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== Popular Third Party Software ==
 
== Popular Third Party Software ==

Revision as of 09:58, 27 January 2023

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

IT Support Software/Utilities

  • cpu-z
  • driverview
  • powertoys
  • procexp
  • procmon
  • putty.install
  • speedtest
  • sysinternals

Popular Third Party Software

7zip.install adobereader audacity audacity-ffmpeg audacity-lame cdburnerxp filezilla fsviewer getiplayer gimp googleearthpro jre8 libreoffice libreoffice-help paint.net vlc 

Communications

  • discord.install
  • microsoft-teams.install
  • skype
  • telegram.install
  • thunderbird
  • zoom

Remote Desktop Tools

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

Web Browsers

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

Useful Links