https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/
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Disregard the original steam shortcut and only use the batch scripts below to launch steam
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There is a slight CPU utilization penalty which can be circumvented by suspending the problematic thread
- See this comment
steam-no-browser.bat:
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@echo off | |
echo Uninstalling KB3075249 (telemetry for Win7/8.1) | |
start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3075249 /quiet /norestart | |
echo Uninstalling KB3080149 (telemetry for Win7/8.1) | |
start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3080149 /quiet /norestart | |
echo Uninstalling KB3021917 (telemetry for Win7) | |
start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3021917 /quiet /norestart | |
echo Uninstalling KB3022345 (telemetry) | |
start /w wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:3022345 /quiet /norestart | |
echo Uninstalling KB3068708 (telemetry) |