Hours

Later

....

• Multiple clicks to get anywhere

• Deja vu - sense of installing same software

• Aarg! should have got 64 bit version

• Darn it, installed it to directory with a space

• etc

• etc

Problems Solved

http://chocolatey.org/

Finding Applications

• Use Boxstarter Chocolatey package
   

• Detects Needed Reboots
   

• Re-starts install script after reboots
   

• https://boxstarter.org/

Bulk Install Packages

Installing Software

Install Chocolatey

http://chocolatey.org/

iex
(
    (new-object net.webclient).DownloadString
    (
        'https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'
    )
)

Install BoxStarter

    choco install -y BoxStarter

Install from Gist

@powershell 
    -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass 
    -Command "Install-BoxStarterPackage 
        -PackageName %temp%\\BoxstarterGist.txt"

Gist File - Windows Config

Enable-RemoteDesktop

Set-CornerNavigationOptions -EnableUsePowerShellOnWinX

Set-ExplorerOptions 
    -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives 
    -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles 
    -EnableShowFileExtensions 
    -EnableShowFullPathInTitlebar

Set-TaskbarOptions -Size Small -Lock

Gist File - Chocolatey

chocolatey feature enable -n=allowGlobalConfirmation

choco install git 
choco install nodejs 
choco install visualstudiocode 
choco install GoogleChrome 
.....

chocolatey feature disable -n=allowGlobalConfirmation

Gist File - Npm/Taskbar 

Install-ChocolateyPinnedTaskBarItem 
    "${env:UserProfile}\Desktop\code.lnk"

Install-ChocolateyPinnedTaskBarItem 
    "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"

Gist File - Code Config

$vsCodeDir = "${env:appdata}\Code"

If ((Test-Path $vsCodeDir)) {
	cp "${env:temp}\VisualStudioCode_keybinding.json" 
            "$vsCodeDir\keybinding.json"
	
	cp "${env:temp}\VisualStudioCode_UserSettings.json" 
            "$vsCodeDir\usersettings.json"
}
else {  
   Write-Host "Error: Visual Studio Code Directory, $vsCodeDir is missing"
}

Gist File - Git Clone

$projectDir = "${env:systemdrive}\projects"

If (!(Test-Path $projectDir)) {
	New-Item -Path $projectDir -ItemType Directory
}

cd $projectDir

git clone ....

Wrap up

1. Install Chocolatey

2. Install Boxstarter

3. Run Gist file

New Initial Instructions