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Using PowerWash with a configuration file

This short guide shows you how to configure PowerWash ahead of time with what features you want to run.

Setup

• You will need to download two files: PowerWash.ps1 and PowerWashSettings.yml.
  • Alternatively, you can clone the whole repo by installing Git and running git clone https://github.com/PublicSatanicVoid/WindowsPowerWash
• Modify your downloaded PowerWashSettings.yml to enable/disable the features you want to use. For example, if you want to automatically restart when it finishes, change "AutoRestart": true to "AutoRestart": false.
  • You can also customize the list of preinstalled apps to remove and the list of apps to install with Winget. These will only be executed if "RemovePreinstalled" and "InstallConfigured", respectively, are set to true.
• Make sure your ExecutionPolicy allows scripts to run

Usage

• Open a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator
• cd to the directory containing PowerWash.ps1, e.g. cd C:\Users\User\Downloads
• Run PowerWash with .\PowerWash.ps1 /config. The /config option tells PowerWash to use the settings from PowerWashSettings.yml rather than prompting the user. You will not be prompted at any point during execution.
  • NEW: You can also use .\PowerWash.ps1 /config <filepath> to specify a different configuration file.

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