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>
Package Parameters
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
- freeoffice
- grammarly-for-windows
- libreoffice libreoffice-help
- joplin
- notepadplusplus npppluginmanager
- office-online-chrome
- pandoc - A universal document converter
- wps-office-free
Audio/Visual
- audacity audacity-ffmpeg audacity-lame
- fsviewer
- getiplayer
- gimp
- handbrake.install
- imagemagick
- jpegview - similar to fsviewer & not just for jpeg files
- kdenlive
- makemkv
- lossless-cut
- obs-studio.install
- openshot
- paint.net
- reaper
- spotify
- 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
