WinReducer 8.1 (Old discussion)

Ok, it's more clear for me now ...

Hey winterstorm, i think this tweak is very useful

[ltr]; Enable Metro Apps to Work with UAC Prompt Disabled (Requires Reboot)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableLUA"=dword:00000001
"FilterAdministratorToken"=dword:00000001
"ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin"=dword:00000000
"ConsentPromptBehaviorUser"=dword:00000000
"PromptOnSecureDesktop"=dword:00000000[/ltr]

Yes, nice find, I will add it for v0.99. Thank you !

i want "take ownership" on right click menu i suggest it for windows 8 too. but now i want to see it hear cause it help very much to command over protected file  ....

Yes, it's possible, do you have the registry entries ?

but i remeber that tweak didnt work for me (german language) in windows 7 i dont know why, i needed another tweak

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas]
@="Take Ownership"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\runas\command]
@="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"
"IsolatedCommand"="cmd.exe /c takeown /f \"%1\" /r /d y && icacls \"%1\" /grant administrators:F /t"

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I test This 100% work

panman wrote:

zumoc wrote:

Why the sniping tool won't work?  Isn't removed.

 i think tablet pc engine must be keeped.

mmm maybe like win7...but i think that are enough to protect some file . i remember correctly?

dave999 wrote:

i want "take ownership" on right click menu i suggest it for windows 8 too. but now i want to see it hear cause it help very much to command over protected file  ....

Just to add a word of caution here, if the "Take Ownership" option is added, then you lose the ability to open a command prompt as Administrator. I don't know why, but its a case of one or the other...

@winter: maybe you can add a warning beside that reg advising people of that??

P.S. you can find the reg files for windows 8 here.

Hi winter.
I dont see the option for reducing the size of borders and padding and also reducing the size of caption buttons in WinReducer8.1, that was in WinReducer8.

Hi winter.
One more thing, for the option to set the position of the taskbar, it says "Up", but should be "Top". The other options are translated correctly

@theKramer: I change the "Up" wrong name by "Top". Thank you ...
For Administrator rights and Windows borders, I will integrate them later, I promise ...  

@mrpotter2510 : Tweak added ! Tha name will be “Tweaks – Modern UI - Enable Apps to Work with UAC Disable” ... Thanks ...

Hey guys,

Here we go with WinReducer 8.1 - v0.99 (pre-final) is available for all members, follow the short Skydrive link below to download it :

CHANGELOG :

* NEW
- WinReducer 8.1 zip package : Include default english language and default GUI Theme in their respective folders (still no external software provided)
- “Accessories – ModernUI - Lockscreen Camera”
- “Accessories – ModernUI - Media Viewer”
- “Accessories – ModernUI – Slide to Shutdown”
- “Multimedia – Windows Media Center”
- “Network - Internet Explorer (Developer Tools)”
- “Tweaks - Desktop - Display Windows Build Number”
- “Tweaks - Explorer - Enable Preview Pane”
- “Tweaks - Explorer - Remove Shortcut Arrow”
- “Tweaks - Explorer - Show Hidden Files and Folders”
- “Tweaks – Explorer - Show Hidden System Files”
- “Tweaks – Modern UI - Enable Apps to Work with UAC Disable”
- “Tweaks - Recycle Bin - Disable Confirmation Dialog”
- “Tweaks - System - Disable Windows Resource Protection”
- “Tweaks - System - Improve Shutdown Speed”
- “Tweaks - System – Improve Windows Shell Response”
- "Tweaks - System - Disable NTFS Short Filenames Creation”

* UPDATED
- English language file to v0.99
- “Accessories – Sound Recorder” : Improve Remove cleanup
- “Features – Windows PowerShell” : Improve Remove cleanup
- “Remove - Tweaks” : Name changed to “Tweaks”
- “Remove - Optimizations” : Name changed to “ Optimizations”
- “System – Drivers” : Improve detection of your Windows Edition. So if you choose to open a folder and hit directly OK button, the good folder path is displayed according to your Windows Edition (x86 or x64)
- “System – Net Framework 3.5” : Improve detection of your Windows Edition. So if you choose to open a folder and hit directly OK button, the good folder path is displayed according to your Windows Edition (x86 or x64)
- “System – Net Framework 3.5” : Improve the copy of Windows ISO “sources\sxs” folder to the WinReducer “Integrate\Upates\Framework35” by creating dedicated sub-folders according to your Windows Edition (x86 or x64)
- “System – Updates” : Improve detection of your Windows Edition. So if you choose to open a folder and hit directly OK button, the good folder path is displayed according to your Windows Edition (x86 or x64)

* FIXED
- “Tweaks – Logon – Disable Shutdown Power Menu Icon” : Didn’t work properly
- “System – User Folders” : Didn’t work properly

http://sdrv.ms/1b64KKK

FOR v0.99 (Pre-Final), IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW THESE INFORMATIONS :

* THE WINREDUCER ZIP PACKAGE WILL HAVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND DEFAULT GUI THEME IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FOLDERS : so you need to overwrite your previous folder to replace all files.

* YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE ABOUT COMPONENTS WITH NAMES CHANGED (Tweaks and Optimizations), SO PREVIOUS WCCF PRESETS FILES ARE DEPRECATED. This is the last change, I promise my friends !  


So if you'll discover a bug, please let me know in this thread.

Enough talking, go test the latest WinReducer 8.1 build test before the FINAL ...

Im wait directli the final release...But seem that when i remove some tools like sticky notes the shortcut remain on the system. So if is possible is good job that when the tools is removed , also the short cut is removed. Do you understand? Because my eng is not perfect  .

I can't wait for the "Games" preset  

Thank you winter for your continuing efforts and for releasing v0.99 one day earlier. There's no mention of it in the changelog, but has the search problem been resolved?

Yes... Thank you winter...;-)

@bart3lon: For the moment no ... sorry

@zumoc: no problem, my friend I totally understand ...  

@Koralina: That's coming ...  

Guys,

If you experience some troubles while mounting your ISO, please redownload the v0.99 (pre-final) zip package available on skydrive, be sure to have "WinReducer81.exe" with the build date : 01/12/2013 - 23:05 !

Sorry and thank you for your understanding ...

Well, the time has come for me to test your work, Winter . Downloading it right now.

Just letting you guys know, I haven't come across any Issues/bugs with Winreducer Beta 8 on Windows 8.1 "Enterprise" edition. All seems to be functioning correctly.

I shall test the pre-final release shortly.

Hi winter

Do not bother . Very thanks

When will be you Release Final Build?

hi winter

will you add the regtweaks you didnt add in 0.99 in the next build?

and the unattended option to set the password?

so far 0.99 works good

In winreducer 8, there was an option to compress winsxs folder. I don't see that option in 8.1. Is it still available?

English.xml
line 437

<Tips OfficialName="Explorer - Enable Preview Pane" TranslatedName="Explorer - Enable Preview Pane"

"Pane" ---> "Panel" (in OfficialName and TranslatedName)

     great work prefinal reduce my pro iso(2.75 gb) just 878 mb .... nice work

me again winter,

i got 3 problems with regtweaks.

1) Always-Display-Recycle-Bin-Delete-Confirmation-Dialog

for me the is no confirmation for deleting files (default) so i need to enable it. when i active the regtweak in winreducer nothing happens (you wrote "Recycle Bin - Disable Confirmation Dialog" so you disable it)

i dont know if it is just me and my iso in which this dialoge is disabled by default?

2) files and folders were hidden after using the tweak

1 = show

i dont know why but there was a 2 (maybe hide?)



3) remove shortcut arrow

i got a black square on my icons after first time restarting (everything was Ok after installation and creating a shortcut but after restart black squares appeared)
i saw that at registry the
wasnt removed. after removing it everything was ok agin




EDIT:

BTW my x64 pro .iso was now 1,35Gb and installed (without pagingfiles) 3.43Gb ;P after reducing

EDIT2: i cant use my .wccf file with 0.99 only unattended loading works (remove, service and feature not) can it be because you "removed" the "Remove" from OfficialName etc?

dave999 wrote:

     great work prefinal reduce my pro iso(2.75 gb) just 878 mb .... nice work

I expected to say the exact same thing after trying WinReducer. I'm afraid I won't be able to do it, though.

Winter, I tried the last build last night. I was able to launch it successfully, and I didn't come across any important issues. I just noticed a lot of cosmetic and language faults which aren't of much importance, but they still reduce the quality of the software. I had one big issue, though... After selecting all my components to remove and hitting the Apply button, I waited for like an hour and a half, and, when it finally finished, I selected to save the changes on an ISO file. When it finished doing that, I checked the new ISO, and I noticed the install.wim file wasn't reduced. AT ALL. It was like a few bytes smaller than the original one. So, I wasted 90 minutes waiting for the software to get absolutely nothing done xd.

If it helps, here is my WCCF: WCCF. Also, I selected to mount from a folder, not from an ISO. And yes, I did run it as administrator. Help me, please .

EDIT: Yep, I've tried everything and I can't get it to work. I checked there were no spaces in any path, I ran it as administrator... I can't get it to work. The only reason I can find for it not working is the fact that all the external software I downloaded is 32-bit (I read in the ReadMe.PDF that it is better to have 32-bit only software, that's why I've done this). Can someone help me? TheKramer? Winter? Anybody ???

EDIT 2: I've now tried mounting the image from an ISO. Didn't work. It extracted it, and then it began to mount it, and then it stucked in the progress screen with no activity being detected by the task manager. FML.

after removing there are 4 empty folders here :

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Tablet PC             (hidden)

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessibility

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Tablet PC


this one is also empty for me (dont know if what normaly is kept here):

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\System Tools