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### ℹ️ Summary:

Advanced configuration utility that helps you restore your privacy and increase your security.<br>
Optimizer is recommended after a fresh, clean installation of Windows to achieve maximum privacy and security.<br>
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

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### ⬇️ Downloads:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/releases

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### 🖼️ Screenshots:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/IMAGES.md

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### 🆘 How to effectively disable Defender in Windows 10 1903 and later

Restart in SAFE-MODE and run Optimizer with `/disabledefender` switch
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Execute Optimizer with `/restart=disabledefender` switch and let it do the rest automatically

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### 🔨 Command-line options and silent configuration files:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/CONFS.md

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### ❓ Frequently asked questions section:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/FAQ.md

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### 📜 Changelog:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

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### 🖼️ Early development images:

https://github.com/hellzerg/optimizer/blob/master/LEGACY.md

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### 💻 Compatibility:

- .NET Framework 4.8
- Compatible with Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11
- Can run under Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 using `/unsafe` switch

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### 📊 Details:

- Latest version: 14.9
- Released: February 18, 2023
- SHA256: CC81BE39ADCB8EA105C75106084F7B6809014AEDE70B52FD7EB2F41D5C7C288C

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### ☕ Buy me a delicious espresso

Support my hard work by donating me through [PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/supportoptimizer)

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### 🌐 Join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/rZh8BhmmQv) community

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### ❤️ Tools used:

- [ByteSize](https://github.com/omar/ByteSize) | Thanks for this really tiny, yet extremely useful library
- ColorPicker | Thanks to cat - https://github.com/vadiscode for the new theme engine

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### ❤️ 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 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
