@echo off
:: Windows 11 Welcome UI Disabler
:: This script combines multiple approaches to disable the welcome UI animation
:: during automatic sign-in on Windows 11
:: IMPORTANT: Run as administrator

echo Checking for administrative privileges...
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo This script requires administrative privileges.
    echo Please right-click and select "Run as administrator"
    pause
    exit /b 1
)

echo.
echo ============================================================
echo    Windows 11 Welcome UI Animation Disabler
echo ============================================================
echo.
echo This script will disable the Windows 11 welcome animation
echo that shows the user photo, username, and spinning wheel
echo during automatic sign-in.
echo.
echo Press any key to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel...
pause >nul

echo.
echo [1/7] Disabling Welcome UI processes using Image File Execution Options...
:: Use IFEO to prevent UI processes from starting
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\LogonUI.exe" /v Debugger /t REG_SZ /d "cmd.exe /c exit" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ShellExperienceHost.exe" /v Debugger /t REG_SZ /d "cmd.exe /c exit" /f

echo.
echo [2/7] Creating scheduled task to kill welcome UI processes at logon...
:: Create a scheduled task that kills any UI processes that might start
schtasks /delete /tn "KillWelcomeUI" /f 2>nul
schtasks /create /tn "KillWelcomeUI" /tr "powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command \"Start-Sleep -Seconds 1; taskkill /f /im LogonUI.exe; taskkill /f /im ShellExperienceHost.exe\"" /sc onlogon /ru "SYSTEM" /rl highest /f

echo.
echo [3/7] Disabling logon UI animations and preloading...
:: Disable animation and preloading
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\BootAnimation" /v DisableStartupSound /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f  
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\BootAnimation" /v OptimizeBootAnimationEffects /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\AnimationPreload" /v Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\AnimationPreload" /v PreloadSplashScreen /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

echo.
echo [4/7] Configuring logon UI timing and behavior...
:: Disable UI timing and display
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UIHost" /v "LogonUIMaximumDisableTime" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v DelayedDesktopSwitchTimeout /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\TestHooks" /v DisplayInitialPageDelay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\TestHooks" /v XamlInitialPageDelay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

echo.
echo [5/7] Disabling credential UI components...
:: Disable credential UI components
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v DisableLogonUI /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\ProcessInit" /v Enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v DisableLockScreenMedia /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v DisableLogonBackgroundImage /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background" /v OEMBackground /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Creative" /v OEMBackground /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell" /v DisableLogonBackgroundImage /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

echo.
echo [6/7] Optimizing autologon settings...
:: Optimize autologon
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v AutoLogonCount /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v AutoLogonTimeout /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v UIHost /t REG_SZ /d "logonui.exe" /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v UseNewUX /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

echo.
echo [7/7] Applying additional group policy settings...
:: Group policy settings
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v DisableLogonUIBootAnimation /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" /v HideLogonUI /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization" /v NoLockScreen /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

:: Create the empty LogonUIDisabled file as an additional signal to Windows
echo Creating LogonUIDisabled marker file...
echo. > "%WINDIR%\System32\LogonUIDisabled" 2>nul

echo.
echo ============================================================
echo    Windows 11 Welcome UI Disabling Complete
echo ============================================================
echo.
echo All settings have been applied successfully.
echo Please restart your computer for changes to take effect.
echo.
echo If you see the welcome animation after restart, try enabling
echo automatic logon in your Steam/Playnite setup script if you
echo haven't already done so.
echo.
pause