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| privatezilla | EdgeDeflector | |
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| 49 | 71 | |
| 3,417 | 2,780 | |
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| 1.1 | 5.2 | |
| about 1 year ago | about 2 years ago | |
| C# | NSIS | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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privatezilla
- Anyone using Tiny11 (or otherwise minimised debloated Windows) with a Surface?
- O&OSU10 FOSS Alternative for Windows 11?
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Windows 11: a spyware machine out of users' control
I recently used Privatezilla to disable automatic updates. Not sure if the same approach works on Windows 11, but you might find the relevant registry keys mentioned in the code helpful: https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla/blob/master/src/P...
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amirite
Privatezilla = Is an open source alternative to ShutUp 10, but be careful what you enable/disable. It has options that will impede functionality.
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Daily reminder to disable shit you don't want from starting up with your system
PrivateZilla will do all of this for you.
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Making your computer faster
For all the things you might indeed want to do there are about a billion open source programs where you at least have the ability to see what they do. (For example.) Arium is a black box, you have no actual idea what they changed and most people just blindly trust that stuff without verifying (which again you don't actually can't do, at least not completely).
- Windows 11 vs Linux Privacy
- What in the world is windows 11 system doing to use this much battery? 40 Minutes of battery life on a new laptop with updated drivers and no cpu usage but still idles at 50C.
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Privacy tools for Windows 10
https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla is good. There's also ThisIsWin11 by the same dev for Windows 11.
- Some doubts regarding MAS windows activation
EdgeDeflector
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Where do these buttons come from? I get them when hovering over certain links.
I used to use Bing to DuckDuckGo in conjunction with EdgeDeflector to ensure all links that open Edge and Bing redirect to Firefox and DDG instead, but EdgeDeflector no longer works now, so I guess I don't need that extension anymore. Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't realized till now that the extension wasn't necessary anymore.
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The dark defaults of Microsoft Edge
There's also the dark bit where changing your default browser in Windows doesn't apply globally.
That is, some UI widgets will still open Edge even if you change the default.
There used to be an awesome open source project called EdgeDeflector that would fix that. Microsoft got wise to it and found a way to neutralize it, which killed the project. https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector
- It May Not Look Like Much, But it’s Got it Where it Counts.pretty much all of those are.
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How to redirect Windows 11 Microsoft Edge links to Firefox or Chrome (working as of Jan 2023)
1) Install EdgeDeflector. (Note: Edge deflector is deprecated without the next fix. You no longer need to browse into Default Apps to select EdgeDeflector).
- Web-Standard Frontpage Layout (Template)
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I own my PC, btw
It’s a very intentional thing that Microsoft ignores the default browser in many cases. They’ve already killed one workaround tool that fixes this: https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector
- It May Not Look Like Much, But it’s Got it Where it Counts
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search from win logo opens internet search results in EDGE, my default browser is chrome.
Idk if Edgeeflector can actually overcome this but it worth a try yk
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How to set Firefox as your default browser on Windows
*cough* edgedeflector *cough*
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Pretty sure that Microsoft created this context menu to promote Search with Bing.
It probably opens Edge anyway, so you could use EdgeDeflector to handle the browser opening.
What are some alternatives?
Debloat-Windows-10 - A Collection of Scripts Which Disable / Remove Windows 10 Features and Apps
MSEdgeRedirect - A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser
WindowsSpyBlocker - Block spying and tracking on Windows
nativefier - Make any web page a desktop application
DisableWinTracking - Uses some known methods that attempt to minimize tracking in Windows 10
ungoogled-chromium - Google Chromium, sans integration with Google
Windows10-Privacy - Windows 10 Privacy Guide
brave-core - Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues
LittleBigMouse - DPI Aware mouse move across screens
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
WinSlap - Swiftly configure a fresh Windows 10 installation with useful tweaks and privacy settings.
VBoxHardenedLoader - VirtualBox VM detection mitigation loader