ℹ️ Summary:
Advanced configuration 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.
- Full multilingual support (21 languages available)
- Speed up your system and network performance
- Disable unnecessary Windows services
- Disable Windows telemetry, Cortana and many more
- Disable Office telemetry (works only with Office 2016)
- Disable Windows 10 automatic updates
- Download useful apps quickly at once
- Uninstall UWP apps
- Clean your system drive and major browsers' profile data
- Fix common registry issues
- Ping IPs and assess your latency
- Search IPs on SHODAN.io
- Rapidly change DNS server (from a pre-made list)
- Flush DNS cache
- Remove unwanted programs running at startup
- Edit your HOSTS file
- Find file lock handles and kill associated processes
- Hardware inspection tool
- 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
Restart in SAFE-MODE and run Optimizer with /disabledefender switch
-OR-
Execute Optimizer with /restart=disabledefender switch and let it do the rest automatically
🔨 Automation using templating:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/AUTOMATION.md
🔨 Command-line options:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/CONFS.md
❓ Frequently asked questions section:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/FAQ.md
📜 Changelog:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
🛡️ Security policy:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/SECURITY.md
🖼️ Early development images:
https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/LEGACY.md
💻 Compatibility:
- .NET Framework 4.8.1
- Compatible with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11
- Can run under Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 using
/unsafeswitch
📊 Details:
- Latest version: 15.4
- Released: June 14, 2023
- SHA256: B62AB6E0FABFC3E58B7AF5777FB4BDBC5FDD807F4A44F7CF91DBF9518721F2B1
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❤️ Tools used:
- ByteSize | Thanks for this really tiny, yet extremely useful library
- ColorPicker | Thanks to cat - https://github.com/vadiscode for the new theme engine
❤️ Credits for translating:
- 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
- https://github.com/Ziocash - Ziocash for Italian translation
- https://github.com/btwise - btwise for Chinese translation
- https://github.com/tomlonghorn - Tom Longhorn for Czech translation
- https://github.com/H3XDaemon - H3XDaemon for Taiwanese translation
- https://github.com/VenusGirl - VenusGirl for Korean translation
- https://github.com/Wilamaxin - Wilamaxin for Polish translation
- https://github.com/MesterPerfect - MesterPerfect for Arabic translation
- https://github.com/BeamingNG - BeamingNG, DefaultUser9148 for Romanian translation
- https://github.com/svanlaere - svanlaere for Dutch translation
- https://github.com/kirill0ermakov - Kirill Ermakov for Ukrainian translation
- https://github.com/Hayao0819 - Yamada Hayao for Japanese translation
- https://github.com/creeper-0910 - creeper-0910 for Correction of Japanese translation
- Parwar Andam for Kurdish translation
- Zan for Hungarian translation