Quick post on getting started with Chocolatey.
Launch and admin PowerShell console.
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| Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted | |
| # Install Chocolatey | |
| Invoke-WebRequest https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | Invoke-Expression | |
| # Enable Global confirmation (auto accept any prompts) | |
| choco feature enable -n=allowGlobalConfirmation |
Or use this function that checks if it’s installed and it not installs it.
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| Function Install-Choco | |
| { | |
| Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -force | |
| If (!(Test-Path -Path "C:\ProgramData\chocolatey")) | |
| { | |
| $env:chocolateyUseWindowsCompression = 'false' | |
| Invoke-WebRequest https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | Invoke-Expression | |
| choco feature enable -n=allowGlobalConfirmation | |
| } | |
| } |
Then
Install-Choco
Install some stuff! (Full list of packages available on the site)
choco install googlechrome choco install notepadplusplus.install choco install 7zip.install choco install adobereader choco install sysinternals choco install powershell choco install filezilla choco install keepass.install choco install putty choco install paint.net choco install mysql.workbench choco install fiddler choco install windirstat choco install greenshot choco install winmerge choco install windowsazurepowershell choco install cutepdf choco install pscx choco install github choco install tightvnc choco install adblockpluschrome choco install powergui choco install teracopy choco install lastpass choco install truecrypt choco install autoruns choco install logparser choco install slack choco install carbon choco install freefilesync choco install zoomit choco install visualstudiocode
More info: https://chocolatey.org/