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how to actually kill the suggested bloat in the windows start menu???

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  1. Hugo C.
    @hugo.castillo

    guys pls help is it just me or is the start menu getting way more cluttered lately??? i feel like every time i update, microsoft decides to shove even more 'reocmmended' junk and sponsored stuff right in the middle of my actual apps. tbh i hate having to scroll past three things i never asked for just to find my terminal or some random dev tool lol.

    i tried some of teh regisrty tweaks i saw on some old forums but half of them dont seem to do anything on the newer builds... it feels like they just keep rolling back the changes or ignoring them entirely. does anyone have a clean way to strip that section out completely? im tired of it works on my machine excuses when the os is literally trying to sell me stuff while im just trying to compile code 🔥 any hidden flags or debloat scripts that actually stick??

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  2. Tomas Lopez
    @tomas_packet

    honestly i feel u on this. it's like they think we just want to browse the ms store every time we hit the win key lol. since the registry tweaks are becoming such a headache to maintain, have u tried checking the 'show recently opened items' and 'show most used apps' toggles in the personalization settings? sometimes just turning those off clears out a huge chunk of the noise. if that doesnt cut it, u might need to look into a proper debloat script from a reputable source on github. those usually handle the background services that keep pushing the 'suggestions' back onto the UI. just be careful with what u run though, i dont want u brickin your boot config just to hide a few icons!!

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  3. Kofi
    @solidmonk

    i feel u on the frustration lol. it is super annoying when the ui starts feeling like a billboard instead of a tool. since those registry keys keep getting ignoerd, what specific version of windows u running right now?? also, did u try any specific github scripts already or just teh manual tweaks? if u can share any error logs or tell me exactly which suggestions are still stikcing aronud after u tried to clear them, i might be able to help u figure out a more permanent way to block em. sometimes its just a matter of disabling the right telemetry service in the background too. ?

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