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'))

GUI Installation

choco install chocolateygui chocolatey-core.extension

Powershell

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>

Install Multiple Packages

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'))
choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation
choco install vcredist140
choco install dotnet-6.0-desktopruntime
choco install 7zip
choco install vlc
choco install adobereader
choco install notepadplusplus
choco install googlechrome
choco install firefox

Package Parameters

Log File Location

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs

Upgrade Via The PowerShell

choco outdated

choco upgrade all

IT Support Software/Utilities

Popular Third Party Software

Backup

Customization

Office Productivity

Computer-Aided Design

  • freecad - Freecad is a general purpose feature-based, parametric 3D modeler for CAD, MCAD, CAx, CAE and PLM.
  • qet - QElectroTech is a free CAD/CAE editor focusing on electrical schematics drawing features.

Audio

Graphics

  • fsviewer - https://www.faststone.org/
  • gimp - GIMP is a cross-platform image editor.
  • imagemagick - ImageMagick is a free and open-source software suite for displaying, converting, and editing raster image and vector image files.
  • jpegview - similar to fsviewer & not just for JPEG files
  • krita - Krita is a professional free and open source painting program.
  • paint.net
  • photoflare - https://photoflare.io/ Photoflare]
  • pinta - Pinta is a free, open source program for drawing and image editing.
  • tux-paint

Video

Communications

  • betterbird - Betterbird a fork of Mozilla Thunderbird.
  • discord.install
  • microsoft-teams.install
  • signal
  • skype
  • telegram.install
  • thunderbird
  • twitch
  • zoom
  • zoom-outlook

Gaming

  • bsnes - SNES emulator
  • leagueoflegendseune - League Of Legends
  • ryujinx - Nintendo Switch Emulator
  • steamdeck
  • zsnes - SNES emulator

Remote Desktop Tools

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

Web Browsers

  • brave - Brave
  • firefox
  • adblockplusfirefox - Adblock Plus plugin for Firefox
  • googlechrome-allusers - Installer for multiuser systems
  • adblockpluschrome - Adblock Plus plugin for Chrome
  • opera
  • adblockplusopera - Adblock Plus plugin for Opera
  • tor-browser

Password Management

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

NirSoft Utilities

NirSoft provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer.

  • nirlauncher - a package of more than 180 NirSoft portable freeware utilities for Windows
  • nircmd - a small command-line utility that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface
  • shellbagsview - View last used folder explorer settings
  • taskschedulerview - Allows you to easily view and edit Windows Scheduled Tasks in a GUI
  • uninstallview - Gathers information on installed software and acts as an uninstaller
  • usbdeview - List connected and previously connected USB devices

Social Media

Useful Links

Errors

Unable to load Chocolatey GUI assembly. The type initializer for 'ChocolateyGUI.Common.Windows.Bootstrapper' threw an exception.

Possibly caused by the failure to update from v.1 to v.2 correctly, try:

choco upgrade chocolatey -f

Thanks to Microsoft.