Chocolatey

Link

https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/

Useful apps

Create a package.config file in a folder that you prefer.

I find these apps useful, so I use this config file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
	<package id="7zip" />
	<package id="adobereader" />
	<package id="fiddler" />
	<package id="firefox" />
	<package id="gimp" />
	<package id="git" />
	<package id="googlechrome" />
	<package id="greenshot" />
	<package id="hugo" />
	<package id="inkscape" />
	<package id="irfanview" />
	<package id="lastpass-chrome"/>
	<package id="nodejs" />
	<package id="notepadplusplus" />
	<package id="postman" />
	<package id="pwsh" />
	<package id="python" />
	<package id="sysinternals" />
	<package id="sql-server-management-studio" />
	<package id="teamviewer9" />
	<package id="visualstudio2022community" />
	<package id="vlc" />
	<package id="vscode" />
	<package id="winmerge" />
	<package id="winscp" />
	<package id="wireshark" />
	<package id="zim" />
</packages>

Install Chocolatey

Go to Chocolatey and follow the “Individual” instructions.

Install Apps

Open PowerShell with elevated rights in the folder that you created the config file in choco install .\packages.config --confirm

Update Apps

Open PowerShell with elevated rights choco upgrade all --confirm