Summary:
Portable utility that helps you restore your privacy and increase your security.
Optimizer is recommended after a fresh, clean installation of Windows to achieve maximum privacy and security.
Depending on your version of Windows, Optimizer will also allow you to perform some specific tweaks.
- Speed up your system and network performance
- Disable unnecessary Windows services
- Disable Windows telemetry
- Disable Office telemetry (works only with Office 2016)
- Disable Cortana
- Disable Windows 10 automatic updates
- Download useful apps quickly at once
- Uninstall UWP apps
- Clean your system drive
- Fix common registry issues
- Ping IPs and assess your latency
- Search IPs on SHODAN.io
- Flush DNS cache
- Remove unwanted programs running at startup
- Edit your HOSTS file
- Add items in desktop on right-click menu
- Define custom commands for run dialog
- Silent run support using a configuration file
Downloads:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/releases
Screenshots:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/IMAGES.md
How to effectively disable Defender in Windows 10 1903 and later
(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/customize/desktop/unattend/security-malware-windows-defender-disableantispyware)
Restart in SAFE-MODE and run Optimizer with "/disabledefender" switch
Silent configuration files:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/CONFS.md
Changelog:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Early developmental images:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/LEGACY.md
Compatibility:
- .NET Framework 4.5.2
- Compatible with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10
- Can run under Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 using /unsafe switch
Tools used:
- ByteSize from https://github.com/omar/ByteSize
- Thanks for this really tiny, yet extremely useful library
Thanks to:
- aplenaki for Hellenic translation
- https://github.com/mrkaban - mrkaban for Russian translation
- https://github.com/theflamehd - theflamehd for German translation
- https://github.com/Kheasyque - Kheasyque for Turkish translation
- https://github.com/danielcshn - danielcshn for Spanish translation
- https://github.com/cassiompf - Cassio for Portuguese translation
- https://github.com/RAFF47 - RAFF for French translation
How to include an app in Common Apps - Pull Request
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/FEED.md
Details:
- Latest version: 10.0
- Released: September 14, 2021
- SHA256: B43EC609D4EC51269ED8831091AF840950295E8DF09099C1452236151A5A4358
