Re: Clean Microsoft FROM NETBSD

[Liam Proven <lproven%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 19:20, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> I want to  to clean out  crap that Microsoft forces on
> that drive.
>
> MS Windows   want to stop me from "Uninstall" stuff that they
> installed...

Do not try that.

You can mount an NTFS volume easily from a Linux bootable medium --
Ventoy is a very easy way to make one of those -- and clear out TEMP
directories, and delete page/swap/hibernation files (although they
will be recreated on the next boot).

I wrote a tutorial on how to clean up a Windows drive before dual-booting:

https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/68495.html

But if you delete bits of Windows itself, it will probably just fail
to boot next time.

There are tools to remove much stuff. O&O AppBuster is pretty good and
it's free. It does not even need to be installed.

https://www.oo-software.com/en/ooappbuster

Up to an including Win10 you can uninstall all Windows Store stuff
using PowerShell:

https://www.process.st/how-to/uninstall-microsoft-store-apps/

https://lazyadmin.nl/it/uninstall-microsoft-store-and-default-apps/

NOTE: if you do this on Win11 it will break the OS and prevent it from
running correctly ever again. Do not even try.

But you need to do this within Windows itself. Try from Linux or
whatever and you'll almost certainly destroy your Windows install.

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