only works on admin user account and not second account

[anonfaded]

It worked fine on admin main account on windows 11, but on second user account it isn't working. I opened powershell with admin priv but the script doesn't run so then i logged in from admin account and opened power shell > changed directory to other user and then used commands, it showed in terminal that it worked but it didn't remove anything when i logged in again from other account.

[Raphire]

Heya,

Is there a particular error showing when attempting to run the script for the second user?

Sidenote: The script applies most of the changes to the current logged in user, changing directory will not change the behaviour of the script.

[anonfaded]

changing directory will not change the behaviour of the script.

oh so this is the issue then. The error i get on second user is that it needs admin priv to run the script, even when i open the power shell as admin, it still says that it needs admin priv to run the script.

And when i double click the script it just blinks the terminal window and closes itself, tried the advance method and all mentioned in README but it didn't work at all. It should work when power shell is opened as admin but idk why it still asked for admin priv.

[Raphire]

Interesting. I'll try to do some testing of my own to see if I can reproduce this issue.

[anonfaded]

Interesting. I'll try to do some testing of my own to see if I can reproduce this issue.

Yeah you can reproduce it by using it on second user account and it will probably be same as what i got. On Admin power shell window it was still asking for admin rights so here idk if its the issue with the script or its how windows works on accounts with no admin priv.

[johnnyq]

yes I can confirm the same here. We created a localAdmin account Ran it on there just fine then we joined it to the active directory domain logged in as a regular domain user attempted to run the debloat and asked for admin password in which we entered.
It ran though its paces but didnt actually do anything in the end

[Raphire]

Heya,

Just wanted to do a quick update. I have been able to reproduce this issue myself.

The issue stems from the fact that the user context changes when running an elevated powershell prompt from a standard user account. This means the script will apply the changes to the admin account instead of the intended account.

I'll try to look into solutions for this issue and report back soon 🙃

[anonfaded]

@Raphire Also i wanted to ask you that how to remove this windows update icon from start menu or stop windows from asking to update? idk whats the issue with it but it just keeps failing when i try to install the update. So i want to remove it completely.

It always fails when it reaches 25%

[Raphire]

@Raphire Also i wanted to ask you that how to remove this windows update icon from start menu or stop windows from asking to update? idk whats the issue with it but it just keeps failing when i try to install the update. So i want to remove it completely.

It always fails when it reaches 25%

There's ways to disable the icon as seen here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/142276-enable-disable-windows-update-status-taskbar-icon-windows-10-a.html

But I would rather look into why the update fails and try to solve that. This recent wifi exploit is a great example of why it's important to keep your system up to date.

P.s. I have enabled discussions on this repo, this is a better place for these kinds of questions, rather than in this issue.

[Knight-sysdev]

I'm trying to troubleshoot this myself and i can really only think of elevating and de-elevating the user's permissions but that's a clear security risk.

Same issue with Sophia Script too, anyone got any other Debloating software? Specifically, something I can deploy.

[Raphire]

I'm trying to troubleshoot this myself and i can really only think of elevating and de-elevating the user's permissions but that's a clear security risk.

Same issue with Sophia Script too, anyone got any other Debloating software? Specifically, something I can deploy.

The reason for this issue comes down to the fact that the elevated powershell prompt is run within the context of the administrator account, not the logged in user. I am working on something that would allow you to select which user to apply changes to, but I haven't had a lot of time to work on it lately so I don't have an ETA unfortunately.

[Raphire]

Accidentally closed this issue, apologies 😅