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Scripts to simplify setting up a Windows developer box

9 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 3 stories, 6 comments · first 2019-07-21 · latest 2026-01-15

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  1. ▲ 2
    Scripts to simplify setting up a Windows developer box
    story by thunderbong · 2026-01-15 · 0 comments
  2. …install of CoPilot, here’s the list[0] of packages that Microsoft themselves suggest removing. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts/b...
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    Windows debloat script made by Microsoft
    story by homebrewer · 2025-04-03 · 10 comments
  4. …is that even Microsoft themselves maintain MIT licensed debloat scripts of their own software. https://github.com/microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts/b...
    comment by wallmountedtv · 2025-04-02 · in Generate autounattend.xml files for Windows 10/11
  5. …"both camps" have to agree to disagree but there are lot of rose tinted glasses everywhere. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts/b...
    comment by keyle · 2025-03-02 · in Xcode constantly phones home
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    Scripts to simplify setting up a Windows developer box
    story by whalesalad · 2024-10-22 · 0 comments
  7. This is the script that "debloats": https://github.com/microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts/b... It's not very complex.
  8. The repo https://github.com/microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts
  9. …to bootstrap a new install. No negative side effects and have been using them for several years. 0. https://github.com/microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts
    comment by jclay · 2019-07-21 · in Windows 10 Debloat Script