Set up a new Windows PC

Use the Chocolatey package manager to install and maintain tools:

chocoinstall-basic.ps1

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    7zip 7zip.commandline aescrypt agentransack bleachbit 
    ccleaner clink ConEmu dns-benchmark everything 
    findandreplace flashplayerplugin Gow greenshot 
    hashcheck javaruntime LinkShellExtension markdown-edit 
    mingw NirLauncher notepad2-mod previewconfig 
    processhacker putty sysinternals treesizefree 
    ultradefrag wincdemu winscp

The 64-bit version of Notepad++ is not compatible with the Plugin Manager, so install the 32-bit version (unless you want to manually install and maintain plugins).

NOTE: Updating this package without specifying 32-bit will install the 64-bit version, removing the plugins. Update this package separately and before a cup all.

cinst notepadplusplus -x86

See also: Configuring Markdown support.

After install:

• Run LSEConfig
• Configure Greenshot
  • Preferences → Capture
  • Uncheck Show magnifier
• Configure ProcessHacker
  • Hacker → Options → Advanced
  • Check Replace Task Manager with Process Hacker
• Run shellrunas /reg
• Install Notepad++ plugins

chocoinstall-basic-win7.ps1

cinst flashplayeractivex MicrosoftSecurityEssentials

The following applications are available via Chocolatey, but have their own update mechanisms, which should install updates faster than manually running choco upgrade.

• Firefox
  • Using Chocolatey: cinst firefox noscript https-everywhere-firefox
• Google Chrome
  • Using Chocolatey: cinst googlechrome https-everywhere-chrome save-to-pocket-chrome pushbullet-chrome trello-chrome office-online-chrome
• Foxit Reader - PDF viewer
  • Using Chocolatey: cinst FoxitReader

The following software does not yet have a Chocolatey package available:

• WinMTR - combines the functionality of the traceroute and ping utilities in a single network diagnostic tool.

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    fiddler4 git hackfont jdk8 jmeter linqpad logexpert 
    ngrok.portable nodejs NuGet.commandline 
    NugetPackageExplorer openinvscode poshgit 
    sourcecodepro sourcepreviewhandler SourceTree sysexp

Includes the following:

• LINQpad
• NuGet command-line and Package Explorer
• mingw, git, poshgit and SourceTree
• Fiddler and ngrok
• logexpert and logparser
• Additional fonts

There is a bug in version 0.25 of Git-TFS, so install the previous version and pin it:

cinst gittfs -version 0.24.2
choco pin add -n=gittfs --version 0.24.2

Diff tools

• Beyond Compare: cinst beyondcompare beyondcompare-integration
• WinMerge: cinst winmerge
  • The xdocdiff plugin (not in Chocolatey) adds support for comparing MS Office documents
• Perforce: cinst P4Merge

If not using ReSharper:

cinst dotPeek codemaid testdriven.net

• Windows SDK for Windows 7 (ISO) - shouldn't need this if Visual Studio is installed

Visual Studio extensions have their own update mechanism, but these are available in Chocolatey. See also: Visual Studio extensions I use.

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    markdowneditor ignorefiles editorconfig.vs vscoloroutput 
    vs2015-roaming-extension-manager tangible-t4-vs2013 
    visualstudio-github

Visual Studio Code (with extensions):

cinst VisualStudioCode vscode-csharp vscode-powershell vscode-editorconfig vscode-markdownlint

Design:

cinst argouml Pencil prototyper

Blog editing/management:

cinst openlivewriter

Multimedia applications:

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• Enable Windows Desktop Search (for Outlook, etc.) - Server Manager → Features → Windows Search
• Install Desktop Experience On Windows Server 2012