here? Plus why are you using this sketchy looking tool instead of one of the many scripts available[0] or Open Source tools[1] that do the same thing while making the source code readily readable?
I don't personally endorse any of this stuff, in fact I recommend against it. A lot of these scripts disable or remove security features and break functionality that has nothing to do with privacy. Plus users that use this stuff are self-selecting as the exact kind of users without the technical knowledge to know what they're doing, why, or how to undo it (or else they'd just make the changes "by hand"). Breaking Windows Update is a common symptom of this stuff (e.g. install -> rollback -> install -> rollback, loop), and they won't know how to fix it then just blame Microsoft.
I guess my point is: You try to get sketchy things, from sketchy sites, and it gets flagged thusly, it is working as intended. If you're here to complain that Microsoft pointed your gun away from your own foot, well too bad? Better luck next time, guess?
[0] https://github.com/TemporalAgent7/awesome-windows-privacy#po...
[1] https://github.com/TemporalAgent7/awesome-windows-privacy#os...
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Debloating Windows 10 with one command and no internet scripts
Appx packages are not where the bloat is. These are "store" / UWP apps which are generally sandboxed / very restricted in API access - so they take up disk space but not much else after you close them.
Sure, if your goal is to save a bit of disk space, this will help; but I suspect when most people think about "bloat" they think of things that slow down their computer (things that actively consume memory / cpu / network).
In my experience, that bloat is mostly services and scheduled tasks. I started collecting scripts / documentation on debloating with a primary focus on restoring privacy here: https://github.com/TemporalAgent7/awesome-windows-privacy (it's not very maintained but maybe someone finds something useful there)
- Shopping card starts appearing on Widgets Board.
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Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and security
I keep a list of (mostly) open source tools, scripts, etc. for debloating Windows 10/11: https://github.com/TemporalAgent7/awesome-windows-privacy
This thing is not on the list, because it's obviously extremely sketchy (in addition to it being illegal / piracy / etc. the actual "functionality" of removing Windows Update and Windows Defender is bonkers).
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O&O ShutUp 10 (now supporting win 11)
There are a lot of open source scripts and tools on GitHub for accomplishing the same goal (in various state of being out-of-date, abandoned, etc.); I started collecting the ones that appear somewhat active here: https://github.com/TemporalAgent7/awesome-windows-privacy
I plan on going through them to weed out duplicates. You shouldn't trust any of those blindly, but definitely read through the code; I'm particularly interested in coming up with a list of services and scheduled tasks that can be safely disabled without impacting any of the applications and services I'm using (I want Windows Update, OneDrive, Office, Defender, Store and store apps, MS Account login and Xbox Gaming for example, which most tools want to disable).
MSEdgeRedirect
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Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission
I use this: https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect and am very satisfied.
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Internet Explorer is Evil: The Story (2010)
> Maybe I'm nuts, but the start menu's web search results seem to ignore default browser settings and only open in Edge
You’re correct on that, Microsoft created a new link type ‘microsoft-edge:’, so that no matter what browser you use. Query’s from the search bar always get sent to Edge. They pulled a very similar move with Outlook where it now opens all links in edge, instead of in the users default browser. But for now, you can still toggle that setting back.
If you want windows searches to open in your default browser, you have to use https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect
- default links open edge
- Windows 11 will respect default browser for system apps in the European Union
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Oh fuck off. The reason doesn't even make sense.
MSEdgeRedirect
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Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect
That should fix it, right?
I use it for quite a long time now and it works with the search bar in the startmenu.
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How do I uninstall Microsoft Edge?
I recommend using MSEdgeRedirect. https://github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedirect Edge will still be installed, but it'll never be used and even the Windows Edge links will redirect to your preferred browser. It works very well.
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Coming back from Edge after Microsoft shifted focus
Bonus points if you use MSEdgeRedirect to completely circumvent Edge systemwide
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No mercy wth 💀
For those of you that want to get rid of Edge once and for all, download MsEdgeRedirect
- Microsoft eyes partnership with Firefox to make Bing its primary search engine
What are some alternatives?
Sophia-Script-for-Windows - :zap: The most powerful PowerShell module on GitHub for fine-tuning Windows 10 & Windows 11
NoMoreEdge
tron - Tron
EdgeDeflector - A tiny helper application to force Windows 10 to use your preferred web browser instead of ignoring the setting to promote Microsoft Edge. Only runs for a microsecond when needed.
ungoogled-chromium-windows - Windows packaging for ungoogled-chromium
wsa-toolbox - A Windows 11 application to easily install and use the Windows Subsystem For Android™ package on your computer.
simplewall - Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
Windows-11-Fixer - A tool to "Fix" Windows 11
privacy.sexy - Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux, because privacy is sexy
Open-Shell-Menu - Classic Shell Reborn.
ungoogled-chromium-win
win11-settings - Recreating Windows 11 settings using vanilla HTML & CSS [Moved to: https://github.com/yashash1511/windows11-settings]