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There are a lot articles about optimization of SSDs but these tips often require a lot of typing and/or clicking.

Examples:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1133897/windows-7-ssd-tweaking-guide
https://www.computing.net/howtos/show/solid-state-drive-ssd-tweaks-for-windows-7/552.html
http://www.computingunleashed.com/tweaks-to-speed-up-ssd-optimize.html
http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds

Has someone found similar guide with a *.bat / *.reg file included to do all these "improvements" in one go?

(Yes, I know - not all such tweaks are really needed, but I'm looking for such guide to have a starting template and to customize it to my needs later)
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Lexor: Has someone found similar guide with a *.bat / *.reg file included to do all these "improvements" in one go?

(Yes, I know - not all such tweaks are really needed, but I'm looking for such guide to have a starting template and to customize it to my needs later)
I've only ever come across a small executable to test to see if TRIM was operating on the SSD.

I would be cautious if you ever came across a .bat/.reg file claiming to be a panacea for all the improvements or tweaks. Some of these may not be appropriate for your specific system. Additionally, others are options depending on whether you want your SSD to be a data drive or contain the Operating System, and some are based on your choices. For example, to save space, you can disable indexing, but by doing so, it may take longer to search for a file.

Some of these guides were written when SSDs were much smaller in storage size. Now that prices have dropped, the larger drives are more financially accessible, making space-saving changes not as important. It may even be such a small improvement over the current speed, it wouldn't even matter.

IMO, I would rather read up on each tweak to determine if this trick would benefit me and also learn about what it actually does. In fact, I was already in the process of using the overclock.net articles you mentioned to work on a Windows 7 build with the OS on SSD and the rest on HDD. Sure, it takes longer to go through all the steps, but I learn more about my SSD and system the further I go through them.
Thank you for your reply, SeeJayGamer.
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SeeJayGamer: I would be cautious if you ever came across a .bat/.reg file claiming to be a panacea for all the improvements or tweaks. Some of these may not be appropriate for your specific system. Additionally, others are options depending on whether you want your SSD to be a data drive or contain the Operating System, and some are based on your choices.
Yes, I know that changing entries registry without proper knowledge can be dangerous so I will not do that blindly - as I said I just need a "one template" to customize it because I've already found many such changes but they are not "all on one page" just spreaded out on many pages (often just one change or tip per page) which is very inconvienient.
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SeeJayGamer: IMO, I would rather read up on each tweak to determine if this trick would benefit me and also learn about what it actually does. In fact, I was already in the process of using the overclock.net articles you mentioned to work on a Windows 7 build with the OS on SSD and the rest on HDD. Sure, it takes longer to go through all the steps, but I learn more about my SSD and system the further I go through them.
This is not today when I found these links I posted (and many others). I am already testing / have implemented many of them after reading "what are they doing" first.

But I would still like to have such *.bat / *.reg file to make it ready for future reinstallations of the system as following all steps from these articles after each reinstall is "boring". :D

For example, this boring sequence of opening windows/clicking buttons from first guide:
Move your temp files to a Mechanical hard drive. (If Users Folder is being used on the SSD)
A)Hit Start and right-click on Computer and select Properties
B)On the left side of the window, click Advanced System Settings.
C)Under the Advanced tab, in the on the bottom click Environmental Variables…
D)Click on the variable TEMP then click Edit…
E)Under the Variable Value: box, enter in the new path you would like for your temp files, ex. D:\Temp Files\TEMP
F)Click on the variable TMP then click Edit…
G)Under the Variable Value: box, enter in the new path you would like for your temp files, ex. D:\Temp Files\TMP
H)Click Ok and you must reboot for this to take effect.
can be easily replaced by a reg file with:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]
"TEMP"="D:\Temp Files\TEMP"
"TMP"="D:\Temp Files\TMP"
In addition, there could be more entries to move more tmp folders, such as for System and for Default User:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment]
"TEMP"="D:\Temp Files\TEMP"
"TMP"="D:\Temp Files\TMP"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Environment]
"TEMP"="D:\Temp Files\TEMP"
"TMP"="D:\Temp Files\TMP"
Another example, this sequence:
Reduce Page File Size
A)Hit Start and right-click on Computer and select Properties
B)On the left side of the window, click Advanced System Settings.
C)Under the Advanced tab, in the Performance section click Settings…
D)Click the Advanced tab, and under Virtual Memory, Click Change
E)Uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives.
F)Highlight your SSD and underneath it, click the Custom Size radio button.
G)Under Initial size and Maximum size, type in 1024 and then click Set and click OK. You must reboot for this to take effect
can be (probably?) replaced with:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"PagingFiles"="C:\pagefile.sys 1024 1024"
I assume that probably most if not all of these steps mentioned in guides (and these I need) can be "easily shortened" but the problem is - it's hard to find them for me and that's why I'm looking for such "template" to analyse it first and then take out only steps I need. :)
Post edited December 22, 2017 by Lexor
Sigh, it seems that GOG's forum is not the best one to ask such question as mine. :(

Can anyone recommend any other very populated forum where I can find the answer?

I tried one of subreddits but also got no answers at all.

In general I am looking for REG/BAT file template which includes registry tweaks to optimize SSD usage in Windows 7. Among any other REG/BAT tweaks I am looking for are things like:
- reduce page file size
- move temp directories to a HDD
- move web browser cache to a HDD
- move user folders to a HDD
- move SoftwareDistribution folder to a HDD
- check / enable AHCI
- check / enable TRIM
- disable automatic defragmentation
- disable hibernation
- disable prefetch
- disable superfetch
- disable indexing
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Lexor: Sigh, it seems that GOG's forum is not the best one to ask such question as mine. :(
Just search in Google:
(each function) + "commandline" or "script" or "batch" or "registry"
and you'll find all the info you need..
Post edited December 22, 2017 by phaolo
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phaolo: Just search in Google.
That's the thing I'm using.

But by creating this thread I was hoping for someone to point me in "right direction" to some guide which has it all in one place. Also, I listed "some tweaks" above I do know about but maybe there are many others I do not.
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phaolo: Just search in Google.
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Lexor: That's the thing I'm using.

But by creating this thread I was hoping for someone to point me in "right direction" to some guide which has it all in one place. Also, I listed "some tweaks" above I do know about but maybe there are many others I do not.
Maybe ask in forums like anandtech, toms hardware, ars technica, etc