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Table of Contents

• Running Windows on Steam Deck
• Personal opinion about Windows 11 and usage policy as a secondary OS
• Usermode controller driver
• Configure Windows to use UTC
• Remove features and unwanted software
• Can the Epic Games Launcher detect previously installed games?
• More tinkering with Windows
• Where is the tabbed explorer in Win11?
• Some research on Powershell

Running Windows on Steam Deck

• Download Rufus

• Download a Windows image of your choice from Microsoft

  • quickget from github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu can help you!

• Get an empty hard drive and make selections in Rufus to install Windows as Windows to Go from the image you downloaded before

• Power down and boot your Steam Deck while holding to Volume Up button, which will bring up the boot menu where you can choose to boot from the external drive

• Install Windows drivers: github.com/lwbt/docs-steamdeck-notes/tree/main/windows_drivers

Personal opinion about Windows 11 and usage policy as a secondary OS

Quite usable, not as annoying as the moving tiles in the Windows 10 and 8 start menu. I guess that was a fad and many frequent users of Windows 10 were more annoyed by invasive marketing than I thought there would be. Still more than a row of shortcuts to I apps I don’t want to use, but they are not preinstalled and can be removed easily. At best one of the existing scripts can be updated, but I should brush up my PowerShell knowledge first.

Avoid installing too many things. Use the standard zip tool and editor. Install games that don’t run in SteamOS to run them and nothing else. Do Micromanagement when you have time.

Usermode controller driver

Install the latest MSI package from here: github.com/mKenfenheuer/steam-deck-windows-usermode-driver/releases

Configure Windows to use UTC

wiki.archlinux.org/title/System_time#UTC_in_Microsoft_Windows

Remove features and unwanted software

Apparently this is still active and enabled in 2022 despite numerous CVEs.

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName SMB1Protocol

Can the Epic Games Launcher detect previously installed games?

www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/epic-games-store-c5719341124379/launcher-support-c5719357217435/can-the-epic-games-launcher-detect-previously-installed-games-a5720251596059

More tinkering with Windows

Some people invested more time than me, non-surprisingly, and published more stuff since Steam Deck became generally available.

I prefer to keep my repo small (no blobs), and I didn’t have time to check all the content yet, but I might need to do that to keep up to date.

• github.com/baldsealion/Steamdeck-Ultimate-Windows11-Guide/wiki

  • github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools

  • github.com/Lulech23/ReplaceOSK

  • github.com/builtbybel/ThisIsWin11 a new debloater tool

• github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeckPostInstallScript

Where is the tabbed explorer in Win11?

It will be available when you install version H22 of Windows 11 and install the latest updates, it’s not included out of the box.

Some research on Powershell

Some parts got lost somewhere, here are the parts that have survived:

• anderssonpeter.github.io/Bedazzling-Windows-Terminal/

• github.com/PowerShell/CompletionPredictor

• github.com/PowerShell/UnixCompleters

• www.develves.net/blogs/asd/articles/using-git-with-powershell-on-windows-10/

Set-PSRepository -Name 'PSGallery' -InstallationPolicy Trusted
Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -AllowPrerelease -Scope CurrentUser -Force -SkipPublisherCheck