0.4.0

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

Important

Due to the number of changes, this version of Atlas requires a complete Windows reinstall to upgrade from older versions. Follow the official installation guide below to reinstall Windows and install v0.4.0. For future Atlas upgrades, you will unlikely need to reinstall Windows.

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://discord.atlasos.net/
📚 Docs: https://docs.atlasos.net
☕ Ko-Fi (donations): https://ko-fi.com/atlasos

0.3.2

Atlas v0.3.2

Atlas v0.3.2 has some small bug fixes to v0.3.1. You do not need to reinstall Atlas to this version.

To upgrade from v0.3.1 to v0.3.2, download and run this script: https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas/releases/download/0.3.2/UpgradeFrom_v0.3.1_To_v0.3.2.cmd

📰 Changelog

Fixes

• Safe Mode component removal triggering Windows Recovery component removal next boot, which would fail as the Safe Mode fallback would of worked (https://i.imgur.com/894IsA8.jpg)
• Require Windows to be activated beforehand to ensure that the lockscreen change works

ℹ️ Info

🌐 Official Website: https://atlasos.net/
📚 Installation Documentation: https://docs.atlasos.net/getting-started/installation/
💬 Official Forums: https://forum.atlasos.net/

0.3.1

Atlas v0.3.1

Atlas v0.3.1 is Atlas' most significant individual update ever, with over 1,400 GitHub commits, 📁 570+ file changes, and ⌨️ 22,000+ lines altered.

We fixed many of the security issues numerous bugs, added new features, and took in lots of community feedback. This includes adding back Windows Defender as an optional component, Windows Update support, and enabling UAC by default.

Warning
You can't upgrade from older Atlas releases.
v0.3.1 has numerous fixes and stability improvements that require a complete reinstall for Windows. Due to this, upgrading from older releases will not work and is entirely unsupported, as per our documentation.

📰 Changelog

New features

• Customize Features in AME Wizard
  • Defender
  • Core Isolation
  • Mitigations
  • Bluetooth, removing Edge, power saving
  • Choosing a replacement browser (optional)
• Ability to toggle Windows Defender on and off completely at a component level
• Windows Update is now accessible and is set to manual updates by default
  • Updating retains optimizations, including component removals
• Installing Hyper-V is the same as regular Windows
• Drive Optimization scheduling is left default
• Improved multi-user account support
• Application installer issues fixed
• Browser updates fixed
• High CPU usage on startup fixed
• Atlas folder restructure on the desktop
  • Also not copied to every single user anymore; it's in %windir%\AtlasDesktop
• Edge WebView is added back
• Entire Playbook tweak restructure
  • config.yml has had its tweaks split up into individual files
• New component removal system, which persists through updates via Windows Update
• Removal of certain logging has now been reverted
• Windows Security has been added back
  • Core isolation is now configurable
• Scheduled tasks, services, autologgers and driver configuration list has been remade
• Process Hacker is no longer used in the Playbook

Fixes

• All known compatibility issues from v0.2.0 have been solved
• Installing Atlas in a Hyper-V guest works correctly
• Improved anti-cheat compatibility, VAC (Valve's Anti-cheat) and FACEIT work properly
• Mobile hotspot works
• UAC is enabled by default
• No more 'Reticulating Splines'

...and lots more minor fixes and improvements!

Official Website: https://atlasos.net
Installation Documentation: https://docs.atlasos.net/getting-started/installation/
Official Forums: https://forum.atlasos.net

0.2.0

New Release for AtlasOS 22H2

Warning
If you can, you should wait until v0.3 to install as it has many issues fixed.
See the 'Removed Features' and run the Fix-Auto-Cleaner.bat script included after installation.

Changelog:

• Fixed the Hyper-V and VBS enable/disable scripts.
• Fixed installation of the features in Settings App.
• Fixed Steps Recorder application.
• Fixed the "Reticulating splines…" issue. However, the full fix will be available in the next update.
• Fixed the Unlock Tiles script.
• Fixed the Chocolatey and Scoop installation issue.
• Fixed settings sound scheme to "No Sounds".
• Fixed the lock screen enable/disable regedit file.
• Fixed the Teredo issue and general issue with networking on Atlas.
• Fixed the NVIDIA Display Container.
• Fixed Microsoft Flight Simulator.
• Fixed COD Modern Warfare and older editions.
• Fixed Word and other alternatives (e.g. LibreOffice).
• Fixed invalid links and shortcuts.
• Fixed Network Discovery enable/disable scripts.
• GPL-3.0 License is now available.
• DevManView is now replaced with our own script - toggleDev.cmd.
• Added GitHub Actions for the experimental playbooks.
• Added a completely new installation menu for programs that uses automatically installed Chocolatey.
• RunAsTi now supports cmd and scripts correctly.
• toggleDev.cmd and setSvc.cmd support error checking correctly.
• Drive is now detected by the installation - SSD or HDD. Depending on that, optimizations will be properly applied.
• Device Type is now detected by the installation** - Laptop or PC. Depending on that, valid power settings will be properly applied.
• Mitigations prompt is now available. You can choose what to change during the installation. Automatically, it is disabled after 5 minutes.
• Auto-Cleaner.cmd is now available. It automatically cleans Windows from residual files on startup. It can also disable useless Browsers' services.
• Added error checking in Static IP script.
• Packages list is re-done and optimized, however the components will be disabled/optimized in the next release. [Better balance of compatibility and performance]
• APPX packages disable list was completely re-done and optimized.
• RefreshEnv.cmd was removed due to not being needed.
• Open-Shell menu is now changed.
• User Account Control is now disabled by default.
• Game Explorer is not removed to prevent issues related to old games.
• OneDrive and Edge is now properly removed - no leftovers of scheduled tasks.
• 7-Zip Context Menu now does not enable unnecessary menu.
• Atlas power scheme is now completely revised and optimized for the performance.
• Unnecessary scripts and folders are now removed from the Atlas directory.
• Useless features are now disabled from Optional Features properly.
• Disable the DiagTrack service responsible for Telemetry.
• More unnecessary HID and PNP devices were disabled using the new script.
• A lot of new changes to registry for QoL and performance.
• Introduced a lot of different options for performance and latency improvement during the installation.

...and much, more.

0.1.0

The biggest update to Atlas yet ⬆️

This update switches from using NTLite and distributing an ISO image to fully tweaking, stripping (removing components) and debloating a live Windows installation, with a new tool in collaboration with the Windows Ameliorated team called AME Wizard. 💾

Once installed, it results in an operating system just like Atlas before, but even better. 📈

There has also been many other changes, with complete structure rewrites and more features and compatibility. See the websites below on how to install! 🐱

• Website: https://atlasos.net
• Documentation
  • Installation, Post-Installation and FAQ: https://docs.atlasos.net