Atlas v0.4.0

Version v0.4.0 brings more customizability, stability, and compatibility to Atlas, with many critical bug fixes and more Windows feature support. Additionally, the Atlas documentation has had a significant overhaul, with the rewritten documentation for the Atlas folder, as well as various other portions of the documentation.

📦 Installation/Upgrades

See the "Installing AtlasOS" guide on how to install.

📰 Changelog

Changes & Features

• New wallpapers and theme
• Ability to enable Windows Spotlight
• Ability to enable web search & search highlights
• Ability to enable the 'Mobile Devices' Settings page, alongside installing the 'Phone Link' app
• Ability to enable Microsoft Copilot
• Ability to enable Widgets (called News & Interests in Windows 10)
• More Atlas folder customization options in the initial AME Wizard configuration ('Custom Features')
  • Ability to install Librewolf and Firefox
  • Prompts for automatic updates, removing modern Snipping Tool, hibernation, and notifications
• Legacy XBOX Console Companion uninstalled
• Reverted disabling badges in the taskbar by default
• Photos, modern Media Player, and Game Bar not uninstalled
• EdgeRemover updated to the latest version
  • Includes the ability to reinstall Edge and WebView
• Microsoft account conversion being deprecated as it caused confusion
• Get Started & Windows Backup included by default as they can't be properly uninstalled
• Completely refactor network settings
• Rewritten script for disabling items in the 'Send To' context menu
• Make paths less hardcoded and less dependent on environment variables
• Allow Game Bar and FSO by default
• Add optional 'Terminals' context menu for PowerShell, Command Prompt, and Windows Terminal at different permission levels
• Ability to unlock recent item settings, meaning you can enable the Run box history, document history, and more
• Interface tweaks for old flyouts, such as the legacy battery or legacy clock flyout
• Disallow edge swipe by default
• Complete refactoring of scheduled tasks configuration
• No longer set the legacy Windows Photo Viewer as the default viewer
• No longer set .ps1 files to open directly with PowerShell
• More software in the Install Software.cmd script
• Don't change Game Mode as it shouldn't be harmful
• Remove uninstalling Update Health Tools and PC Health Check as they're not default
• Rewrite the TASKBARPINS.cmd and STARTMENU.cmd scripts to be more efficient and verbose
• Disable 'Automatic Folder Discovery' in File Explorer by default to improve responsiveness
• Windows Update customization options
• Re-organization of the Atlas folder, with the Configuration folder renamed to General Configuration and Optional Tweaks renamed to Interface Tweaks
• Removed activation requirement

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Microsoft Edge not uninstalling in certain regions
• Remove the WinRE fallback for component removal
• Don't remove OneDrive if it's setup/files exist
• Deprecate Microsoft account conversion
• Remove duplicate component cleanup
• Fix stubs in the start menu not being cleared
• Fixed uninstalling Process Explorer blue screening
• Disable Microsoft Copilot by default
• Fix issues with Client.CBS components failing to update
• Cleaned up and made the Atlas theme more reliable
• Fix the lock screen not being reliably set
• Fix Wake on Lan & VLAN support
• No longer set MSI mode on devices to prevent BSoDs
• Fix environment variables not being set when PATH variable is too long
• Convert .ps1 files to .cmd wrappers to prevent file association issues
• Music & Videos being pinned to Quick Access/Home properly
• Switch from WMI cmdlets to CIM, as they are deprecated
• Fix the Atlas folder not having a shortcut on the desktop in certain situations
• Fix file associations for the user's selected browser not applying on the latest Windows updates
• Don't strip system AppX apps unnecessarily
• No hardcoded 7-Zip version download, and ARM64 version
• Hyperthreading/SMT check in the optional 'Disable Idle' context menu to prevent users from ruining performance
• Configure automatic maintenance instead of disabling it; automatic disk optimization requires it

...and lots more minor fixes and improvements!
You can see the complete commit log.

ℹ️ Info

🌐 Website: https://atlasos.net/
💬 Forums: https://forum.atlasos.net/
💬 Discord: https://disord.atlasos.net/
📚 Docs: https://docs.atlasos.net
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