Make-Windows-Incredible

In this guide, I will help you make your windows install better, this includes the following:

• ✨This is a guide which will help you make your windows pc much more secure and private by disabling most of the Telemetry.
• Plus this guide will aslo make your windows install look way more beautiful using Catppuccin theme for most things.
• Installing some really useful programs.

Note

This guide has only been tested on Windows 11.

Important

This is only a guide almost all of the files, apps or videos are not owned by me.

Warning

This is going to be a long process and will take good amount of hard work.

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Table of Contents

Guides and some important programs

• Installing some important programs
• Some important guides

Making windows more private

• Installing and hardening Firefox
• Disabling Telemetry
• Secure DNS
• Local account

🌷 Making Windows beautiful

• Pick a wallpaper
• Installing Startallback and configuring it
• Installing new right-click menu
• Installing and configuring Alacritty(Terminal)
• Installing keypirinha(App Launcher)
• Installing Catppuccin theme in firefox
• Installing Catppuccin theme in vs code
• Installing Catppuccin theme in spotify

Some extra Tips and programs to install (OPTIONAL)

Questions

Credits

Guides and some important programs

Some guides about how to download files from github and how to copy raw files and also installing some programs which will be nessecary later on.

First install some important programs

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• Install scoop by running Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression this command in powershell as administrator and wait till its successful

• Install Chocolatey by running command prompt as administrator and paste this Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) and hit enter and let it install until you see successful.

• Install Winget by downloading or updating App Installer from microsoft store

• Downlaod monaspace font

  • Unzip the downloaded file.
  • Open the unziped folder go monaspace-v1.101>fonts>variable
  • Choose the MonaspaceNeonVarVF.ttf file and install the font by right-clicking and choosing install.

Some guides about how to use github

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• How to copy a raw file

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• How to download file from github

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• How to make files with different types

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🌆Making Windows more Private

This is gonna include setting up a SECURE DNS, HARDENING FIREFOX, REMOVING MOST OF THE TELEMETRY and some more tips. So lets get started.

🪨Installing and hardening firefox

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Install firefox from (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/)

You can follow this youtube video for hardening firefox or just follow the following steps.

Steps for hardening:

1. Changing some basic settings in settings>home

Set homepage and new window to blank page (do the same for new tabs)

Disable: Shortcuts

Disable: recommended stories

Disable recent activity

2. Changing settings in settings>privacy and security

Change the tracking protection to Strict

Enable: Tell websites not to sell or share my data

Enable: Send websites a “Do Not Track” request

Go under Firefox Data Collection and Use and disable everything

Go under HTTPS-Only Mode and Enable: Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows

3. Install extentions

Ublock origin(for blocking adds)

Firefox Color(needed later for customizing firefox)

4. Install a user.js file

[!WARNING] This could break some websites.

Go to Betterfox and click on raw in the right hand side and copy everything.

HOW TO COPY A RAW FILE see here

Search about:profiles in the address bar of firefox

Under root directory click Open Directory or go to C:\Users\SUJU\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\PROFILENAME in your file manager

Create a file called user.js in the onpened directory and paste all of the raw file there and save it.

You can make a file like user.js by changing the txt format to js see here

5. Changing the search engine to brave (see here article)

Go to https://search.brave.com/

Right click on the address bar

There should be an option to add brave as a searxh engine just click + icon on brave logo

Now go to firefox settings>search>Change the search engine to barve

Now restart firefox and its hardened. Good job!

Disabling most of the telemetry by microsoft

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For this I would highly recommend to watch this video by The PC Security Channel, its really easy to follow.

Using a secure DNS

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I will be showing how to set up nextdns

Steps:

[!NOTE] Best way of doing this is to follow the steps given on the setup page of nextDNS (recommended)

1. Go to nextdns and make an account

2. Open the Settings app

3. Go to Network & internet>Wifi>Hardware properties

4. Click the Edit button next to DNS server assignment

5. Select manual and Enable IPv4

6. Check the DNS Servers and put those values in Preferred DNS and Alternate DNS

7. On (mannual template) add your DNS-over-HTTPS.

8. Save

Use a local account instead (Optional)

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You can this amazing guide (its quite easy)

🌷Making Windows beautiful

Time to make everything catppuccin theme.

Pick a wallpaper

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Pick any catppuccin inspired wallpaper from wall

Find even more wallpapers here

Installing Startallback and configuring it

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Steps:

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You can follow this amazing video by VIN STAR or follow the following steps

1. Install startallback from here

2. Download this file

HOW TO DOWNLOAD A RAW FILE see here

3. Go to C:\Program Files\StartAllBack\Styles and copy the downloaded catppuccin sab file there.

4. Now right click on start logo on desktop, go to the last option preferences, it will open startallback settings.

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5. Go the taskbar settings and change the taskbar location setting to TOP

6. In taskbar settings change the visual style to catppuccin (do the same for start menu)

DONE THE START MENU AND TASKBAR ARE DONE. :)

Installing new right-click menu

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Steps:

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1. Install from nilesoft shell or by running winget install nilesoft.shell in cmd

2. After installing your right-click menu will change and will have a lot more options.

3. You will have to downlaod Catppuccin-Mocha-Pink.nss theme from Catppuccin nilesoft

HOW TO DOWNLOAD A RAW FILE see here

4. After downloading the catppuccin-mocha-pink.nss file, open the file in notepad and rename the file to theme.nss

5. Copy the theme.nss file

6. Shift+right-click on the taskbar

7. Then clcik shell>open directory, this should open in file manager.

8. Go the folder imports in that directory and paste your theme.nss there.

9. Hold shift and right-click the taskbar and Click on Exit Explorer

DONE THE RIGHT CLICK MENU IS NOW THEMED. 💯

Installing and configuring Alacritty(Terminal)

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Steps:

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1. Intall alacritty

2. Opem alacritty once and close it.

3. Download my alacritty.toml file

HOW TO DOWNLOAD A RAW FILE see here

4. Now copy this file and paste it in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\alacritty in file manager

DONE YOUR ALACRITTY THEME IS DONE.

Installing keypirinha(App Launcher)

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Steps:

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1. Now install Keypirinha by running this command choco install keypirinha in command prompt with administrator

2. Now go to C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\keypirinha\tools\Keypirinha and create a shortcut of keypirinha.exe

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3. Now window+r and type shell:startup

4. It will open in file manager

5. Move the shortcut to this location

6. Restart your computer

7. Now go to C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\keypirinha\tools\Keypirinha\default\App and open keypirinha.ini file in notepad.

8. Close notepad and reopem notepad as administrator

9. Now copy the raw file from here by clicking the raw option

10. Now delete everything in file that you have opened in notepad and paste this new raw file in there and save.

11. Now do win+ctrl+k (we will change it alt+space later)

12. In keypirinha search box search config and click on keypirinha: Configure

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13. This is will open two text editor windows

14. Now just paste this

[app] hotkey_run = Alt+Space [gui] theme = catppuccin show_on_taskbar = no max_results = 10

on the right window and save it by ctrl+s

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DONE NOW YOU CAN USE ALT+SPACE TO CALL KEYPIRINHA WITH CATPPUCCIN THEME. :0

Installing Catppuccin theme in firefox

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Steps:

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1. Open Firefox and type about:config in the address bar and search

2. It will say proceed with caution, just accept the ricks and continue

3. In about:config searxh for legacyuserpro and switch the value to true by clicking the reversible button in the right hand corner

4. Go to here and copy the raw file

We are using a theme called Another Online by mimipile

5. Open firefox and type about:profiles in the address bar and search

6. Go the second option root directory and click open folder

7. Close firefox

8. Now here (step 6) create a folder named chrome

9. Now go inside the chrome folder

10. Make two files inside called userChrome.css and userContent.css

HOW TO MAKE FILE WITH .css type see here

11. Also make a folder named img

It should look like this

12. Now paste the raw file that was copied in step 4 in userChrome.css and save

13. Go to link and copy the raw file

HOW TO COPY RAW FILE see here

14. Paste this raw file in userContent.css and save

15. Now pick and downlaod any image from here (this will be your firefox background)

16. Copy the image downloaded And paste that image in the img folder (this will be your firefox background image)

17. Copy the name of the image with file type Example: 123.png copy the whole thing 123.png

18. Now open userContent and look at line 12 paste the copied name after img/ and save

19. Close everything and reopen firefox (Your theme and img will work now)

20. Install the Firefox color

21. Now go to here and save the color scheme

ALL DONE FIREFOX IS READY :)

Installing Catppuccin theme in vs code

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Steps:

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1. Go to this link and click on install and let it install on vs code

2. Now open vs code and do ctrl+k+T and search catppuccin noctis and click on it to apply.

ALL DONE, VS CODE IS DONE.

Installing Catppuccin theme in spotify

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For this we will have to install spicetify. Steps:

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1. Uninstall Spotify

2. Go to Spotify website and click on download directly from spotify

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3. Install Spotify

4. Install Spicetify by running this command in powershell iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spicetify/cli/main/install.ps1 | iex

5. It will ask if you want to install marketplace type y

6. Once the installion is done

7. Open Spotify and log-in

8. A new option of store will be available

9. Click on it and go to themes and install text darkthemer and reload

10. And choose the rosepine flavour

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ALL DONE EXPLORE THE STORE AND INSTALL THINGS THAT YOU LIKE

✨Some extra Tips and programs to install (OPTIONAL)

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• Install revo super powerful uninstaller

• Install Fastfetch by running the command winget install fastfetch in the terminal

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• Install kde connect connect your phone and pc over wifi and do some amazing things(You will have to downlaod it on both pc and mobile)

• Install Proton vpn really good vpn with some free countries

• I recommend using proton mail instead of gmail (you can use it free)

• I recommend using a password manager like proton (you can use it free)

• Install amazing tool ani-cli by erntinall that lets you watch anime through terminal

❓Q: I have questions. Where can I get help?

For any questions, please start a discussion in GitHub Discussions. Or report an issue.

🧾Credits

All the programs mentioned belong to their respective owners.