Windows Bullshittery Begone

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REGISTRY KEYS FOR

1. Starting PowerShell with double-click

2. Disabling Windows bloat

3. Disabling Terminal Beeps

4. Disable Start Menu internet searches

Group Policy

Windows Components -> News and interests
	- Enable news and interests on the taskbar: Enabled

Windows Components -> Search
	- Allow Cortana: Disabled
	- Do not allow web search: Enabled
	- Don't search the web or disable web results in Search: Enabled

Network -> DNS Client
	- Turn off smart multi-homed name resolution: Enabled

System -> Device Installation -> Device Installation Restrictions
	- Allow administrators to override Device Installation Restrictions policies: Enabled
	- Prevent installation of devices that match any of theses device Ids: Enabled

Registry

# Disables WSL in Explorer Context Menu
\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shell\WSL
	- [STRING] ProgrammaticAccessOnly

# Disables WSL in Explorer Context Menu
\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\WSL
	- [STRING] ProgrammaticAccessOnly

# Double-Click to run PowerShell Scripts
\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.PowerShellScript.1\Shell\Open\Command
	- [DEFAULT] "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoLogo -File "%1"%*

# Disable Terminal Beep
\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
	- Beep: no

# Disable Search Suggestions (Recommend using Group Policy)
\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
	- [DWORD] DisableSearchBoxSuggestions: 1

# Disables Windows Terminal in Explorer Context Menu
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked
	- [STRING] {9F156763-7844-4DC4-B2B1-901F640F5155}: WindowsTerminal

# Disable Start Menu Internet Search (Recommend using Group Policy)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
	- [DWORD] AllowCortana: 0
	- [DWORD] DisableWebSearch: 1
	- [DWORD] ConnectedSearchUseWeb: 0
	- [DWORD] ConnectedSearchUseWebOverMeteredConnections: 0

# Turn off smart multi-homed name resolution (Recommend using Group Policy)
\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient
	- [DWORD] DisableSmartNameResolution: 1