Add the option to Block Razer automatic installs

[xicor22]

Type of Change

• New feature

Description

Added the option to block automatic installation of razer software using the code from the chris titus original Block-Razer repo.

Testing

Tested for the following cases:

• Win 11 Fresh
• Win 11 with script used from this repo

Issue related to PR

• Resolves Feature Request: Add Block Razor script #550

Additional Information

Checklist

• My code adheres to the coding and style guidelines of the project.
• I have performed a self-review of my own code.
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas.
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation.
• My changes generate no errors/warnings/merge conflicts.

[Real-MullaC]

Hello @xicor22,

Thank you for your PR but this would be a tweak and not a feature. Please could this be moved to tweaks.json under the Advanced Tweaks Section.

[xicor22]

  "WPFRazerBlock": {
    "Content": "Block Razer software autoinstall",
    "Description": "It disables the automatic driver installation and denies write permission of Razer folder to system which prevents the automatic install.",
    "category": "z__Advanced Tweaks - CAUTION",
    "panel": "1",
    "Order": "a031_",
    "registry": [
      {
        "Path": "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DriverSearching",
        "Name": "SearchOrderConfig",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "Value": "0",
        "OriginalValue": "1"
      },
      {
        "Path": "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Device Installer",
        "Name": "DisableCoInstallers",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "Value": "1",
        "OriginalValue": "0"
      }
    ],
    "InvokeScript": [
      "Remove-Item \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\" -Recurse -Force
      New-Item -Path \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\" -Name \"Razer\" -ItemType \"directory\"
      $Acl = Get-Acl \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\"
      $Ar = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule(\"NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\",\"Write\",\"ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit\",\"None\",\"Deny\")
      $Acl.SetAccessRule($Ar)
      Set-Acl \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\" $Acl"
    ],
    "UndoScript": [
      "Remove-Item \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\" -Recurse -Force
      New-Item -Path \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\" -Name \"Razer\" -ItemType \"directory\""
    ],
    "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/tweaks/Essential-Tweaks/RazerBlock"

I added this in the tweaks.json and got this error

I have the same format as other tweaks or have I missed something?

[Real-MullaC]

"WPFRazerBlock": {
    "Content": "Block Razer software autoinstall",
    "Description": "It disables the automatic driver installation and denies write permission of Razer folder to system which prevents the automatic install.",
    "category": "Essential Tweaks",
    "panel": "1",
    "Order": "a017_",
    "registry": [
      {
        "Path": "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DriverSearching",
        "Name": "SearchOrderConfig",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "Value": "0",
        "OriginalValue": "1"
      },
      {
        "Path": "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Device Installer",
        "Name": "DisableCoInstallers",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "Value": "1",
        "OriginalValue": "0"
      }
    ],
    "InvokeScript": [
      "Remove-Item \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\" -Recurse -Force",
      "New-Item -Path \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\" -Name \"Razer\" -ItemType \"directory\"",
      "$Acl = Get-Acl \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\"",
      "$Ar = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule(\"NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\",\"Write\",\"ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit\",\"None\",\"Deny\")",
      "$Acl.SetAccessRule($Ar)",
      "Set-Acl \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\" $Acl"
    ],
    "UndoScript": [
      "Remove-Item \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\" -Recurse -Force",
      "New-Item -Path \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\" -Name \"Razer\" -ItemType \"directory\""
    ],
    "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/tweaks/Essential-Tweaks/RazerBlock"
  }

I added this in the tweaks.json and got this error

I have the same format as other tweaks or have I missed something?

This could be due to issues with tweaks currently.

[xicor22]

even though i select another tweak to get around that bug, my razer block tweak is still not getting applied

[xicor22]

"WPFTweaksRazerBlock": {
    "Content": "Block Razer software autoinstall",
    "Description": "It disables the automatic driver installation and denies write permission of Razer folder to system which prevents the automatic install.",
    "category": "z__Advanced Tweaks - CAUTION",
    "panel": "1",
    "Order": "a031_",
    "InvokeScript": [
      "
        function RazerBlock {
          $RazerPath = \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\"
          Set-ItemProperty -Path \"HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DriverSearching\" -Name \"SearchOrderConfig\" -Type DWord -Value 0
          Set-ItemProperty -Path \"HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Device Installer\" -Name \"DisableCoInstallers\" -Type DWord -Value 1
          Remove-Item $RazerPath -Recurse -Force
          New-Item -Path \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\\" -Name \"Razer\" -ItemType \"directory\"
          $Acl = Get-Acl $RazerPath
          $Ar = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule(\"NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM\",\"Write\",\"ContainerInherit,ObjectInherit\",\"None\",\"Deny\")
          $Acl.SetAccessRule($Ar)
          Set-Acl $RazerPath $Acl
          }
        RazerBlock
      "
    ],
    "UndoScript": [
      "
        function RazerUnblock {
          $RazerPath = \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\Razer\"
          Set-ItemProperty -Path \"HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DriverSearching\" -Name \"SearchOrderConfig\" -Type DWord -Value 1
          Set-ItemProperty -Path \"HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Device Installer\" -Name \"DisableCoInstallers\" -Type DWord -Value 0
          Remove-Item $RazerPath -Recurse -Force
          New-Item -Path \"C:\\Windows\\Installer\\\" -Name \"Razer\" -ItemType \"directory\"
          }
        RazerUnblock
      "
    ],
    "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/tweaks/Essential-Tweaks/RazerBlock"

I looked at this for quite a while and cant seem to find any issues but the code in invoke script is not running. Am I missing something here?

The previous "select a tweaks" error was caused because I didn't put "Tweak" in "WPFRazerBlock".

[MyDrift-user]

Hey @xicor22, thanks for the PR, you moved the reg changes into the invoke- & undo script again, could you please add them sepeately like you did before?

Also the function wrapping and calling kind of seems unneccessary due to it only beeing called there.
PS: The Tweaks generally did not work temporarily, but should work now again.

Otherwise I think it looks good :)

[xicor22]

I just made the requested changes and tested them. Everything's working fine.

[MyDrift-user]

Good job, looks fine to me now 👍

[MyDrift-user]

You forgot to remove the comma in feature.json