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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. …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...
  2. …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
  3. …"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
  4. This is the script that "debloats": https://github.com/microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts/b... It's not very complex.
  5. The repo https://github.com/microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts
  6. …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