@echo off title Disable/Enable Windows App Telemetry color 1f :Begin UAC check and Auto-Elevate Permissions :------------------------------------- REM --> Check for permissions >nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system" REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin. if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' ( echo: echo Requesting Administrative Privileges... echo Press YES in UAC Prompt to Continue echo: goto UACPrompt ) else ( goto gotAdmin ) :UACPrompt echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" exit /B :gotAdmin if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ) pushd "%CD%" CD /D "%~dp0" :-------------------------------------- :Check the key: (reg query "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PushNotifications" /v "ToastEnabled"|find /i "0x0")>NUL 2>NUL if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 GOTO :KEYOFF :KEYON echo ============================================================ echo Windows App Telemetry currently disabled. echo Would you like to re-enable it? (Y/N) echo ============================================================ echo. choice /c yn /n If %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 1 GOTO :QUIT Echo Changing Telemetry Registry key REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PushNotifications" /v "ToastEnabled" /D 1 /T REG_DWORD /F>NUL 2>NUL IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO :ERROR Echo. Echo Windows App Telemetry enabled Echo. goto :QUIT :KEYOFF echo ============================================================ echo Windows App Telemetry is currently enabled. echo Would you like to disable it? (Y/N) echo ============================================================ echo. choice /c yn /n If %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 1 GOTO :QUIT Echo Changing App Telemetry Registry key REG ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PushNotifications" /v "ToastEnabled" /D 0 /T REG_DWORD /F>NUL 2>NUL IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO :ERROR Echo. Echo Windows App Telemetry disabled Echo. goto :QUIT :QUIT echo ============================================================ echo Press any key to exit... echo ============================================================ pause>NUL goto :EOF :ERROR echo ============================================================ echo The script ran into an unexpected error setting reg key. echo Press any key to exit... echo ============================================================ pause>NUL goto :EOF