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Disassembler0 / Win10-Initial-Setup-Script

PowerShell script for automation of routine tasks done after fresh installations of Windows 10 / Server 2016 / Server 2019
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DisableActivityHistory causes Windows Shell to restart #170

Closed gjpin closed 5 years ago

gjpin commented 5 years ago

OS: Windows 10 Pro v1803 (fully updated till 10th of Nov)

Context: After a fresh install and fully updating W10, I ran a custom preset of rules, which can be found below.

Issue: Using the 3-fingers gesture for Multitasking view causes Windows Shell to restart.

Temporary fix: After running EnableActivityHistory the gesture worked again as intended, without any crash.

My custom preset Privacy Tweaks DisableTelemetry DisableWiFiSense DisableWebSearch DisableActivityHistory DisableAppSuggestions DisableLocationTracking DisableMapUpdates DisableFeedback DisableTailoredExperiences DisableAdvertisingID DisableWebLangList DisableCortana DisableErrorReporting DisableDiagTrack DisableWAPPush HideRecentJumplists

Security Tweaks EnableDotNetStrongCrypto DisableAdminShares SetDEPOptOut

Services Tweaks DisableSharedExperiences DisableRemoteAssistance DisableAutoplay DisableAutorun

Application Tweaks DisableOneDrive UninstallOneDrive UninstallMsftBloat UninstallThirdPartyBloat DisableXboxFeatures DisableAdobeFlash UninstallXPSPrinter RemoveFaxPrinter

Aux Functions WaitForKey Restart

Disassembler0 commented 5 years ago

Did you use recent version of the script? Version 3.3 or 3.2 after commit 08ce664a37589bfc3cb1f6872dc994a80b9938dd. There were some changes related to DisableActivityHistory discussed in #149.

Since I don't have any touchy-feely device at the moment, can you please run just following snippet as admin, reboot and see if the issue reappears?

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" -Name "EnableActivityFeed" -Type DWord -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" -Name "PublishUserActivities" -Type DWord -Value 0
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" -Name "UploadUserActivities" -Type DWord -Value 0

If it does, you can fix it by reapplying EnableActivityHistory again. If it'll be OK, then the disabled user service (which was the addition in 08ce664a37589bfc3cb1f6872dc994a80b9938dd) will likely be the culprit.

gjpin commented 5 years ago

I used v3.3. Forgot to include that somewhat important part.. The culprit does seem to be the disabled user service, as after running the snippet and rebooting, the swipe action works fine.

Thank you very much!