How to revert changes made to Windows 10 by "Destroy Windows Spying" (DWS_Lite.exe)

After thorough research, I've found a complete list of changes made by DWS, which goes as follows:

Delete Keylogger and Telemetry:

• Disables and deletes some of Diagnostics and Windows Media push services.
• Disbales Cortana from registry, by Computer Policy.
• Disables Windows Telemetry from registry.
• Disables Diagnostics from registry.
• Disables Inclusion of MRT in Windows Update from registry.

Add spy domains in hosts file, and block in Windows Firewall:

• Blocks Microsoft telemetry URLs from hosts file.
• Blocks Microsoft telemetry IP ranges from firewall.
• Blocks Microsoft telemetry IP ranges from routing table.

Disable Private Settings:

• Disbales Cortana from registry, by User Policy.
• Disables Camera on LockScreen from registry.
• Disables Biometrics from registry.
• Disables Bing Search from registry.
• Disables Web Search from registry.
• Disables Password Reveal Button from registry.
• Disables Sensors from registry.
• Disables Location Services from registry.

Disable Windows Defender:

• Disables Windows Defender from registry.
• Disables Automatic Malware Sample Submission from registry.
• Disables Malware Reporting from registry.
• Disables Smart Screen Filter from registry.

Set Default Windows Photo Viewer:

• Self-descriptive I guess!

Disable Spy Tasks:

• Disables Diagnostics from task scheduler.
• Disables Media Center Discovery from task scheduler.
• Disables Office Telemetry from task scheduler.
• Disables Customer Experince from task scheduler.
• Disables WinSAT Maintenance from task scheduler.

Note: It doen't reinstall removed metro apps!

Disclaimer: This method is 100% working and tested on my own machine. However, there's a chance that I didn't mentioned all the changes, and maybe I missed some registry keys. Please be waed that it reverts affected settings to Out-of-Box state, so if you changed some of those, you may need to re-enable/configure them. !Do it at your ownrisk!

The character limit doesn't allow me to post the script here. You can view and download the script from the link below, until some moderator help me paste it here:

DWS_Neutralizer.cmd

Works for DWS (Final) Lastest Update: 2015-12-29

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