Sophia Script for Windows

Sophia Script for Windows is the most powerful PowerShell module for fine-tuning Windows

About Sophia Script

Sophia Script for Windows is the largest PowerShell module on GitHub for Windows 10 & Windows 11 for fine-tuning and automating the routine tasks. It offers more than 150 unique tweaks, and shows how Windows can be configured without making any harm to it.

Made with of Windows.

Table of Contents

• How to use
  • Download via PowerShell
  • Manual method
  • Wrapper
  • How to run the specific function(s)
• Donations
• System Requirements
• Key features
• Screenshots
• Videos
• How to translate
• Media
• SophiApp

How to use

Important

Every tweak in the preset file has its' corresponding function to restore the default settings. Running the script is best done on a fresh install because running it on wrong tweaked system may result in errors occurring.

Warning

It's allowed to be logged in as one admin user only during application startup.

Sophia Script for Windows may not work on a homebrew Windows. Especially, if the homebrew image was created by OS makers being all thumbs who break Microsoft Defender and disable OS telemetry by purposely uprooting system components.

Download via PowerShell

The command will download and expand the latest Sophia Script archive (without running) according which Windows and PowerShell versions it is run on. If you run it on, e.g., Windows 11 via PowerShell 5.1, it will download Sophia Script for Windows 11 PowerShell 5.1.

iwr script.sophia.team -useb | iex

The command will download and expand the latest Sophia Script archive (without running) from the last commit available according which Windows and PowerShell versions it is run on.

iwr sl.sophia.team -useb | iex

Manual method

• Download an archive according to your Windows and PowerShell versions;
• Expand archive;
• Look through the Sophia.ps1 file to configure functions that you want to be run;
  • Place the # char before function if you don't want it to be run.
  • Remove the # char before function if you want it to be run.
• Copy the whole path to Sophia.ps1
  • On Windows 10 press and hold the Shift key, right click on Sophia.ps1, and click on Copy as path;
  • On Windows 11 right click on Sophia.ps1 and click on Copy as path.
• Open Windows PowerShell
  • On Windows 10 click File in the File Explorer, hover over Open Windows PowerShell, and select Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator (how-to with screenshots)
  • On Windows 11 right-click on the Windows icon and open Windows Terminal (Admin);
• Set execution policy to be able to run scripts only in the current PowerShell session;

  Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force

• Type .\Sophia.ps1and press Enter;

  .Sophia.ps1

Windows 11

11.mp4

Windows 10

10.mp4

Wrapper

• Download the latest Wrapper version;
• Expand archive;
• Run SophiaScriptWrapper.exe and import Sophia.ps1;
  • Sophia.ps1 has to be in Sophia Script folder;
  • The Wrapper has a real time UI rendering;
• Configure every function;
• Open the Console Output tab and press Run PowerShell.

How to run the specific function(s)

• Do all steps from Manual method section and stop at setting execution policy in PowerShell;
• Set execution policy to be able to run scripts only in the current PowerShell session;

  Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force

• Dot source the Functions.ps1 file first:

# With a dot at the beginning
. .\Functions.ps1

• Now you can do like this (the quotation marks required)

Sophia -Functions<TAB>
Sophia -Functions temp<TAB>
Sophia -Functions unin<TAB>
Sophia -Functions uwp<TAB>
Sophia -Functions "DiagTrackService -Disable", "DiagnosticDataLevel -Minimal", UninstallUWPApps

UninstallUWPApps, "PinToStart -UnpinAll"

Or use an old-style format without the TAB functions autocomplete (the quotation marks required)

.\Sophia.ps1 -Functions CreateRestorePoint, "ScheduledTasks -Disable", "WindowsCapabilities -Uninstall"

Donations

System Requirements

Version	Marketing name	Build	Edition
Windows 11 24H2	2024 Update	Latest stable	Home/Pro/Enterprise
Windows 11 23H2	2023 Update	Latest stable	Home/Pro/Enterprise
Windows 10 x64 22H2	2022 Update	Latest stable	Home/Pro/Enterprise
Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024	2024 Update	Latest stable	Enterprise
Windows 10 x64 21H2 Enterprise LTSC 2021	October 2021 Update	Latest stable	Enterprise
Windows 10 x64 1809 Enterprise LTSC 2019	October 2018 Update	Latest stable	Enterprise

Key features

• All archives are being built via GitHub Actions automatically;
• Set up Privacy & Telemetry;
• Enable DNS-over-HTTPS for IPv4;
• Turn off diagnostics tracking scheduled tasks with pop-up form written in WPF;
• Set up UI & Personalization;
• Uninstall OneDrive "correctly";
• Interactive prompts;
• The TAB completion for functions and their arguments (if using the Functions.ps1 file);
• Change location of the user folders programmatically (without moving user files) within interactive menu using arrows to select a drive
  • Desktop
  • Documents
  • Downloads
  • Music
  • Pictures
  • Videos
• Install free (light and dark) "Windows 11 Cursors Concept v2" cursors from Jepri Creations on-the-fly;
• Uninstall UWP apps displaying thier localized packages names;
  • Script generates installed UWP apps list dynamically
• Disable Windows features displaying friendly packages names with pop-up form written in WPF;
• Uninstall Windows capabilities displaying friendly packages names with pop-up form written in WPF;
• Download and install the HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer to be able to open HEVC format;
• Set an app as default one for specific extension without the "How do you want to open this" pop-up using special function;
• Export all Windows associations. Associations will be exported as Application_Associations.json file in script root folder;
• Import exported JSON file after a clean installation. You have to install all apps according to an exported JSON file to restore all associations;
• Install any supported Linux distribution for WSL displaying friendly distro names with pop-up form written in WPF;
• Create scheduled tasks with a native toast notification, where you will be able to run or dismiss tasks;
  • Create scheduled tasks Windows Cleanup and Windows Cleanup Notification for cleaning up Windows of unused files and Windows updates files;
  • Create a scheduled task SoftwareDistribution for cleaning up %SystemRoot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download;
  • Create a scheduled task Temp for cleaning up %TEMP%.
• Create tasks in the Task Scheduler to clear
  • %SystemRoot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download
  • %TEMP%
• Install the latest provided Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 x86/x64;
• Install the latest provided .NET Desktop Runtime 6, 8 x86/x64;
• Configure the Windows security;
• Display all policy registry keys (even manually created ones) in the Local Group Policy Editor snap-in (gpedit.msc);
• Many more File Explorer and context menu "deep" tweaks.

Screenshots

The TAB autocomplete. Read more here

Autocomplete.mp4

Change user folders location programmatically using the interactive menu

Change_user_folders.mp4

Localized UWP packages names

Localized Windows features names

Download and install any supported Linux distribution in automatic mode

Native interactive toasts for the scheduled tasks

@BenchTweakGaming Sophia Script Wrapper

Videos

How to translate

• Get your OS UI culture by invoking $PSUICulture in PowerShell;
• Create a folder with the UI culture name;
• Place your localized Sophia.psd1 file into this folder.

Media

• 
• Telegram discussion group
• Telegram channel
• Ru-Board
• rutracker
• My Digital Life
• 4sysops
• gHacks
• Neowin
• Comss.ru
• Habr
• Deskmodder.de
• PCsoleil Informatique
• Reddit (archived)
  • PM me

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