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<div align="right">
This page also in:
<a title="Українська" href="README_uk-ua.md"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg" height="11px"/></a>
<a title="Deutsch" href="README_de-de.md"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg" height="11px"/></a>
</div>
<div align="center">

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/refs/heads/master/img/Sophia.png" alt="Sophia Script for Windows" width='150'>

# Sophia Script for Windows

<img src="./img/Sophia.png" alt="Sophia Script" width='350' align="right">

<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Windows_10_Logo.svg" height="30px"/> &emsp; <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Windows_11_logo.svg" height="30px"/>

<p align="left">
<a href="https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/total?label=downloads%20%28since%20May%202020%29"></a>
<a href="https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/sophia"><img src="https://img.shields.io/chocolatey/dt/sophia?color=blue&label=chocolatey%20package"></a>

<a href="https://twitter.com/tea_head_"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Logo%20by-teahead-blue?style=flat&logo=X"></a>
<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Made%20with-149ce2.svg?color=149ce2"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/master/img/heart.svg" height="17px"/>
<a href="https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows"><img src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/farag2/9852d6b9569a91bf69ceba8a94cc97f4/raw/SophiaScript.json"></a>

[telegram-news-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/Sophia%20News-Telegram-blue?style=flat&logo=Telegram
[telegram-news]: https://t.me/sophianews
[telegram-group]: https://t.me/sophia_chat
[telegram-group-badge]: https://img.shields.io/endpoint?color=neon&label=Sophia%20Chat&style=flat&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftg.sumanjay.workers.dev%2Fsophia_chat

[![Telegram][telegram-news-badge]][telegram-news]
[![Telegram][telegram-group-badge]][telegram-group]

[discord-news-badge]: https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/1006179075263561779/widget.png?style=shield
[discord-link]: https://discord.gg/sSryhaEv79
[![Discord][discord-news-badge]][discord-link]
<a href="https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/actions"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/Sophia.yml?label=GitHub%20Actions&logo=GitHub"></a>
</p>

<p align="left">
<img title="English" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1-2).svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="中国人" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Deutsch" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Français" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Italiano" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Русский" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Українська" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Türkçe" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Español" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Português" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Magyar" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg" height="20px"/>
&nbsp;
<img title="Polski" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg" height="20px"/>
</p>
**Sophia Script for Windows is a PowerShell module for fine-tuning Windows**

***
![downloads](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/total?label=downloads%20%28since%20May%202020%29) [![chocolatey](https://img.shields.io/chocolatey/dt/sophia?color=blue&label=chocolatey%20package)](https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/sophia) [![lines](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/farag2/9852d6b9569a91bf69ceba8a94cc97f4/raw/SophiaScript.json)](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows)

<a href="https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/latest"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/master/img/get-it-on-github.svg" width="50%" height="50%"></a>
[telegram-news-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/Sophia%20News-Telegram-blue?style=flat&logo=Telegram
[telegram-news]: https://t.me/sophianews
[telegram-group]: https://t.me/sophia_chat
[telegram-group-badge]: https://img.shields.io/endpoint?color=neon&label=Sophia%20Chat&style=flat&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftg.sumanjay.workers.dev%2Fsophia_chat
[discord-news-badge]: https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/1006179075263561779/widget.png?style=shield
[discord-link]: https://discord.gg/sSryhaEv79

***
[![Telegram][telegram-news-badge]][telegram-news]
[![Telegram][telegram-group-badge]][telegram-group]
[![Discord][discord-news-badge]][discord-link]

[![build](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/Sophia.yml?label=build&logo=GitHub)](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/actions)
[![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows)](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/latest)

[![uk-UA](https://img.shields.io/badge/lang-uk--UA-blue)](./docs/README_uk-ua.md)
[![de](https://img.shields.io/badge/lang-de-black)](./docs/README_de-de.md)

<p align="center">
&bull;
<a href="#donations">Donations</a>
&bull;
<a href="#system-requirements">System Requirements</a>
&bull;
<a href="#screenshots">Screenshots</a>
&bull;
<a href="#videos">Videos</a>
&bull;
<a href="#key-features">Key features</a>
&bull;
<a href="#how-to-use">How to use</a>
&bull;
<a href="#how-to-translate">How to translate</a>
&bull;
<a href="#sophiapp-community-edition-c--wpf">SophiApp</a>
&bull;
<a href="https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md">Changelog</a>
</p>
<img src="./img/SophiaScript.png" alt="Sophia Script for Windows" width='800'>

</div>

## About Sophia Script

![Typing SVG](https://readme-typing-svg.herokuapp.com?font=Fira+Code&size30&pause=1000&width=435&lines=Made+with+%E2%9D%A4%EF%B8%8F+of+Windows%C2%AE)
`Sophia Script for Windows` is the largest PowerShell module on `GitHub` for `Windows 10` & `Windows 11` for fine-tuning and automating the routine tasks. It offers more than 150 unique tweaks, and shows how Windows can be configured without making any harm to it.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Sophia Script for Windows is the largest PowerShell module on `GitHub` for `Windows 10` & `Windows 11` for fine-tuning and automating the routine tasks. It offers more than 150 unique tweaks, and shows how Windows can be configured without making any harm to it.
Made with <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/master/img/heart.svg" height="17px"/> of Windows.

## Table of Contents

* [How to use](#how-to-use)
* [Download via PowerShell](#download-via-powershell)
* [Manual method](#manual-method)
* [Wrapper](#wrapper)
* [How to run the specific function(s)](#how-to-run-the-specific-functions)
* [Donations](#donations)
* [System Requirements](#system-requirements)
* [Key features](#key-features)
* [Screenshots](#screenshots)
* [Videos](#videos)
* [How to translate](#how-to-translate)
* [Media](#media)
* [SophiApp](#sophiapp-c--wpf)

## How to use

# Windows 11
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Every tweak in the preset file has its' corresponding function to restore the default settings. Running the script is best done on a fresh install because running it on wrong tweaked system may result in errors occurring.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2654b005-9577-4e56-ac9e-501d3e8a18bd
> [!WARNING]
> It's allowed to be logged in as one admin user only during application startup.
>
> `Sophia Script for Windows` may not work on a homebrew Windows. Especially, if the homebrew image was created by OS makers being all thumbs who break Microsoft Defender and disable OS telemetry by purposely uprooting system components.
# Windows 10
### Download via PowerShell

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f5bda68f-9509-41dc-b3b1-1518aeaee36f
To download the latest `Sophia Script for Windows` version run as `Administrator`

***
```powershell
iwr script.sophia.team -useb | iex
```

* Choose the right script version for your `Windows`;
* Download [up-to-date version](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/latest);
* Expand the archive;
* Open folder with the expanded archive;
The command will download and expand the latest Sophia Script archive (`without running`) according which Windows and PowerShell versions it is run on. If you run it on, e.g., Windows 11 via PowerShell 5.1, it will download Sophia Script for `Windows 11 PowerShell 5.1`.

### Manual method

* Download an [archive](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/latest) according to your Windows and PowerShell versions;
* Expand archive;
* Look through the `Sophia.ps1` file to configure functions that you want to be run;
* Place the "#" char before function if you don't want it to be run.
* Remove the "#" char before function if you want it to be run.
* Place the `#` char before function if you don't want it to be run.
* Remove the `#` char before function if you want it to be run.
* Copy the whole path to `Sophia.ps1`
* On `Windows 10` press and hold the <kbd>Shift</kbd> key, right click on `Sophia.ps1`, and click on `Copy as path`;
* On `Windows 11` right click on `Sophia.ps1` and click on `Copy as path`.
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Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
```

* Run `Sophia.ps1`
* On `Windows 10` paste copied path to `Sophia.ps1` from the previous step (with [&](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand));

```powershell
& <path_from_buffer>
```

* On `Windows 11`

```powershell
.\Sophia.ps1
```

## How to download Sophia Script via PowerShell
### Windows 11

* Download the always latest Sophia Script archive by invoking (`not as administrator too`) in PowerShell
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2654b005-9577-4e56-ac9e-501d3e8a18bd

```powershell
iwr script.sophia.team -useb | iex
```
### Windows 10

* The command will download and expand the latest Sophia Script archive (`without running`) according which Windows and PowerShell versions it is run on. If you run it on, e.g., Windows 11 via PowerShell 5.1, it will download Sophia Script for `Windows 11 PowerShell 5.1`.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f5bda68f-9509-41dc-b3b1-1518aeaee36f

## How to use Wrapper
## Wrapper

* Download and expand the archive;
* Download the [latest](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows/releases/latest) Wrapper version;
* Expand archive;
* Run `SophiaScriptWrapper.exe` and import `Sophia.ps1`;
* `Sophia.ps1` has to be in `Sophia Script` folder;
* The Wrapper has a real time UI rendering;
* Configure every function;
* Open the `Console Output` tab and press `Run PowerShell`.

***

### How to run the specific function(s)

To run the specific function(s) [dot source](https://docs.microsoft.com/ru-ru/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_operators#dot-sourcing-operator) the `Functions.ps1` file first:
* Do all steps from [Manual method](#manual-method) section and stop at settings execution policy in `PowerShell`;
* [Dot source](https://docs.microsoft.com/ru-ru/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_operators#dot-sourcing-operator) the `Functions.ps1` file first:

```powershell
# With a dot at the beginning
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* Now you can do like this (the quotation marks required)

```powershell
Sophia -FunctionsTAB
Sophia -Functions<TAB>
Sophia -Functions temp<TAB>
Sophia -Functions unin<TAB>
Sophia -Functions uwp<TAB>
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.\Sophia.ps1 -Functions CreateRestorePoint, "ScheduledTasks -Disable", "WindowsCapabilities -Uninstall"
```

## Before running

> [!CAUTION]
> Due to the fact that the script includes more than **150** functions with different arguments, you must read the entire **Sophia.ps1** carefully and **comment out/uncomment** those functions that you do/do not want to be executed (without need to edit the code), or use [Wrapper](https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows#benchtweakgaming-sophia-script-wrapper). Every tweak in the preset file has its' corresponding function to **restore the default settings**. Running the script is best done on a fresh install because running it on **wrong** tweaked system may result in errors occurring.
## Donations

[![ko-fi](https://www.ko-fi.com/img/githubbutton_sm.svg)](https://ko-fi.com/farag)
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| Windows 10 x64 21H2 Enterprise LTSC 2021 | October 2021 Update | [Latest stable][Windows-10-LTSC-2021] | Enterprise |
| Windows 10 x64 1809 Enterprise LTSC 2019 | October 2018 Update | [Latest stable][Windows-10-LTSC-2019] | Enterprise |

> [!WARNING]
> It's allowed to be logged in as one admin user only during application startup.
>
> `Sophia Script for Windows` may not work on a homebrew Windows. Especially, if the homebrew image was created by OS makers being all thumbs who break Microsoft Defender and disable OS telemetry by purposely uprooting system components.
## Key features

* Set up Privacy & Telemetry;
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[![YT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8E6OT_QcHaU/1.jpg)](https://youtu.be/8E6OT_QcHaU?t=370) [![YT](https://img.youtube.com/vi/091SOihvx0k/1.jpg)](https://youtu.be/091SOihvx0k?t=490)


## How to translate

* Get your OS UI culture by invoking `$PSUICulture` in PowerShell;
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***

## SophiApp Community Edition (C# + WPF)
## SophiApp (C# + WPF)

[SophiApp](https://github.com/Sophia-Community/SophiApp) is the full GUI version of `Sophia Script for Windows` and ready for use. It is in ongoing improvements with version 2.0 in development 🚀

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