Solved Debloated Windows 11 Home or Pro Installation

i had put this together for @Hazel123 in a reply on page 3 of the ltsc thread, but figured i would create its own thread for easy access/searches by new users:

1. download the newest 24h2 iso:
   .https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
2. burn it to usb with Rufus *DO NOT CHECK ANY OPTION BOXES - everything is baked into the xml*
3. open usb (just to the root - see image >)
   
4. drag and drop the attached xml to the root
5. boot from usb
6. click "i dont have a product key"
7. choose version of Windows to install (Home, Pro, etc)
8. install

* installs with a local admin named "Owner" and skips internet connection setup (you can setup internet and change to Microsoft account post-install if desired)
* applies dark theme by default
* places url shortcuts to download Google Chrome, RevoUninstaller Portable and WinaeroTweaker on desktop
* sets windows update to notify prior to download and install for all updates
* turns off device encryption by default
* turns off widgets service by default
* optimizes microsoft edge (turns off sidebar, etc - look at all the tweaks winaero allows, it's those)
* allows Edge to be uninstalled *i had this work 2x and not work 2x during tests. have attached a zipped txt with powershell commands to make it uninstallable. just launch powershell as admin and copy/paste the commands all at once and press enter (credit: github comment somewhere)*
* disables ads/web in start, settings, search etc.
* adds Disk Cleanup, Restart Explorer, Take Ownership to context menu
* Restores New > Rich Text Format (i have attached wordpad original files if you want it back in 24h2 easily, just extract the files to C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\ and overwrite the folder "en-US" that is already in there)
* Could not get Focus Assist & Do Not Disturb to turn off programmatically. will have to go into settings and uncheck those boxes manually.
*IF PowerShell progress hangs at all once on the desktop - just click inside the window and press Enter*

here are screeshots of whats left after the post-installation modifications:

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