Love this tool. Fits perfectly to your WIMUtil. Installed windows on PC for my girlfriend some weeks ago and yesterday evening, after my windows crashed out, on my PC. Today I saw this tool. Perhaps you can build it optionally within your WIMUtil for unattended install? Loves to see so much from my favorite tools and love the idea to install them all quickly and updated without the need to install a browser first. On some bad days I had to use Internet Explorer/Edge to download Firefox. Very bad days... Today I have a Ventoy stick with my most important installs and a NAS. But 3 click installation sounds lovely!

Glad you like it! Since release 8, WIMUtil is now embedded into Winhance (I will be archiving or locking the WIMUtil repo) and you can also generate autounattend.xml files with it.

But some programs and tools are missing. It's not much. For the game clients, i miss Good old Games. As remote tool I use parsec, what is missing. The Zen Browser is included (<3) but I miss LibreWolf. And my favorite macOS like Dock tool nexus isn't in. When they are included, gets the mess to setting up windows a way less! All the other stuff of my have to's included!
As Registryshutdown tool I sill use O&O ShutUp10 to deactive the left options. There are some more options than your tools provides till yet. No front, it's hard work to filter and study all the keys there and find the sweet spot for stability. And this project is young.

These items will be added in release 9: Parsec (with VDD and VUD packages), LibreWolf, WinStep Nexus and Shutup10. I agree, there are a lot of options and registry tweaks and it is hard to find a balance that suits everyone.

And btw: the HPET is snakeoil. Deactivation only makes Windows think 1 second is 1 second, but in realtime it can be 2 or more seconds. So in calculation the FPS gets the double in reality it's the same as before. No real improvement. But it's not that dangerous.

Thanks, I removed it from the app.

Hey, sorry for the late reply.

GOG Galaxy has been added to the Gaming section, I hope that is what you were looking for, as it is the only package available on WinGet.

Hey there and thanks for the great feedback!

I know this reply is late, but I added LibreWolf to the Browsers section, it will be available in the next release (Release 9).

Unfortunately it's not possible for me to add those other plugins alongside its installation.

That is strange, something I haven't seen yet. For now, navigate to C:\Program Files\Winhance\Winhance.exe and launch it from there (assuming you installed it using the normal path).

You can also create a desktop shortcut from there.

Just a question, did you have the option selected during installation to create a Start Menu shortcut? Could you reinstall Winhance and ensure that option is checked to see if it works the second time?

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can you check it out once again I think you have missed out one of the steps from requirements bro.
by the thanx for raising this point.

Something I thought of now, didn't you maybe choose the Portable installation option? In that case it won't show up as an installed program, the files are just extracted to a folder.

Hey and thanks!

The toggle or selection control in the Winhance UI will revert if the change didn't take effect or if it failed.

Winhance checks the actual system state of the setting you toggled or changed after you changed it, and then ensures the UI displays the correct info it found on the system.

Hey,

Hello, my two suggestions regarding software installation options are GameSave Manager, a program for gamers to rip saves, and Hekasoft Backup & Restore, a tool for backing up browser profiles, email programs, and restoring them.

I added Hekasoft Backup & Restore, it will be available in the next release.

Unfortunately, GameSave Manager is not available on WinGet and it doesn't have a static direct download url, it changes, so I can't add it.
Maybe you could ask them to add their app to WinGet.

Regarding the latest version 25.11.03, I encountered two small “bugs” in the External Software section. Microsoft 365 is marked as installed, but I have a clean LTSC WIN 10 system and do not have it installed.

Winhance uses three different ways of checking the installation status of apps, it is possible that there is some sort of ghost MS Office files or paths related to MS Office on that installation of LTSC that you might not be aware of.

Have you tried selecting it and clicking on the "Uninstall Selected Items" button in Winhance? Would be interesting to see if it uninstalls anything. Refresh the installation status manually in Winhance too after trying to uninstall it, just to ensure the status indicator is accurate.

Secondly, I don't know why I couldn't enable the restoration of the old photo browser (maybe because it's LTSC?).

Can you check if either of these folders exist and has files in it on your LTSC version? C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer and C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer
If it doesn't exist, that explains why enabling the Windows Photo Viewer didn't work, because the files aren't present on the system.

Hello, today I will install Win 11 Pro and check everything thoroughly once again. I quickly noticed that Iobit Unlocker, the File & Disk Management section, and Other utilities are duplicated.

Yes, you can force it to install Pro but you will need to edit the autounattend.xml manually at this time.

Steps:

1. Open autounattend.xml in a text editor, Notepad or Notepad++ will do.
2. Replace all three (3) instances of <Key>00000-00000-00000-00000-00000</Key> with <Key>VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T</Key>
3. Save the changes to the autounattend.xml file.
4. Use the new file when installing Windows, it will now install the Pro edition of Windows.

NOTE

These are NOT product / license keys that are valid for Windows activation.
These keys only select the edition of Windows to install during setup, but they do not activate or license the installation.

More info here: https://gist.github.com/rvrsh3ll/0810c6ed60e44cf7932e4fbae25880df

Hey there, the EdgeWebview2 component is not removed in the new EdgeRemoval script.

To find the Winhance version, click on the "More" button in the bottom left of the MainWindow, the version is displayed there.

I had working GDrive. After i run your script Gdrive said i have to fix instalation by reinstalling EdgeWebview2. hm this i smy case. Win 11 x64 25H2 Ent.

it was no obvious..why is it so gray on dark theme, but thx

Hey there, sorry for the late reply.

The Quick Assist in the "Windows Capabilities" section is being replaced by the Quick Assist in the "Windows Apps" section, read more here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/windows-app-to-replace-remote-desktop-app-for-windows/4390893

This is the new version of the app, the "Windows App" version: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p7bp5vnwkx5?hl=en-US&gl=US

I thought separating them in the two groups like "Windows Apps" and "Windows Capabilities" would be enough, but I can see how it can still be confusing, I will look into making it more clear.

Thanks for the feedback

Quick Assist in the Capibilities section has been changed to Quick Assist (Legacy) in bd3d8ce

Hopefully this makes it less confusing

Sure, I will look into it.

@OracleKonsultant

It will be added in the next update, will be released in a day or so.

Thx

Hey there and thanks!

WinHance will uninstall apps if they are installed manually and not through the program itself. Does that only apply to the apps that are available through the WinHance interface or does it affect all apps you install outside of the program as well that are not available on Winget? Sorry if that’s a dumb question!

Winhance only does automatic removal of the items that you can see in the Windows Apps and Features section. If those items were removed by Winhance or the XML file generated by Winhance, then you will either have to:

1. Reinstall the ones you want to keep using Winhance so it updates the scripts not to remove those specific items anymore.
2. Delete the scheduled tasks and scripts using the Help menu in the Windows Apps and Features screen or delete the scheduled tasks and scripts yourself manually.

Note: Winhance does not do continuous removal of anything in the External Apps section, those are just uninstalled normally, the same way Windows would uninstall it.

Also, it would be unreasonable for me to ask you to add every app I want to install from the Winget repository to WinHance. There are too many! Would it be possible for me to do it myself and update the generated .xml file to include apps I want?

At this time, that is not possible, but I might look at adding better functionality for the external apps section in the future, the external apps part is just not the main focus of this project at the moment, but I will continue developing it and making it better in the future.

If you haven't heard of it yet, UniGetUI is a great software manager and might be worth checking out (if you haven't already) because it can save config files of any app that you want to install that are available on multiple package managers, I made a video about it too if you're interested: https://youtu.be/Hd2ZvzwAxio

Hope this clarifies some of your questions and thanks for using Winhance!

I had not heard of UniGetUI before - I will definitely check it out, as well as your video. Thanks again. Cheers.

Hey there.

I can't see how this can be related to plugging in the USB thumb drive.

Are you able to access the BIOS screen even? You might have to try a different connection type, like HDMI/DisplayPort, but I can't see how this is related to Winhance or installing Windows via an autounattend.xml file.

ok well thank you for your time. no I'm not able to see anything so I don't kno if i get to the bios. I only related it to the install attempt because it was all working fine until I chose the drive to boot and its been this since. I was hoping it was an easy fix you'd be aware of. Good day.

Hey there,

OneDrive is continuously removed via the OneDriveRemoval scheduled task and the OneDriveRemoval.ps1 script file. Did you check if they were even present when OneDrive was "strolling around" ?

The next step would've been to look at the OneDriveRemoval log file in C:\ProgramData\Winhance\Logs to see what it reported, but I guess it is too late now since you already did a clean install.

In terms of PowerShell, Winhance does not make any changes to PowerShell, you can remove PowerShell ISE with Winhance, which is a very old version of PowerShell and is not used anymore, the normal Windows PowerShell 5.1 is what is used by default in Windows 10 and Windows 11 and Winhance does nothing to that version of PowerShell, in fact, it requires it to run the removal scripts.

Ah I see.

Yes by "what was reported" I meant in the OneDriveRemoval log file, it says in the log file if it found existing OneDrive installations etc.

Uninstalling will NOT revert any tweaks

Cool! Thanks for confirming.

I found a serious bug by using Winhance, I applied all the settings as "recommended" settings and eventually my system input tool crashed. I used microsoft default language input (Chinese simplified). However, when I tried to type any words, the selection menu bar would not appear. despite of trying many times to install a 3rd party input, it would still fail. Please help fix this bug! Thanks.

@dengdingchang

Can you set that setting to "Automatic" and restart your computer, the issue should be fixed.

How about NO

I can see you haven’t understood my point.

My idea isn’t to remove Copilot once OOBE has installed it, but to PREVENT OOBE from installing it in the first place. It’s not the same approach, it's an even cleaner solution because there is no need to remove anything. To prevent OOBE from installing Copilot, Jose Espitia created a hack that tricks Windows into thinking it’s already installed.

The setting is correct, I think the sub-text needs to be changed, as in maybe "turn off"

Thanks, but I still don't understand. Let's take the 'OEM Pre-installed Apps' for example, the description is 'Prevents OEM manufacturers from automatically installing bloatware apps'.
It seems logical (to me) that 'On' would mean that the installation of bloatware apps is prevented. I'd think that would be the 'recommended' option.
In the example above, it's not. So I still don't know if 'On' is correct... (and that doesn't change if you replace 'Prevent' by 'Turn off').
Sorry, I hope I'm making sense ;-)

If the WHOLE sub-text could be re-written so the setting in the OFF position makes sense, is way quicker solution.

EDIT: About turn off ... I someone tells me to "turn off" the lights, I move the switch to the off position ? 🤔😜🤣

To me, 'ON' means 'true' or 'yes'. So if the statement is 'Prevents OEM manufacturers from automatically installing bloatware apps', to me 'ON' means that this statement is true, i.e. that OEM manufacturers are prevented from automatically installing bloatware apps.
And I'm thinking that would / should be the 'Recommended' setting. Makes sense?

Yes I get you and agree 100% That why I said this sentence 'Prevents OEM manufacturers from automatically installing bloatware apps' needs be be completely changed so the OFF position makes sense. Make sense?

Yes, if you reformulate that would work as well of course. Thanks!

That's where the "Technical Details" comes in ... look under View. Once that is switched on, you'll get an explanation what each option does. 👍

OK, makes sense, but in the example below, I can't see how many minutes 'Recommended' is (so how many minutes should I select if I want to use the 'Recommended' value?).
I see registry-values but not minutes (and still, clicking e.g. 'Recommended' to immediately set the value would seem quicker ;-))

Clicking the star ⭐ sets the recommended option ... just as fast, if not faster.

AC is obviously plugged in and DC is on battery, so the numbers you see is seconds, therefor divide by 60 ... 600 would be 10min and 180 would be 3min 👍

Clicking star: makes sense, didn't see that, thanks!

Values, here's a less obvious example then...

I know now I can click the star to set the recommended value (and that's OK), but I can't select manually as I now know recommended = 99, but none of my choices show that....

I suppose it's more difficult for someone that's not IT inclined. I actually understand the settings without looking at the technical details. Maybe @memstechtips could explain to you better ?

EDIT: I for instance know I want that setting on disabled and that is also the recommended setting, so clicking the star puts me on the correct setting ...

I understand, and it's not a big deal. It's just that the description of the values doesn't match the settings provided.