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This script provides an interactive menu-driven interface for performing various maintenance tasks on a Windows 11 machine.
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This script provides an interactive menu-driven interface for performing various maintenance tasks on a Windows 11 machine.

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![WinDragon](/img/windragon.jpeg)



# 🐉 WinDragon Maintenance Script - vBeta



This script provides an interactive menu-driven interface for performing various maintenance tasks on a Windows machine. Tasks include backup, repair, cleanup, drive optimization, or all tasks sequentially.



## 🖥️ Supported Operating Systems

- Windows 11



**Note:** This script relies on PowerShell commands and tools like DISM, Robocopy, and SFC, which are supported on the above-listed versions of Windows.



## 🚀 How to Run the Script

1. Open PowerShell as an Administrator.

2. Navigate to the directory where this script is located.

   - Use the `cd` command to change directories. Example: `cd C:\path\to\script`

3. Run the script by typing: `.\winDragon.ps1`

4. Follow the interactive prompts to select the tasks you wish to perform.



**Tip:** It is best to run this script from a USB thumb drive to ensure that the script can access all necessary files without restrictions.



## 📋 Requirements

- PowerShell 7.4.6 or newer

- Administrator privileges to perform system-level operations like repair, cleanup, and optimization.



## 🌟 Features

- **🔄 Mirror Backup:** Uses Robocopy to create a mirror backup of specified directories.

- **🔧 Repair Tasks:** Utilizes DISM and SFC to check and repair system health.

- **📦 Update Installed Software:** Updates all installed software using WinGet.

- **🧹 Cleanup Tasks:** Performs advanced disk cleanup using Windows Clean Manager.

- **💽 Drive Optimization:** Optimizes SSDs and HDDs using appropriate methods.

- **ℹ️ System Information:** Collects and displays detailed system information.

- **📊 Event Log Analysis:** Analyzes system event logs for errors and warnings.



## 🔧 Functions

### 🐉 Show-Dragon

Displays an ASCII art dragon.



### 💬 Show-Message

Displays a message with a decorative border in yellow color.



### ❌ Show-Error

Displays an error message with a decorative border in red color.



### 📋 Show-Menu

Displays a task menu for the user to select from various maintenance tasks.



### 📂 Get-BackupPaths

Prompts the user to enter the source and destination directories for a backup operation.



### 🛠️ Catcher

Handles errors that occur during various tasks and collects those errors for a summary report.



### 📝 Write-Log

Logs messages to a specified log file located in a dated folder.



### 🛡️ Start-DefenderScan

Runs a virus scan using Windows Defender based on the current status.



### 🔄 Start-Backup

Initiates a backup operation using Robocopy.



### 🔧 Start-Repair

Performs a series of system repair tasks using various system tools.



### 📦 Start-WinGetUpdate

Installs or updates WinGet and updates all installed packages.



### 🧹 Start-Cleanup

Executes an advanced disk cleanup using the built-in Windows tool.



### 💽 Start-Optimization

Performs disk optimization on all physical drives detected by the system.



### ℹ️ Start-PCInfo

Collects and displays detailed information about the computer's hardware and system configuration.



### 🔍 Search-OnlineForInfo

Generates a Bing search URL for the given information.



### 📊 Start-EventLogAnalysis

Analyzes system event logs for errors and warnings.



## ⚠️ Disclaimer

You are running this script at your own risk. Please ensure you have backups of your important data before running any maintenance tasks.



## 📜 License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.



## 👤 Author

Daniel Penrod