From aedc9bf7ca5ae1bcdce3c3ae4e307b99fae18cdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zoicware <118035521+zoicware@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:51:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] dont clobber settings visibility tweak fix #42

---
 RemoveWindowsAi.ps1 | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1 b/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1
index 5f49e61..617202b 100644
--- a/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1
+++ b/RemoveWindowsAi.ps1
@@ -1472,7 +1472,15 @@ function Hide-AI-Components {
         Reg.exe delete 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer' /v 'SettingsPageVisibility' /f >$null
     }
     else {
-        Reg.exe add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer' /v 'SettingsPageVisibility' /t REG_SZ /d 'hide:aicomponents;' /f >$null
+        $existingSettings = Get-ItemPropertyValue 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer' -Name 'SettingsPageVisibility' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+        if ($existingSettings) {
+            $newval = $existingSettings + 'aicomponents;'
+            Reg.exe add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer' /v 'SettingsPageVisibility' /t REG_SZ /d $newval /f >$null
+        }
+        else {
+            Reg.exe add 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer' /v 'SettingsPageVisibility' /t REG_SZ /d 'hide:aicomponents;' /f >$null
+        }
+       
     }
 }