Ive had to manually reset and stage profile/application setup for at least 100 computers this year, and the most time efficient thing I found was winget import to auto install a large number of apps, import default app associations by xml, and liberal use of cmd. //

Breaking the right-click context menu for files is so annoying. To get to any of the actual installed things that hooked into the right click menu, I've got to click "Show More Options" every... single... time...
Run this from an admin command prompt and then reboot:

reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /ve /d "" /f

This will restore the proper right-click context menu -- something that Microsoft never should have changed in the first place.

And that is the big problem that can't be emphasized enough: Windows 11 is a gigantic pile of stupid, pointless changes. Dozens of things changed for no good reason, and each one of them just making things a little bit worse. //

For what it's worth, you can disable most of this via Windows Settings-->System-->Notifications. Scroll to the bottom and uncheck everything under Additional settings. //

To set up a local account instead of being forced through signing up with a Microsoft one, press shift-F10 as soon as you go through the OOBE. This will being up a command prompt (which may not have focus 🙄). In the command prompt, type in

oobe\bypassnro

Hit enter and your computer will reboot. After the reboot you will now be able to say you don't have an internet connection and you will able to create a local account instead. //

You can also hold the Shift key while you right-click to skip directly to the legacy right-click context menu, instead of clicking the "Show More" button. //

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID

Right-click the blank area in the right portion of the window and select New > Key, then paste {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} as the key name.

Next, right-click on {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} in the Registry Editor sidebar and select New > Key. Then name the new key InprocServer32 .

Next, right-click on {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} in the Registry Editor sidebar and select New > Key. Then name the new key InprocServer32 .

After that, close Registry Editor and restart your Windows 11 PC.