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Revision as of 17:22, 26 September 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

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

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

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/83389

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

choco upgrade chocolatey -f