From 963245b96763ebf62135f223fc1240dd5e11949f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manuel Thalmann <m@nuth.ch>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:51:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove ads from Windows
---
scripts/Windows/Collections/Personal.ps1 | 2 +-
.../Windows/Config/Windows/InstallUser.ps1 | 49 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 scripts/Windows/Config/Windows/InstallUser.ps1
diff --git a/scripts/Windows/Collections/Personal.ps1 b/scripts/Windows/Collections/Personal.ps1
index 34f35ef0..9a029bc7 100644
--- a/scripts/Windows/Collections/Personal.ps1
+++ b/scripts/Windows/Collections/Personal.ps1
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ function Restore-PersonalApps([Context] $context) {
Install-PersonalDrivers $context;
}
+ . "$PSScriptRoot/../Config/Windows/InstallUser.ps1";
. "$PSScriptRoot/../Software/chocolatey/Install.ps1";
- $context.RemoveDesktopIcon("Microsoft Edge");
# Backed up applications
Restore-Git $context;
diff --git a/scripts/Windows/Config/Windows/InstallUser.ps1 b/scripts/Windows/Config/Windows/InstallUser.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48f4d592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Windows/Config/Windows/InstallUser.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/pwsh
+param($context)
+
+. "$PSScriptRoot/../../Scripts/Context.ps1";
+
+[Context] $context = $context;
+$tempDir = $context.GetTempDirectory();
+$startLayoutFile = "start.json";
+Push-Location "$tempDir";
+
+Write-Host "Configuring Windows for Users";
+Write-Information "Remove MSEdge Icon";
+$context.RemoveDesktopIcon("Microsoft Edge");
+
+Write-Information "Remove ads from pinned apps";
+Export-StartLayout $startLayoutFile;
+
+$startLayout = Get-Content "$startLayoutFile" | ConvertFrom-Json;
+[System.Collections.Generic.List[System.Object]] $removalQueue = @();
+
+foreach ($pinnedItem in $startLayout.pinnedList) {
+ if (
+ ($pinnedItem.desktopAppLink -like "*Microsoft Edge*") -or
+ [System.Linq.Enumerable]::Any(
+ @(
+ "*MicrosoftOfficeHub*",
+ "*SpotifyMusic*",
+ "*WhatsApp*",
+ "*PrimeVideo*",
+ "*Netflix*",
+ "*Instagram*",
+ "*Chipchamp*",
+ "*Facebook*"),
+ {
+ param($pattern)
+ return $pinnedItem.packageAppId -like "$pattern";
+ })) {
+ $removalQueue += @($pinnedItem);
+ }
+}
+
+foreach ($item in $removalQueue) {
+ $startLayout.pinnedList.Remove($item);
+}
+
+$startLayout | ConvertTo-Json | Set-Content $startLayoutFile;
+
+Pop-Location "$tempDir";
+Remove-Item -Recurse "$tempDir";