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klepperx

Win10-Initial-Setup-Script v3.9 w/ W10 v2004 - Line by Line description of what it does

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Just updated the guide since Windows 10 2004 came out AND & Win10-Initial-Setup-Script v3.9 came out 1 month ago too. Perfect timing.

Line by Line description of what Win10-Initial-Setup-Script v3.9 does (What happens if you disable or enable each line)

For the Uninitiated: The Win10-Initial-Setup-Script is a powerful (and potentially dangerous) script that can easily help customize your Windows 10 experience. You know those little things you change every single time you reinstall windows? Well, this script can be set up so it will automatically turn on and off about 200 settings so you don't have to.

Posted May 31, 2020, 6:32 PM UTC

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kewlxhobbs•

I think this is great but a lot of scripts should be moved from enable and disable to get and set. That way it's only one function to get the current data or options as they are now and another to set it to enabled or disabled. A lot of features are going to be missing if you just are enabling and disabling versus setting the individual settings for each one.

I understand some might not work well that way but look at enable storage sense.. it doesn't do everything that it can or set time frames for the options that allow it. All you did was turn it on or off. That's just about useless for that function/feature.

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neoKushan•

Slightly concerning that some of the descriptions for these options contain the word "probably".

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klepperxOP•

When it doubt leave it alone, right?

If you have a more definitive answer, I'm 100% happy to have them change it.

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nakade4•

If you don’t know if a firearm is loaded or not, then treat it like it is. “Probably what it sounds like” is that loaded firearm, and “when in doubt leave it” should mean a bias towards not including it as an option in the script. Sounds harsh, but you have to take a hard line in order to provide consistent, predictable outcomes in scripts like these.

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klepperxOP•

If you don’t know if a firearm is loaded or not, then treat it like it is.

That's exactly how it's set up. Default it will not change anything.

the only time "probably" was used was in changing:

Enable/DisableClearRecentFiles

That's not going to fuck up anyone's computer switched on or off. At worst a mild inconvenience, if anyone uses that.

That's not a loaded gun.

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nakade4•

Then don’t use “probably” in the documentation if you know what it does. It either does what it says it does, or it doesn’t. Don’t let ambiguity in.

Probably is in there twice, but the point is the same - this is about hygiene with operations, script behavior, features, and documentation.

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day1player•

Love this script ❤️

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Fallingdamage•

2004 doesnt add too much more than 1909 had right? I have my own scripts ive buit over the last few years and was looking through the list of changes, wondering what I might have to add/remove from my own automations and didnt see much that I had to worry about.

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klepperxOP•

It came out AFTER the 3.9 so maybe there is more stuff that can be changed.

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