Windows package manager

Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows like apt-get or yum but for Windows. With all of this in mind, think of Chocolatey as a framework that you can build on top of. Chef, Puppet, Boxstarter, PowerShell DSC, Ansible, Saltstack, etc all have ways for using Chocolatey to ensure the state of a computer and packages installed. Even Microsoft has decided to use Chocolatey's framework with the PowerShell PackageManagement / OneGet package manager aggregator.

Install

Update-ExecutionPolicy -Policy Unrestricted
#Install Chocolatey
iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString("http://chocolatey.org/install.ps1")) 
#Reload profile
. $profile

# Explanation
alias iwr #Alias           iwr -> Invoke-WebRequest 
alias iex #Alias           iex -> Invoke-Expression

Usage

choco install <pkg|packages.config> [<pkg2> <pkgN>] [<options/switches>]
cinst <pkg|packages.config> [<pkg2> <pkgN>] [<options/switches>]

choco uninstall <pkg|all> [pkg2 pkgN] [options/switches]
cuninst <pkg|all> [pkg2 pkgN] [options/switches]

choco list --local-only

Install packages

cinst fiddler4 #SSL packet inspection termination point and logging 
cinst putty 7zip atom
#cinst git-credential-winstore #old use: Git Credential Manager for Windows
cinst git-credential-manager-for-windows
cinst poshgit #git prompt in PowerShell teminal
cinst console-devel
cinst sublimetext2 #add npp++
cinst notepadplusplus 
cinst vlc
cinst winmerge #add kdiff3
cinst googlechrome #add firefox
cinst sourcetree
cinst resharper
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cinst visualstudiocode
cinst nodejs.install
cinst dotpeek

Install .net core

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; &([scriptblock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest -useb 'https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.ps1'))) <additional install-script args>"

References

• dotnet-install-script Microsoft docs

Windows desktop developer settings

#Set-WinUserLanguageList -LanguageList en-GB
Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions -EnableShowFullPathInTitleBar
Enable-RemoteDesktop
#Set-StartScreenOptio=ns -EnableBootToDesktop
#Move-LibraryDirectory "Personal" "$env:UserProfile\<userName>\documents"
#Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions -EnableShowFullPathInTitleBar -EnableOpenFileExplorerToQuickAccess -EnableShowRecentFilesInQuickAccess -EnableShowFrequentFoldersInQuickAccess -EnableExpandToOpenFolder
#Set-TaskbarOptions -Size Small -Lock -Dock Top -Combine Always
#Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptEula

Resources

• Chocolatey - Software Management for Windows GitHub wiki