Raphire
DebloatDell Script
I added a new CMD and PowerShell script called DebloatDell. This deletes Dell's boatware from new Dell PCs except for Dell Update. It also includes code that can be run on any new Windows 11 install to remove Microsoft 365 Spanish and French versions along with OneNote Spanish and French versions. I don't pretend to be an elegant coder. It does the job and that's the hard part.
I also included new.ps1, which has PowerShell code to remove Microsoft Store from the Taskbar and turn off OneDrive from Settings>Apps>Startup. I think it's best for Jeffrey to add it where he wants it into Win11Debloat if he finds it useful. Again, I welcome changes to make it more elegant. It does the job.
Some people use onedrive disabling it from auto start may cause data lose. Also what if the user is Spanish and it uses Microsoft 365.
Just so this is clear to everyone, I made this fork simply to allow a way for this code to be made available to @Raphire. I fully expect that if Jeffrey does anything with it, he will take the code to turn off OneDrive and remove Microsoft Store from the taskbar and implement it in 11Debloat the way he does now, by making these things optional and allowing the end user to determine whether to execute it or not. This was not provided to make people fret, but to do the heavy lifting by providing the basic code necessary to do the job.
As for concerns of the user being Hispanic, again, this is intended to be added to Win11Debloat as an option to remove. I would not be surprised if Jeffrey took the code and added an option to remove the English version for those friends living in non-English speaking countries. I even found a Brazilian version on a laptop once and found I could alter the code to uninstall the Brazilian version as well (not included in this script). I would therefore imagine that the code could be altered or added to uninstall any language version in the same way as the end user requires.
If it helps you to understand better, I'm a solo IT provider and purchase dozens of PCs/laptops from Dell for my clients. I spent a lot of time doing the debloating of Dell and MS products, so I came up with this script. This works best for me. It would not work best for my counterparts in France or Mexico or Spain. I'm providing it as is to be beneficial to anyone who wants to take it and run with it to make it better or more well suited for their own circumstances.
https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat/discussions/222
This is why I suggested a control layer, where the User can control what is and is not run ...
We can easily save their preferences.
When a script updates happens in GitHub we can then make sure that the user sees any new scripts and approved them too.
Closing this PR, I'll leave https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat/issues/143 open to refer to this.
