🪟 Windows libre software toolkit

Small Windows toolkit to install libre software packs with winget and remove selected built-in Windows apps.

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📦 What is inside?

Path	Purpose
🧭 powershell/libres-softwares-install.ps1	Interactive installer for a curated list of applications.
🦊 powershell/Install-Firefox.ps1	Installs Firefox ESR, sets it as default browser and force-installs uBlock Origin for all users.
🧹 powershell/Winget-Remove-BuiltInApps.ps1	Removes selected built-in Windows applications for the current user with winget.
🚫 powershell/Remove-BuiltInApps.ps1	Removes selected built-in Appx applications without winget and writes registry blocks for future users.
🚀 winget/libre-soft-start-pack.yaml	Automated starter pack: Firefox ESR, 7-Zip and VLC.
📄 winget/libre-soft-base-libreoffice.yaml	Starter pack plus LibreOffice.
📝 winget/libre-soft-base-onlyoffice.yaml	Starter pack plus ONLYOFFICE.

✅ Requirements

Run the commands from an administrator terminal on Windows.

Enable winget configuration support first:

winget configure --enable

The automated YAML packs do not enforce a specific Windows release. They require a Windows system with winget configuration support enabled.

🧭 Interactive Installer

Choose the software you want to install from a PowerShell menu. When Firefox ESR is installed from this script, Firefox defaults and uBlock Origin policies are configured automatically.

Run from the repository root:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\powershell\libres-softwares-install.ps1

Available applications:

Application	winget ID
Firefox ESR (FR)	Mozilla.Firefox.ESR.fr
7-Zip	7zip.7zip
VLC Media Player	VideoLAN.VLC
ONLYOFFICE	ONLYOFFICE.DesktopEditors
LibreOffice	TheDocumentFoundation.LibreOffice
GIMP	GIMP.GIMP.3
Inkscape	Inkscape.Inkscape
Chromium	Hibbiki.Chromium
Bitwarden	Bitwarden.Bitwarden
Thunderbird	Mozilla.Thunderbird

🚀 Automated Packs

Use winget configuration files when you want a repeatable installation.

Pack	Includes	Command
Starter pack	Firefox ESR, 7-Zip, VLC	winget configure --file .\winget\libre-soft-start-pack.yaml --accept-configuration-agreements
LibreOffice pack	Starter pack, LibreOffice	winget configure --file .\winget\libre-soft-base-libreoffice.yaml --accept-configuration-agreements
ONLYOFFICE pack	Starter pack, ONLYOFFICE	winget configure --file .\winget\libre-soft-base-onlyoffice.yaml --accept-configuration-agreements

Example:

winget configure --file .\winget\libre-soft-start-pack.yaml --accept-configuration-agreements

To install Firefox ESR with the default browser and uBlock Origin configuration in one step, run:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\powershell\Install-Firefox.ps1

The script installs Firefox ESR, writes Firefox enterprise policies, force-installs uBlock Origin from Mozilla Add-ons, configures managed uBlock Origin defaults and imports Windows default app associations for future users.

More details: Firefox ESR and uBlock Origin configuration.

🧹 Remove Built-In Apps

Use the Appx cleanup script when you want to remove selected built-in applications without winget and reduce reprovisioning for newly created users.

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\powershell\Remove-BuiltInApps.ps1

The script removes installed and provisioned Appx packages, disables Microsoft consumer experiences, blocks OneDrive startup for future users, updates the default user profile ContentDeliveryManager settings and writes Appx deprovisioning registry markers.

OneDrive is blocked for future users by default. It is not an Appx package on most Windows installations, so pass -IncludeOneDrive only when you also want to call the built-in OneDrive uninstaller on the current machine:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\powershell\Remove-BuiltInApps.ps1 -IncludeOneDrive

The older winget-based cleanup script is still available, but it only targets the current user:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\powershell\Winget-Remove-BuiltInApps.ps1

Run this script before creating the new Windows user profile, then restart Windows. Targeted applications include Xbox components, Outlook for Windows, Feedback Hub, Power Automate, Sticky Notes, Weather, Teams, Microsoft To Do, Bing apps, Clipchamp, Windows Web Experience Pack, OneDrive startup and related built-in packages.

🔁 Maintenance Note

When changing scripts, package IDs, pack contents or documented commands, update both README files:

• README.md for English.
• README.fr.md for French.

📜 License

This project is distributed under the GPL-3.0-or-later license.