Running the Free tier
The Free tier is a plain batch script — FrameForge-Free.bat, all of 2.4 KB. No installer, no app window. You double-click it, clear one Windows warning, and it does four safe things after making a restore point. Call it three minutes.
What it changes
Four tweaks, all Safe.
- Safe
Game Mode on + Game DVR / background recording off
Prioritizes the foreground game and kills background capture overhead. Game Bar overlay stays installed.
- Safe
Game Bar background capture fully off
Disables AppCapture and historical (background) recording. Overlay still works; removes capture overhead.
- Safe
Clear temp files
Deletes %TEMP% and C:\Windows\Temp (in-use files are skipped). Does NOT touch Prefetch.
- Safe
Snappier menus & instant startup apps
MenuShowDelay=0 and removes the artificial startup-app delay. Pure responsiveness.
Why a .bat is fine
It is a text file you can open in Notepad and read end to end before running it — nothing hidden. It only calls built-in Windows tools (reg, powercfg, del) and creates a System Restore point first. No memory reads, no injection, nothing that touches anti-cheat.
Step by step
Same flow on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. You will see a SmartScreen prompt and a UAC prompt — both are expected. Here is exactly what each one is.
- 01
Download the file
GrabFrameForge-Free.batfrom the download page. It lands in yourDownloadsfolder. Because it is a script, there is nothing to install — you can drag it to your Desktop if you like, or run it where it sits. - 02
Double-click it (right-click is optional)
Just double-clickFrameForge-Free.bat. You do not need to right-click → Run as administrator — the script elevates itself in the next step. (If your browser flagged the download, click the ··· next to it and choose Keep first.) - 03
Clear SmartScreen — More info → Run anyway
Windows may show a blue “Windows protected your PC” box. That is SmartScreen flagging an unsigned file by reputation — not a malware verdict. Click More info, then Run anyway. If you do not see this box, your machine already trusts the file and you can move on. - 04
Approve the UAC prompt (Yes)
The script relaunches itself elevated usingStart-Process -Verb RunAs, which triggers the User Account Control prompt — the dimmed screen asking “Do you want to allow this app to make changes?” Click Yes. Registry andpowercfgchanges need administrator rights; without this it cannot do anything. - 05
Let it make a System Restore point (~20s)
First thing it does is create a restore point named for FrameForge. This takes roughly 20 seconds and is your safety net — if you ever want everything back the way it was, this is how (see Reverting). Let it finish; do not close the window. - 06
Watch the four tweaks run
The console prints each step as it goes: Game Mode on and Game DVR / background capture off, snappier menus and instant startup apps, then a temp-file sweep of%TEMP%andC:\Windows\Temp(in-use files are skipped, Prefetch is left alone). It is fast. - 07
Done — press a key to close
When it says it is finished, press any key to close the window. No reboot is required for the Free tier. That is the whole thing. If you want the latency and FPS core next, the Basic tier picks up from here.
What the window looks like
Roughly this — a black console that narrates each step, then waits for a key.
FrameForge — Free ================================= [*] Creating System Restore point ... done [1/4] Game Mode on, Game DVR off ... ok [2/4] Game Bar background capture off ... ok [3/4] Snappier menus + instant startup ... ok [4/4] Clearing temp files ... ok All done. Nothing here is permanent. Press any key to close . . .
Undoing it
The Free script does not write a Revert file — it is small enough that System Restore is the undo. Roll back to the restore point it made in step 5:
Win → type "Create a restore point" → Enter System Protection tab → System Restore... Pick the "FrameForge" point → Next → Finish