On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 19:20, Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I want to to clean out crap that Microsoft forces on > that drive. > > MS Windows want to stop me from "Uninstall" stuff that they > installed...
Do not try that. You can mount an NTFS volume easily from a Linux bootable medium -- Ventoy is a very easy way to make one of those -- and clear out TEMP directories, and delete page/swap/hibernation files (although they will be recreated on the next boot). I wrote a tutorial on how to clean up a Windows drive before dual-booting: https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/68495.html But if you delete bits of Windows itself, it will probably just fail to boot next time. There are tools to remove much stuff. O&O AppBuster is pretty good and it's free. It does not even need to be installed. https://www.oo-software.com/en/ooappbuster Up to an including Win10 you can uninstall all Windows Store stuff using PowerShell: https://www.process.st/how-to/uninstall-microsoft-store-apps/ https://lazyadmin.nl/it/uninstall-microsoft-store-and-default-apps/ NOTE: if you do this on Win11 it will break the OS and prevent it from running correctly ever again. Do not even try. But you need to do this within Windows itself. Try from Linux or whatever and you'll almost certainly destroy your Windows install. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053
