Winhance General Discussion #183
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Love this tool. Fits perfectly to your WIMUtil. Installed windows on PC for my girlfriend some weeks ago and yesterday evening, after my windows crashed out, on my PC. Today I saw this tool. Perhaps you can build it optionally within your WIMUtil for unattended install? But some programs and tools are missing. It's not much. For the game clients, i miss Good old Games. As remote tool I use parsec, what is missing. The Zen Browser is included (<3) but I miss LibreWolf. And my favorite macOS like Dock tool nexus isn't in. When they are included, gets the mess to setting up windows a way less! All the other stuff of my have to's included! As Registryshutdown tool I sill use O&O ShutUp10 to deactive the left options. There are some more options than your tools provides till yet. No front, it's hard work to filter and study all the keys there and find the sweet spot for stability. And this project is young. And btw: the HPET is snakeoil. Deactivation only makes Windows think 1 second is 1 second, but in realtime it can be 2 or more seconds. So in calculation the FPS gets the double in reality it's the same as before. No real improvement. But it's not that dangerous. |
Glad you like it! Since release 8, WIMUtil is now embedded into Winhance (I will be archiving or locking the WIMUtil repo) and you can also generate autounattend.xml files with it.
These items will be added in release 9: Parsec (with VDD and VUD packages), LibreWolf, WinStep Nexus and Shutup10. I agree, there are a lot of options and registry tweaks and it is hard to find a balance that suits everyone.
Thanks, I removed it from the app. |
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just tried this for the first time on my am4 machine and it seems to work great. one thing i would like to see added is an inataller for GOG.com along side steam and epic. keep up the great work! |
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Hey, sorry for the late reply. GOG Galaxy has been added to the Gaming section, I hope that is what you were looking for, as it is the only package available on WinGet. 
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Unsure if I am adding this to the rightr place, but I had a few feature requests for Winhance. It would be really cool if Librewolf browser was one of the install options and a checkbox to allow for the Widevine and OpenH264 DRM plugins to be installed along with it as Libewolf doesn't have them by default. Librewolf ads much stronger privacy control features over Waterfox but getting the DRM plugins can be a bit tricky. I am unsure if this is something that is possible with Winhance (Also nice addition with Ungoogled Chromium it can be pesky to build it yourself! Another feature that would be cool is having preset options, like a power saving preset or a gaming preset to get a quick start on things. Lastly it would be really cool if the descriptions for certain toggels could warn you of issues with peripherals, for example the Razer hyperpolling mice recommned to disable pointer precision for 2000, 4000 and 8000 polling rates to work properly and extra mouse settings outside Razers suite can effect performance. Overal winhance has become an ultimate powertool for me on my PC and especially on my Rog Ally X , it ust helps immensly and have used the programme many times for friends on their systems to their joy, thanks for this its been super handy! |
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Hey there and thanks for the great feedback! I know this reply is late, but I added LibreWolf to the Browsers section, it will be available in the next release (Release 9). Unfortunately it's not possible for me to add those other plugins alongside its installation. |
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Hola, no se si lo instalé mal, pero no aparece la opción para abrir la aplicación. En las aplicaciones instaladas si aparece, pero en el menú de aplicaciones, no. |
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That is strange, something I haven't seen yet. For now, navigate to C:\Program Files\Winhance\Winhance.exe and launch it from there (assuming you installed it using the normal path). You can also create a desktop shortcut from there. 
Just a question, did you have the option selected during installation to create a Start Menu shortcut? Could you reinstall Winhance and ensure that option is checked to see if it works the second time? |
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Something I thought of now, didn't you maybe choose the Portable installation option? In that case it won't show up as an installed program, the files are just extracted to a folder. 
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Hi! Great app. Some more customization in that section. When you want to customize you can select now and it is applied. There should be some indication that the chosen have been appllied. |
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Hey and thanks! The toggle or selection control in the Winhance UI will revert if the change didn't take effect or if it failed. Winhance checks the actual system state of the setting you toggled or changed after you changed it, and then ensures the UI displays the correct info it found on the system. |
Hello, my two suggestions regarding software installation options are GameSave Manager, a program for gamers to rip saves, and Hekasoft Backup & Restore, a tool for backing up browser profiles, email programs, and restoring them. Regarding the latest version 25.11.03, I encountered two small “bugs” in the External Software section. Microsoft 365 is marked as installed, but I have a clean LTSC WIN 10 system and do not have it installed. Secondly, I don't know why I couldn't enable the restoration of the old photo browser (maybe because it's LTSC?). Translated with DeepL.com (free version) |
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Hey,
I added Hekasoft Backup & Restore, it will be available in the next release. Unfortunately, GameSave Manager is not available on WinGet and it doesn't have a static direct download url, it changes, so I can't add it.
Winhance uses three different ways of checking the installation status of apps, it is possible that there is some sort of ghost MS Office files or paths related to MS Office on that installation of LTSC that you might not be aware of. Have you tried selecting it and clicking on the "Uninstall Selected Items" button in Winhance? Would be interesting to see if it uninstalls anything. Refresh the installation status manually in Winhance too after trying to uninstall it, just to ensure the status indicator is accurate.
Can you check if either of these folders exist and has files in it on your LTSC version? |
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Hello, today I will install Win 11 Pro and check everything thoroughly once again. I quickly noticed that Iobit Unlocker, the File & Disk Management section, and Other utilities are duplicated. |
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I am wondering if I can I force the version like win-pro on my laptop instead of it auto installing home version using the create iso answer file. |
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Yes, you can force it to install Pro but you will need to edit the Steps:
NOTEThese are NOT product / license keys that are valid for Windows activation. More info here: https://gist.github.com/rvrsh3ll/0810c6ed60e44cf7932e4fbae25880df |
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I installed Win 11 Pro and the latest version of Winchance #9; two other programs I can recommend are Tuta Mail desktop—a free alternative to Proton mail—and DeepL—a much better translator than Google Translate, for example. This time I found only one tiny bug: after opening Windows Security, everything is in English, even though the system was originally downloaded with this -- Windows 11 Media Creation Tool 10.0.26100.7019 Polish. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) |
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Hey there, sorry for the late reply. Tuta doesn't seem to be on winget or chocolatey, so I can't add it to Winhance. DeepL seems to be available, so I can add that - thanks for the suggestions. As for removing or disabling defender, I won't add that functionality to a live running system, but maybe in the autounattend section. |
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If possible as i do not know how is Edge initially installed, please when you remove Edge, please do not remove WebEdgeView2 as many apps depend on it. I have latest Winhance version, but version is really hard to find in GUI...anyway to fix that as well? |
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Hey there, the EdgeWebview2 component is not removed in the new EdgeRemoval script. To find the Winhance version, click on the "More" button in the bottom left of the MainWindow, the version is displayed there. |
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I had working GDrive. After i run your script Gdrive said i have to fix instalation by reinstalling EdgeWebview2. hm this i smy case. Win 11 x64 25H2 Ent. |
Having something like this, "Quick Assist" in two places in the same application where one instance is active another is not, does this cause any problem?
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Hey there, sorry for the late reply. The This is the new version of the app, the "Windows App" version: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p7bp5vnwkx5?hl=en-US&gl=US I thought separating them in the two groups like "Windows Apps" and "Windows Capabilities" would be enough, but I can see how it can still be confusing, I will look into making it more clear. Thanks for the feedback |
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Quick Assist in the Capibilities section has been changed to Quick Assist (Legacy) in bd3d8ce Hopefully this makes it less confusing |
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Is there any chance to ad "HiBitUninstaller" app (https://www.hibitsoft.ir/Uninstaller.html), app that is freeware and works better than many paid ones. I use it for more than several years. |
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Sure, I will look into it. |
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It will be added in the next update, will be released in a day or so. |
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Thx |
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Thank you for all your hard work on WinHance. It’s seems like an amazing program that will save so much time and headaches. I have a couple questions though.. WinHance will uninstall apps if they are installed manually and not through the program itself. Does that only apply to the apps that are available through the WinHance interface or does it affect all apps you install outside of the program as well that are not available on Winget? Sorry if that’s a dumb question! Also, it would be unreasonable for me to ask you to add every app I want to install from the Winget repository to WinHance. There are too many! Would it be possible for me to do it myself and update the generated .xml file to include apps I want? |
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Hey there and thanks!
Winhance only does automatic removal of the items that you can see in the Windows Apps and Features section. If those items were removed by Winhance or the XML file generated by Winhance, then you will either have to:
Note: Winhance does not do continuous removal of anything in the External Apps section, those are just uninstalled normally, the same way Windows would uninstall it.
At this time, that is not possible, but I might look at adding better functionality for the external apps section in the future, the external apps part is just not the main focus of this project at the moment, but I will continue developing it and making it better in the future. If you haven't heard of it yet, UniGetUI is a great software manager and might be worth checking out (if you haven't already) because it can save config files of any app that you want to install that are available on multiple package managers, I made a video about it too if you're interested: https://youtu.be/Hd2ZvzwAxio Hope this clarifies some of your questions and thanks for using Winhance! |
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I had not heard of UniGetUI before - I will definitely check it out, as well as your video. Thanks again. Cheers. |
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PLEASE HELP! Hello and again Thank you! It worked, so far, on my Lenovo IdeaPad but on my cyberpowerpc it seemed to blowout the display signal to the monitor before it even installed. all cords and connections were cleaned and thoroughly checked, all was working before I slipped my thumb drive in for the install. Any suggestions? |
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Hey there. I can't see how this can be related to plugging in the USB thumb drive. Are you able to access the BIOS screen even? You might have to try a different connection type, like HDMI/DisplayPort, but I can't see how this is related to Winhance or installing Windows via an autounattend.xml file. |
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ok well thank you for your time. no I'm not able to see anything so I don't kno if i get to the bios. I only related it to the install attempt because it was all working fine until I chose the drive to boot and its been this since. I was hoping it was an easy fix you'd be aware of. Good day. |
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I had to just do another install of windows, one week after the win enhancement OneDrive was strolling around on my PC. Terrifying, terrorizing! Anyway I also had to give PowerShell a new install. Is there anything i should do to keep my sacred items safe |
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Hey there, OneDrive is continuously removed via the OneDriveRemoval scheduled task and the The next step would've been to look at the OneDriveRemoval log file in In terms of PowerShell, Winhance does not make any changes to PowerShell, you can remove PowerShell ISE with Winhance, which is a very old version of PowerShell and is not used anymore, the normal Windows PowerShell 5.1 is what is used by default in Windows 10 and Windows 11 and Winhance does nothing to that version of PowerShell, in fact, it requires it to run the removal scripts. |
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Hey man I appreciate that. What was reported? Thats interesting... everytime i use wondershare filmora or Adobe animate it seems like that big bully come on in breaking shit and taking shit. I wonder too because I kept windows media player and photos. ? hmm also I did not do the clean install because it kept all my files and apps... |
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Ah I see. Yes by "what was reported" I meant in the OneDriveRemoval log file, it says in the log file if it found existing OneDrive installations etc. |
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Does Winhance support using it on multiple user accounts?? I have used it to configure one user account, but when I log onto the 2nd user account I try and apply the same configuration, but I get a hung Windows Apps & Features window (I have let it spin for approx 3 hours so far). 
Not sure if I should try and load the config and attempt to apply it to the 2nd account or just wait. Would like to know what others think. Thanks. |
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Hey there, I think this is a bug that was fixed in future versions of Winhance and shouldn't be present anymore. |
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Hi Memory, I think it would be useful if Winhance allowed users to create an answer file for a device with different hardware to that of the device on which the tool is running. You could add an option to Winhance to display all possible configurable settings, notifying the user of any settings that are not compatible with the current hardware. It would be similar to the existing option to show/hide Windows 11-specific settings when Winhance is running on Windows 10. This new option could also include laptop-specific settings which are not displayed on desktop PCs, such as those related to the battery. In fact, my intention was to create an unattended answer file on my desktop PC to install Windows 11 on my new laptop using the generated XML file. Thank you. |
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Hey there, This is now possible in Winhance in the form of "Builder mode" but is still in development, more settings and options will be added in future updates. |
Are you also planning to integrate power settings for battery use when Winhance is running on desktop PCs? Thank you. |
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What is the difference between the Manual and Disabled options? |
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Manual = Windows can still start the service when it needs it, but it doesn't start up automatically when Windows starts up (Automatic option) |
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Hi Memory I used Winhance to debloat Win10 22H2 with 0patch taking care of critical fixes via micro-patches. Accordingly I cancelled all things Microsoft. Post-editing as I just found you covered some basics of this on March 27 2026 in https://youtu.be/evWz8HlSSaA?si=avmILDR4GPIKrYEi Required Secure Boot Certificate Updates for my machine: Note The kicker is that while MS issued KB5036210 including Windows UEFI CA 2023 in 2024-25, they only issued Microsoft Corporation KEK 2K CA 2023 in Feb 2026 as part of KB5075912 (February 2026 cumulative ESU update). This would require an ESU subscription (due to end in October 2026) which would use Windows Update to load their security update. I see Winhance can permit this from the YouTube video. I ask you to consider the following enhancement as I know you have built a Powershell executable: do you see any method of providing UEFI BIOS security certificate updates / maintenance / settings access through Winhance? Resources: I do not currently have Microsoft update KB5075912 but I may have KB5036210 (if that is still lingering on my machine) I haven't researched the other pair: Microsoft UEFI CA 2023; only for 3rd party What would really help: Also need access to UEFI settings to keep Secure Boot enabled or enable Secure Boot; also to Disable BIOSConnect and HTTPS Boot and to Set a BIOS Administrator Password |
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Hey there and thanks! Unfortunately no, this is not part of the scope of Winhance, so it isn't something I will be adding. |
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I heard winhance have quick resume like on Xbox Series X. Is that true? |
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Hey, No that's not true. |
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The two options that are switched ON, are both described as "Prevents...". One would think that having these enabled would indeed prevent these topics from happening, yet the "On" setting is not the "Recommended" setting. I think there must be a mistake here somewhere.. 
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Yes, if you reformulate that would work as well of course. Thanks! |
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Was this already changed? |
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Hey there, this hasn't been changed yet, but it is now on my tracker, so it will be fixed in the next update. The descriptions are wrong, the word "prevents" shouldn't be there. The state of the toggle determines whether its On or Off. So if you want "OEM Pre-installed Apps" then set the toggle to On, if you don't want it, set it to Off. |
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Thanks Marco! |
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Updates? |
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Would it be an idea to indicate what the recommended settings is (and maybe why) when one hovers over the "Recommended" banner (and the same for "Default"? Even more fancy (?) would be that the user can simply click the "Recommended" (or "Default") banner and immediately set the value |
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Clicking star: makes sense, didn't see that, thanks! Values, here's a less obvious example then... I know now I can click the star to set the recommended value (and that's OK), but I can't select manually as I now know recommended = 99, but none of my choices show that.... |
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I suppose it's more difficult for someone that's not IT inclined. I actually understand the settings without looking at the technical details. Maybe @memstechtips could explain to you better ? EDIT: I for instance know I want that setting on disabled and that is also the recommended setting, so clicking the star puts me on the correct setting ... |
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I understand, and it's not a big deal. It's just that the description of the values doesn't match the settings provided. |
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@TheMissingLink59 - I will look at making the technical details more descriptive if possible. |
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Any update on this one already? |
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You can create your own autounattend file using Winhance and just not select the Microsofft Edge for removal. |
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Thank you for the great app! I started using it for creating autounattend files in place of schneegans. Recycle Bin has a setting "Display delete confirmation dialog" - and I was wondering if it would be possible to integrate that setting into Winhance? Also, schneegans has these things, and I was wondering if you would be able to also implement them into Winhance:
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Hey there, glad to hear you are liking Winhance and using it for autounattend creation, that is where my love for setting up Windows this way started! And schneegans generator was a big part of that journey, that's why I still link to it from inside the app. With that said, the next big focus in the app is adding more autounattend generation options, so I don't know which ones I'll add exactly, I will have to check which ones makes sense for me and for the app, but expect more options in a future update. |
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When I first used WinHance while ago I enable the 'lnk' extension to be visible. A few days later I disabled that again. It seems however that icons in my start menu have kept the lnk-extension. Could this be a small bug or am I missing something? |
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I've never had extensions enabled in the start menu ... with or without Winhance. Enabling was usually only related to explorer ? Do you have images of this ? |
An for the record: I had never seen this before, until I enabled link visibility via Winhance. Now that I've switched this off again, the entries in my start menu continue to display the lnk-extension as you can see. |
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You can find out about it here, it's not something I can fix: #614 |
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Tried the ISO builder section and tested it in a virtual machine, saved the config based on selections in the app but none of the applications I've selected came preinstalled in the iso I created via WinHance |
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Hey, you need to select the Windows Apps that you want to REMOVE, not keep, there is a banner stating that in the app. External software is not currently supported for the ISO feature. |
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ahhh so for the bloatware I just the check box not installed? but my issue is it affects the live system while in build mode |
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You're doing something wrong. Did you watch the numerous YouTube videos about this software ? |
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It's impossible for Winhance to affect the bloatware in build mode, the Install and Uninstall buttons are disabled/greyed out, so they can't be used. If you haven't yet, you can watch these videos: |
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can you add a registry cleaner inside of winhance? |
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^ Registry cleaners do more harm than good. They bring zero performance increase to the system. They're mostly money-grabbers. |
Is there a problem with Fast Startup? Control Panel tells me it's ON, WinHance says it's OFF... |
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Hi, I have a question... Right now, I'm using a laptop to create an |
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Did you watch these videos? ... |
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Hello! I really appreciate the work you're doing to make the Windows experience better. I have a few suggestions that I think could improve Winhance even further. I'd love to see support for the NVIDIA App and NVCleanstall for debloating NVIDIA drivers. It would also be great to have a category for computer peripheral software, including apps like SteelSeries GG, Logitech G HUB, and similar tools. This would make setting up a fresh Windows installation much more convenient. I also noticed that there are very few benchmarking and hardware monitoring tools available. CrystalDiskInfo is already included, so I think adding apps like HWMonitor and CPU-Z would be a great complement. Another useful addition would be Sizer, which is an excellent tool for managing window size and positioning. I also found a small issue. There's a button that's supposed to open the Registry key that Winhance is creating or modifying, but it doesn't seem to work. At the moment, the Registry key has to be opened manually. One more suggestion: when some settings are applied through Group Policies, certain Windows options become unavailable in the Settings app because Windows reports that the device is managed by an organization. This is expected Windows behavior, but it would be helpful if Winhance included a button to automatically remove those Policy Registry entries and restore the settings in the GUI. Thank you in advance. |
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