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Windows

Program	Category	Notes
7+ Taskbar Tweaker	Tweaking	Adjust taskbar behavior.
AltSnap	Window management	Easily move windows with mouse.
Autoruns	Startup management	Turn off startup processes.
CCleaner	System cleanup	Upsells are a little annoying.
dBpoweramp	Audio encoder	Transcode music batches in parallel.
DisplayFusion	Tweaking	Plethora of multi-monitor, desktop, and shell tweaks.
Driver Store Explorer	System cleanup	Uninstall unused drivers.

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These settings apply to a normal, functioning Windows 10 Pro desktop with

• wired Ethernet
• Bluetooth
• IPv6
• no Wi-Fi
• no touch screen

Safe to disable

|Display Name|Name|Notes|

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Taskbar pin
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{90AA3A4E-1CBA-4233-B8BB-535773D48449}] 
; Start menu pin
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{a2a9545d-a0c2-42b4-9708-a0b2badd77c8}]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Open With]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Sharing]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\ModernSharing]
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\RunAs]

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$file_list = Get-Content C:\example.csv
$search_folder = "C:\example"
$destination_folder = "C:\example"

foreach ($file in $file_list) {
    $file_to_move = Get-ChildItem -Path $search_folder -Filter $file -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force | % { $_.FullName}
    if ($file_to_move) {
        Move-Item $file_to_move $destination_folder
    }
}

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REM Superfetch
sc config SysMain start=disabled
rem BOOT TIME Superfetch only
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /f /v EnableSuperfetch /t REG_DWORD /d 2
REG ADD "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters" /f /v EnablePrefetcher /t REG_DWORD /d 0
REM SSDP Discovery
sc config SSDPSRV start=disabled
REM Geolocation Service
sc config lfsvc start=disabled
REM ActiveX Installer

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List of Linux networking tools

netstat (ss)

Displays contents of /proc/net files. It works with the Linux Network Subsystem, it will tell you what the status of ports are ie. open, closed, waiting, masquerade connections. It will also display various other things. It has many different options. Netstat (Network Statistic) command display connection info, routing table information etc. To displays routing table information use option as -r.

Sample output:

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)    
tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.62132 127.0.0.1.http ESTABLISHED

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• Use curl to get the JSON response for the latest release
• Use grep to find the line containing file URL
• Use cut and tr to extract the URL
• Use wget to download it (timestamp check --timestamping)

curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/pandoc/releases/latest \
| grep "browser_download_url.*zip" \
| cut -d : -f 2,3 \
| tr -d \" \

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender]
"DisableAntiSpyware"=dword:00000001
"DisableAntiVirus"=dword:00000001
"DisableRoutinelyTakingAction"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection]
"DisableRealtimeMonitoring"=dword:00000001
"DisableBehaviorMonitoring"=dword:00000001

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#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#-- Movie Tag Updater for Radarr
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Program    : Radarr_tagarr
# To Complie : n/a
#
# Purpose    : Add tags and profiles to radarr movies. Tags are retreived from Radarr.
#               Say Y to add a tag. N to skip a tag. N for all tags will remove all tags.

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#!/usr/bin/python3
"""#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#-- Movie Tag Updater for Radarr
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Program    : Radarr_tagarr
# To Complie : n/a
#
# Purpose    : Add tags and profiles to radarr movies. Tags are retreived from Radarr.
#               Say Y to add a tag. N to skip a tag. N for all tags will remove all tags.
#