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XTR Toolbox

Portable tool to tweak, clean and optimize Windows.
🚀 Extremely fast. 🚀

GitHub all releases GitHub release (latest by date) GitHub issues GitHub license

Supported platforms:

  • Windows 10, Windows 11 - x64 only (Use v2.1 for x32)
  • .Net Framework: 4.8 (Included with Windows 10 1903+)
  • (Note: Windows 7 && Windows 8 support is deprecated)

Features Overview:

Main Tools:

  • Batch Startup Manager
    • Create startup entries
    • Log startup changes
    • Export startup list [Clipboard]
    • Displays invalid entries
  • Batch Services Manager
    • Log service changes
    • Export services list [Clipboard]
  • Batch Software Manager
    • Log software changes
    • Export software list [Clipboard]
    • Force remove software
    • Silently remove software (MSI)
  • Hosts File Editor / Manager
  • Quick Tools
    • Rebuild Icon Cache
    • Rebuild Font Cache
    • Reset Event Logs

Privacy Tools:

  • Remove / Reinstall Windows Apps
    • Detects currently present apps

Cleanup Tools:

  • Junk Files Cleaner:
    • Filter by date
    • Filter by custom extensions
    • Cleaning support:
      • User and Windows Temporary Directories
      • Windows Installer Cache
      • Windows Update Cache
      • Windows Logs Directory
      • Prefetch Cache
      • Crash Dump Directory
      • Google Chrome Cache
      • Steam Redistributable Packages
  • Chrome Extensions Manager

Other:

  • Automatic Dark / Light mode (Also configurable)

What sets this toolbox apart from many others?

Unlike other apps, this toolbox aims to:

  • Be fast and lightweight regardless of feature set
  • Use modern technologies
  • Have no ads, unnecessary things, or bloat
  • Support latest version of Windows
  • Be easy to use and have a good looking interface

Project Goals - Plans

  • To add a lot more features (see backlog)
  • Translate to other languages
  • Help wiki
  • You can request a feature, open for all kinds of suggestions
  • Get feature parity with other toolbox suites

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Backlog

Software manager:

  • Software update checker & downloader
  • Automatically download and install software (with configuration per setup)
  • Batch software installer
  • More control over force uninstalling
  • Detection of different installers and uninstallers (Inno, NSIS, Msi,...)

Services manager:

  • Preset services changer (Batch services changes based on definition file)
  • Services progress bar when changing
  • Better error handling
  • Add color coding for easier management of their change severity and recommendation
  • Add memory usage for running services

Autoruns manager:

  • Check startup entries against known definition file for their validity (hosted on github)
  • More options when creating a new startup entry

Junk Files Cleaner:

  • Improve scanning process (offer to cancel, improve scan progress)

General:

  • Add a post scan / clean / tweak option (like restarting / shutting down PC)
  • Add a CLI interface for all tools
  • Add a logger so the user can report bugs / features easily
  • Add option to disable / tweak Windows bloat (all range of options)
  • Add option to manage invalid shortcuts (remove and repair)
  • Add option to manage context menu items (remove, change, and repair)
  • Add option to change windows theme (dark/light) based on timed settings
  • Add option to save / restore desktop icons and their layout
  • Add option to export data to all kind of formats (text, csv, xml, json, xlsx)
  • Add autoupdater (user changeable)
  • Add duplicate files finder
  • Add checksum files comparer (MD5, SHA1, SHA2, ...)
  • Add option to save configuration (file / registry config) (this is still under consideration)
  • Add option to schedule tools to run at specified time (using Task Scheduler)
  • Add option to run several tools in succession
  • Add option for scripts so any user can add their own tweaks to the tool
  • Improve scan speed for all tools

Download

Latest release page.

Build tools

  • Visual Studio 2022 (Probably works on older versions too)
  • Windows 10 SDK (Project requests by default 10.0.18362.0 (Win 1903)) - Integrated into project

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