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Might as well link a few:
However, do note the massive caveat of these tools is that they are proprietary, closed-source tools that must be run with administrative access to your PC, and I have yet to find a satisfactory open-source alternative.
If it works, it works, but I do question the security implications of allowing these tools that level of unfettered access to your system. If possible, I highly recommend giving Linux Mint a try, rather than relying on sketchy tools to debloat a sketchy OS.
I've been using Chris Titus's WinUtil : https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
I have no idea if it is open source or not, I'm not really sure how to check that. I'm pretty sure that his utility includes shutup10 within it. Regardless, yeah, I should have linked it. Thanks for the reminder. It's been a fantastic utility and I've been very happy with it. Between that and WinAeroTweaker, I have my system set up pretty much precisely how I want it.
I am so close to jumping on the Linux train though. Not for any usability reasons within Windows, as I said, my install is pretty much perfect for my needs at this point. More of a moral stand against a company which I vehemently disagree with their stance and actions in the world. The only problem I keep coming back to is that 1 or 2 of my games won't work on Linux due to anti-cheat bs. That's pretty much my only sticking point now.
It's MIT licensed and has 223 contributors; pretty sure it's open source.
PS: it's 99.9% Power shell script, which is a scripting language and so by definition open source
Cool, I didn't know that. Thanks!