starchyunderscore / w11-nonadmin-utils

A tool to configure (and install programs on) windows 11, without needing admin rights or settings access.

w11-nonadmin-utils

w11-nonadmin-utils is an interactive command line tool to change settings and install programs on Windows 11, without needing acess to an administrator account or the settings app. This is useful in cases where you are a restricted user, like on a school computer, but still want to set things up in a way that is comfortable for you.

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How to use:

Open a (non-admin) PowerShell window and run:

irm "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/starchyunderscore/w11-nonadmin-utils/main/current/run.ps1" | iex

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Features

These are features that are fully ready.

• Sytem theming:

  • Set system to dark mode.
  • Change the background image.
  • Change mouse trail length.
  • Change mouse cursor style
  • Enable and disable transparency effects
  • Edit date and time display
    • Change date and time formats
    • Use long time in taskbar (may only work on versions newer than 22H2)
  • Disable animation effects
  • Disable notifications

• Taskbar settings:

  • Move the start menu back to the left.
  • Move the taskbar. (Does not work on 22H2 or later, you can use ExplorerPatcher if you have admin rights to install it.)
  • Unpin task view, widgets, chat, and search from the taskbar.
  • Disable web search in start menu

• Input settings:

  • Change the keyboard layout (only Dvorak and Qwerty for now)
  • Set the mouse speed.
  • Disable sticky keys prompt
  • Enable find cursor

• Install programs:

  • Install FireFox
  • Install PowerToys
  • Install Visual Studio Code
  • Install Cygwin64
  • Install clavier plus
  • Install eDEX-UI
  • Install GZDoom with Doom v1.9 & Doom II v1.9 WADs via

• Command line utilities:

  • Add and remove items from bin
  • Install fastfetch
  • Install ntop
  • Install btop4win
  • Install gping
  • Install genact
  • Text editors (SEE BETA)
  • Install QEMU with Slitaz

Beta features

These are features are in the release, but do not work entirely as intended or are not properly tested.

• Uninstall programs
  • Will not uninstall most apps, some of them require admin to uninstall, some of them are system apps, Use something like Windows10Debloater to uninstall those (requires admin).
• Install lapce
  • Won't work in my VM, though thats likely a program issue, The only other computer I can test on already has visual studio c++ installed, so I can't test if including the DLLs works properly for machines that don't.
• Text editors:
  • Install vim
  • Install neovim
  • Install micro
  • Install nano
  • Some do not select correct file when called, this is caused by how the script sets them up, not an upstream issue.

Alpha features

These are features that are not yet in the realease. These features may not work as intended. They may be removed at any time.

^{Nothing here at the moment}

Planned features

These are features that have no code yet, but are planned for the future. There is no garuntee that these features will be added.

• Install kalker
• Install Cura
• Disable windows copilot (I don't have a new enough version to test)
• browsr
• Install never versions of PowerShell

^{Look, at this point I'm just adding features because I'm bored, not because they're any good or I'll use them.}

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See here for progress on the GUI version (Hint: there's barely any, and unlikely to be more anytime soon)