XTR Toolbox

Portable tool to tweak, clean and optimize Windows.
🚀 Extremely fast. 🚀

Supported platforms:

• Windows 10, Windows 11 - x64 only (Use v2.1 for x32)
• .Net Framework: 4.8 (Included with Windows 10 1903+)
• (Note: Windows 7 && Windows 8 support is deprecated)

Features Overview:

Main Tools:

• Batch Startup Manager
  • Create startup entries
  • Log startup changes
  • Export startup list [Clipboard]
  • Displays invalid entries
• Batch Services Manager
  • Log service changes
  • Export services list [Clipboard]
• Batch Software Manager
  • Log software changes
  • Export software list [Clipboard]
  • Force remove software
  • Silently remove software (MSI)
• Hosts File Editor / Manager
• Quick Tools
  • Rebuild Icon Cache
  • Rebuild Font Cache
  • Reset Event Logs

Privacy Tools:

• Remove / Reinstall Windows Apps
  • Detects currently present apps

Cleanup Tools:

• Junk Files Cleaner:
  • Filter by date
  • Filter by custom extensions
  • Cleaning support:
    • User and Windows Temporary Directories
    • Windows Installer Cache
    • Windows Update Cache
    • Windows Logs Directory
    • Prefetch Cache
    • Crash Dump Directory
    • Google Chrome Cache
    • Steam Redistributable Packages
• Chrome Extensions Manager

Other:

• Automatic Dark / Light mode (Also configurable)

What sets this toolbox apart from many others?

Unlike other apps, this toolbox aims to:

• Be fast and lightweight regardless of feature set
• Use modern technologies
• Have no ads, unnecessary things, or bloat
• Support latest version of Windows
• Be easy to use and have a good looking interface

Project Goals - Plans

• To add a lot more features (see backlog)
• Translate to other languages
• Help wiki
• You can request a feature, open for all kinds of suggestions
• Get feature parity with other toolbox suites

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Backlog

Software manager:

• Software update checker & downloader
• Automatically download and install software (with configuration per setup)
• Batch software installer
• More control over force uninstalling
• Detection of different installers and uninstallers (Inno, NSIS, Msi,...)

Services manager:

• Preset services changer (Batch services changes based on definition file)
• Services progress bar when changing
• Better error handling
• Add color coding for easier management of their change severity and recommendation
• Add memory usage for running services

Autoruns manager:

• Check startup entries against known definition file for their validity (hosted on github)
• More options when creating a new startup entry

Junk Files Cleaner:

• Improve scanning process (offer to cancel, improve scan progress)

General:

• Add a post scan / clean / tweak option (like restarting / shutting down PC)
• Add a CLI interface for all tools
• Add a logger so the user can report bugs / features easily
• Add option to disable / tweak Windows bloat (all range of options)
• Add option to manage invalid shortcuts (remove and repair)
• Add option to manage context menu items (remove, change, and repair)
• Add option to change windows theme (dark/light) based on timed settings
• Add option to save / restore desktop icons and their layout
• Add option to export data to all kind of formats (text, csv, xml, json, xlsx)
• Add autoupdater (user changeable)
• Add duplicate files finder
• Add checksum files comparer (MD5, SHA1, SHA2, ...)
• Add option to save configuration (file / registry config) (this is still under consideration)
• Add option to schedule tools to run at specified time (using Task Scheduler)
• Add option to run several tools in succession
• Add option for scripts so any user can add their own tweaks to the tool
• Improve scan speed for all tools

Download

Latest release page.

Build tools

• Visual Studio 2022 (Probably works on older versions too)
• Windows 10 SDK (Project requests by default 10.0.18362.0 (Win 1903)) - Integrated into project

Reviews

• MajorGeeks
  
• Softpedia
  
• chip.de - Rated best freeware of february 2018, v2.1 Review
  
• Trishtech.com
  
• WinTotal.de