Chocolatey Software

Chocolatey Software, a package manager for Windows which can be used as a standalone package by individuals, and businesses via packages such as puppet and Ansible.

Standalone Install

Open PowerShell as an administrator, enter the following and press return:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Chocolatey GUI

choco install chocolateygui chocolatey-core.extension

Prevent Desktop Icons From Being Added During Package Installations

Open PowerShell as an administrator, enter the following and press return:

choco install cleanup-desktop-shortcuts.hook --pre

Install A Package

Open PowerShell as an administrator, enter the following and press return:

choco install <PackageName>

Log File Location

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs

Upgrade Via The PowerShell

choco upgrade chocolatey

IT Support Software/Utilities

• autopsy - https://sleuthkit.org/autopsy/
• cpu-z
• crystaldiskinfo.install
• driverview
• etcher
• hwmonitor
• hwinfo
• iobit-uninstaller
• networktrafficview
• powertoys
• procexp
• procmon
• putty.install
• speedtest
• sysinternals

Popular Third Party Software

• 7zip.install
• adobereader
• bitwarden
• calibre
• cdburnerxp
• desktopok - DesktopOK is a tool to save and restore the positions of icons
• enpass.install
• filezilla
• googleearthpro
• jre8

Backup

• restic - https://restic.net/

Customization

• elevenclock - Windows 11 only, customizes the standard inbuilt clock
• everythingtoolbar - Replace Windows Search

Office Productivity

• doublecmd - https://doublecommander.com/
• freeoffice
• grammarly-for-windows
• libreoffice libreoffice-help
• joplin
• metanorma- https://www.metanorma.org/ - Framework for writing & publishing standardization documents
• notepadplusplus npppluginmanager
• office-online-chrome
• pandoc - A universal document converter
• rednotebook - https://rednotebook.app/
• wps-office-free
• zotero - https://www.zotero.org/

Audio

• audacity audacity-ffmpeg audacity-lame - https://www.audacityteam.org/
• ocenaudio.install - https://www.ocenaudio.com/en/
• reaper - - Reaper Digital Audio Workstation
• spotify

Graphics

• fsviewer - https://www.faststone.org/
• gimp - https://www.gimp.org/
• imagemagick
• jpegview - similar to fsviewer & not just for jpeg files
• paint.net

Video

• handbrake.install
• getiplayer
• kdenlive
• makemkv
• lossless-cut
• obs-studio.install
• openshot
• vlc

Communications

• betterbird - Thunderbird fork https://www.betterbird.eu
• discord.install
• microsoft-teams.install
• signal
• skype
• telegram.install
• thunderbird
• twitch
• zoom
• zoom-outlook

Gaming

• bsnes - SNES emulator
• ryujinx - Nintendo Switch Emulator
• steamdeck
• zsnes - SNES emulator

Remote Desktop Tools

• anydesk.install
• chrome-remote-desktop-chrome
• rustdesk
• teamviewer

Web Browsers

• brave
• firefox
• googlechrome
• googlechrome-allusers
• opera
• tor-browser

Password Management

• bitwarden
• bitwarden-cli
• bitwarden-edge
• bitwarden-chrome
• enpass.install

Social Media

• thedesk.portable - https://thedesk.top/en/ - Mastodon client

Useful Links

• https://renenyffenegger.ch/notes/Windows/Chocolatey/index