What's New
Important
How To Install: Copy and Paste this command in a PowerShell window as Admin. (Technical explanation available here)
(irm 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security/main/Harden-Windows-Security.ps1')+'AppControl'|iex
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Added new Setting behavior to center list views automatically in AppControl Manager. This is a new option in the app settings that is off by default. It is an accessibility setting and also makes it easier to interact with the List Views across the app. Works with touch, mouse and keyboard.
- It is added under a new settings category called "Behavior". More customizations will be added under this category in the future. This option, just like others, is remembered between app sessions so you only need to configure it once.

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Improved the App Control Simulation performance and accuracy by extracting all types of hashes from the XML policy and including them in the simulation instead of just SHA 256.
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Improved the performance of the AppControl Manager by replacing a frequently used method with lower-level variation.
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When assigning policy path to the Configure Policy Rule Options page, the rule options section is now automatically expanded, instantly showing you the results.
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The Configure Policy Rule Options page now handles policy deployments better and will warn you if you try to deploy signed policy by referring you to use the Deploy App Control Policy page where you can provide signing information.
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The Strict Kernel mode policy templates now have a setting that allow COM objects to be used, just like other built-in templates.
PRs
- AppControl-Manager-DownloadLink-Version-Update-Version-1.9.3.0 by @github-actions in #627
- Added new Setting behavior to center list views automatically in AppControl Manager by @HotCakeX in #628
- Multiple changes by @HotCakeX in #629
How to verify the MSIXBundle's authenticity:
gh attestation verify "Path To MSIXBundle" --repo HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security --format json
You can install the GitHub CLI from Winget:
winget install --id GitHub.cli
Note
As mentioned at the top, please refer to this page for installation instructions.