DavidArsene’s gists

DavidArsene / CompatTelRunner.reg

Created October 10, 2021 19:12

Permanently kill CompatTelRunner.exe

	Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

	[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\CompatTelRunner.exe]
	"Debugger"="%1"

	[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\CompatTelRunner.exe]
	"Debugger"="%1"

DavidArsene / kill_chromium_cache.ps1

Created January 1, 2022 14:56

Prevents Chrome and other Chromium-based apps from using the cache folders. Has no side effects

	ForEach ($folder in 'Cache', 'Code Cache', 'GPUCache') { Remove-Item -Recurse "$folder/*"; icacls $folder /deny Everyone:F }

	# Revert
	ForEach ($folder in 'Cache', 'Code Cache', 'GPUCache') { icacls $folder /remove:d Everyone }

DavidArsene / settings-diff.sh

Created February 10, 2022 19:55

	#!/bin/bash

	[ "$EUID" -ne 0 ] && echo "This script must be ran as root!" && exit 1

	system=$(settings list system)
	secure=$(settings list secure)
	global=$(settings list global)

	read -p "Press Enter after changing settings..."

DavidArsene / VBS-Disabler-UEFI.ps1

Created March 29, 2024 07:20

Disable VBS UEFI Lock. Disable in Group Policy first (System\Device Guard\Turn On VBS). Reboot after running and follow the prompts.

	using namespace System.Security.Principal
	if (-Not ([WindowsPrincipal] [WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) {
	Start-Process PowerShell -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList "-NoProfile -File `"$PSCommandPath`""
	Exit
	}

	$id = "0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215"

	mountvol X: /s # EFI Partition

DavidArsene / ctrl_c.rs

Created May 1, 2025 14:43

Tiny Ctrl+C handler for Rust. Windows-only, thread-unsafe.

	#![allow(static_mut_refs)]

	use windows::core::BOOL;
	use windows::Win32::Foundation::*;
	use windows::Win32::System::Console::*;

	#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
	pub enum Event {
	None,
	CtrlC,

DavidArsene / jb-manual-patch.ps1

Created May 8, 2025 16:12

Manually download and install patches for JetBrains IDEs

	# Go to https://www.jetbrains.com/updates/updates.xml
	# Look for your app, remember <code> and product slug from jetbrains.com/SLUG/download
	# First build (latest) take fullNumber
	# Find a <patch from= with fullFrom of installed build
	# Download patch like this: https://download-cdn.jetbrains.com/SLUG/CODE-OLDFULL-NEWFULL-patch-win.jar

	# Don't use JBR java; repace install dir
	java -cp YOUR-PATCH-FILE.jar com.intellij.updater.Runner install --no-backup "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\APP NAME"

DavidArsene / Cleanup-EFI.ps1

Last active June 10, 2025 19:49

Remove most languages from EFI partition. TODO fonts

	mountvol S: /S
	Get-ChildItem S:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot -Filter '??-*' \| Where-Object Name -CNE 'en-US' \| Remove-Item -Recurse
	mountvol S: /D

DavidArsene / nvwsllib.ps1

Created June 18, 2025 18:44

Remove WSL libs from NVIDIA driver. Use NVCleanInstall with disable telemetry to rebuild signature

Clear-Content -Path .\Display.Driver\* -Filter "lib*" -Verbose

DavidArsene / fastfetch-nixos-generation.sh

Last active October 1, 2025 06:43

{ "type": "command", "text": "~/.config/fastfetch/fastfetch-nixos-generation.sh", "key": "Generation" },

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	pushd "/nix/var/nix/profiles" > /dev/null

	function gen-to-num() {
	if [[ "$1" =~ system-([0-9]+)-link ]]; then
	echo "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
	fi
	}

DavidArsene / wplace.sh

Last active September 1, 2025 13:48

Download image tiles from Wplace. Uses wget and imagemagick.

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	set -euo pipefail

	# How to use:
	# Look at network requests for s0/tiles, then first number is latitude, second is longitude.
	[[ $# -ne 5 ]] && { echo "Usage: $0 <dir> <lat_start> <lat_end> <lon_start> <lon_end>"; exit 1; }

	dir="$1"
	lat_start="$2"
	lat_end="$3"