A Chocolatey PowerShell script to install programs to a newly paved Windows 8 machine, including development tools. Based on a gist from @amogram (https://gist.github.com/amogram/8217460)

Install-Programs

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# 	Script Name:  	Install-Programs.ps1
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# 	Author:         Andy Parkhill
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# 	Date Created:   27/03/2014
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# 	Description:    A simple environment setup script for my personal laptop.
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# 	Imported Modules
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# 	Constants
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Set-Variable ScriptName -option Constant -value "Install-Programs.ps1"


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# 	Functions
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#	Main Script Body
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Write-Host "Opening $ScriptName Script."

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#	Start of Script Body
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# Install Chocolatey
# See http://bit.ly/1a301JK
iex ((new-object net.webClient).DownloadString('http://bit.ly/psChocInstall'))


# Install Utilities 
cinst notepadplusplus
cinst greenshot 
cinst launchy
cinst ccleaner
cinst 7zip
cinst windirstat 
cinst wincdemu
cinst keepass
cinst ChocolateyGUI 
cinst TeraCopy 
cinst Revo.Uninstaller 
cinst dropbox
cinst PureTextPlus 
cinst tomighty
cinst utorrent
cinst sumo
cinst f.lux
cinst Recuva
cinst sumatrapdf
cinst cdburnerxp
cinst windirstat
cinst jing


# Install Browsers
cinst Firefox 
cinst GoogleChrome
cinst safari


# Install Browser Add-ons
cinst adblockplusfirefox 
cinst adblockpluschrome


# Media
cinst libreoffice
cinst vlc
cinst skype


# Install DEV tools
cinst fiddler
cinst linqpad
cinst winmerge
cinst sysinternals 

# Team Foundation Server 2013 Express 
cinst VisualStudioTeamFoundationServerExpress2013 

# Express 2013 for Windows Desktop
cinst VisualStudioExpress2013WindowsDesktop 

# Express 2013 for Windows (Windows 8 Apps)
cinst VisualStudioExpress2013Windows 

# Express 2013 for Web
cinst VisualStudio2013ExpressWeb

# SQL Server
cinst MsSqlServer2012Express 


cinst wepi # Web Platform installer
cinst git
cinst poshgit
cinst gitextensions
cinst instanteyedropper
cinst wget
cinst ilspy

# Blogging
cinst WindowsLiveWriter


# Tools to evaluate 

# cinst rdcman 
# cinst grepwin
# cinst roundhouse
# cinst NimbleText
# cinst papercut # Local SMTP server 
# cinst dotPeek
# cinst FastCopy
# cinst RegShot
# cinst RegScanner
# cinst nodejs.install
# cinst ruby
# cinst python
# cinst PhantomJS
# cinst ScriptCs
# cinst curl
# cinst Wget
# cinst hg
# cinst Compass
# cinst Yeoman
# cinst teamviewer
# cinst vagrant
# cinst typescript.vs

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#	End of Script Body
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Write-Host "Closing $ScriptName Script."

# Wait for input before closing.
# Write-Host "Press any key to continue..."
# $x = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")