Chocolatey Software
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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
chocolateygui chocolatey-core.extension
To Install A Package
Open PowerShell as an administrator, enter the following and press return:
choco install <PackageName>
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
Package Parameters
Log File Location
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs
Upgrade Via The PowerShell
choco upgrade chocolatey
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