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setup-win

WARNING I'm currently working on a re-write of these docs

Set up a fresh Windows 11 install the easy way using the winget package manager.

Fork and change it to your favourite apps. Mine will be a fairly minimal gaming rig.

๐Ÿ’ก I also have guides for macOS and Linux!

๐Ÿซ Install Chocolatey Package Manager

  1. Open Windows Powershell as Administrator
  2. Install Chocolatey with the command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
  1. Close and reopen Powershell, or open CMD as Admin, instead.
  2. Check it worked with choco

Keep things updated:

  • Keep everything up to date with choco upgrade all
  • Lock certain apps to a version with choco upgrade all --except="'speccy,vlc'"

List all installed packages + versions:

choco version all

TL;DR - All in one

choco install -y microsoft-windows-terminal firefox origin steam uplay goggalaxy vortex epicgameslauncher discord slack notion obs obs-studio virtualbox itunes icloud vlc 7zip ccleaner FiraCode-ttf powertoys dashlane authy-desktop

Step-by-step

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป Install Windows Terminal

choco install -y microsoft-windows-terminal 

๐Ÿ” Install Password manager

choco install -y 1password

๐ŸฆŠ Install Firefox

choco install -y firefox

๐ŸŽฎ Install game launchers

choco install -y origin steam uplay goggalaxy vortex epicgameslauncher

๐Ÿฆœ Install chat clients

choco install -y discord slack

Install other misc. bits

choco install -y obs obs-studio virtualbox itunes icloud vlc 7zip ccleaner 

๐Ÿ“บ Install graphics drivers (Choose one)

๐ŸŽผ Install Sound drivers (Optional)

๐Ÿง Install some dev stuff (Optional)

  • Install Windows Subsystem for Linux, enable it, enable Ubuntu (or your favourite flavour) (check Windows App Store)

Extra stuff (Optional)

Web apps

  • Steam Grid DB - add custom banners and logos for your non-steam games.

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