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Useful Tools

Name Descr Link
Everything Search tool with a file index http://www.voidtools.com/
Launchy Launcher of software http://sourceforge.net/projects/launchy/
ClipX CLipboard manager http://bluemars.org/clipx/
F.Lux Modifies Monitor colors to save the eyes http://justgetflux.com/
  • Firefox / Chrome
  • Process Explorer
  • VLC Video Player
  • Foobar 2000 Audio Player
  • 7Zip
  • Total Commander
  • Microsoft Office
  • Notepad++

WinGet

Here is the repository: https://winget.run/

Upgrade all regularly:

winget upgrade --all
winget install -h -e --id TortoiseGit.TortoiseGit
winget install -h -e --id Git.Git
winget install -h -e --id Microsoft.GitCredentialManagerCore
winget install -h -e --id Wox.Wox
winget install -h -e --id voidtools.Everything
winget install -h -e --id Google.Chrome
winget install -h -e --id Mozilla.Firefox
winget install -h -e --id Adobe.Acrobat.Reader.64-bit
winget install -h -e --id mcmilk.7zip-zstd
winget install -h -e --id Notepad++.Notepad++
winget install -h -e --id IrfanSkiljan.IrfanView
winget install -h -e --id Dropbox.Dropbox
winget install -h -e --id ShareX.ShareX
winget install -h -e --id IrfanSkiljan.IrfanView
winget install -h -e --id Microsoft.Skype
winget install -h -e --id FastStone.Viewer
winget install -h -e --id JGraph.Draw
winget install -h -e --id Google.AndroidStudio
winget install -h -e --id Postman.Postman
winget install -h -e --id Python.Python.3.11
winget install -h -e --id JetBrains.IntelliJIDEA.Ultimate
winget install -h -e --id AdoptOpenJDK.OpenJDK.17
winget install -h -e --id Microsoft.OpenJDK.21
winget install -h -e --id Oracle.VirtualBox
winget install -h -e --id Hashicorp.Vagrant
winget install -h -e --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
winget install -h -e --id DominikReichl.KeePass

# procexp.exe is in "~\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\procexp.exe"
winget install            sysinternals --accept-package-agreements
winget install -h -e --id Cygwin.Cygwin
winget install -h -e --id Microsoft.WindowsTerminal
winget install -h -e --id SumatraPDF.SumatraPDF
winget install -h -e --id OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS
winget install -e --id PDFsam.PDFsam
# vlc
winget install --id "XPDM1ZW6815MQM" --exact --source msstore --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements


# PureText - from microsoft app store
winget install --id "9PKJV6319QTL" --exact --source msstore --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

#2fast tool 
winget install --id "9P9D81GLH89Q" --exact --source msstore --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

#Snip & Sketch
winget install --id "9MZ95KL8MR0L" --exact --source msstore --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

# Monitorian - screen brightness
winget install --id "9NW33J738BL0" --exact --source msstore --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

Chocolatey NuGet

Chocolatey NuGet packages. Call the file packages.config and install via:

choco install -y packages.config

Read the details here: http://chocolatey.github.io/usage.html

Here is the repository: https://chocolatey.org/packages

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="everything" />
  <package id="wox" />
  <package id="google-chrome-x64" />
  <package id="adobereader" />
  <package id="vlc" />
  <package id="7zip" />
  <package id="procexp" />
  <package id="notepadplusplus"/>
  <package id="irfanview" />
  <package id="dropbox" />  
  <package id="sharex" />
  <package id="irfanview" />
  <package id="irfanviewplugins" />
  <package id="kindle" />
  <package id="skype" />  
  <package id="fsviewer" />
    
  <package id="balsamiqmockups3" /> 
  <package id="staruml2" />
  <package id="androidstudio" />  
  <package id="git" />   
  <package id="tortoisegit" />  
  <package id="python3" />
  <package id="jdk17" />
  <package id="maven" />
  <package id="gradle" />  
  <package id="virtualbox" />  
  <package id="cmder" />  
  <package id="vagrant" />  
  <package id="visualstudiocode" />
</packages>

Installing single package works via

choco install staruml2

FinePrint

Configs HP printer

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