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by finger 659 days ago
How many of these tweeks can be done without editing the Registry? And if they are all registry modifications can’t you just backup the registry before applying the changes?
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I haven't tried Windows 11 but on 10, a lot of these tweaks and opt-outs are available in the system settings now.

You can backup the registry or create restore points but I don't think that you can selectively revert these changes like a commit. If you don't intend to reinstall Windows often, I would just take the time to go through these settings manually instead to be on the safe side...

This is what "System Restore" is for: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/use-system-resto...

It looks like they're all registry modifications, yes.

I have had issues where a restore point didn't revert certain registry settings and have had to do a full reinstall.
Can you give some more info? Which version of Windows? Because I've never had a system restore go crazy unless a hard drive has gotten corrupted.
Wouldn't doing it through a UI still result in the changes being saved to the registry?