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Get a clean Windows up and running as a gaming and developer PC.

Get a clean Windows up and running as a gaming and developer PC.

Install Chocolatey

Open Command Prompt as Administrator (right click > Run as administrator)

Paste into Command Prompt and hit enter:

@"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

When complete, install packages you want (copy below into one install command) or search for packages:

choco install -y chocolateygui googlechrome 7zip vlc spotify windirstat winaero-tweaker

# Gaming
geforce-experience steam epicgameslauncher battle.net discord lghub streamdeck

# Development
handbrake sourcetree vscode cursoride nodejs git mongodb ffmpeg imagemagick blender javaruntime python cyberduck

# Audio
voicemeeter-banana.install

# Messaging
whatsapp signal slack

# Backup
dropbox googledrive

# Office
adobereader 

# Antivirus
malwarebytes 

Remove bloat

Download the file below Winaero Tweaker.ini to your Desktop.

Open Winaero Tweaker and click File > Import Tweaks > Import tweaks from a file > Next > (Browse for the file Winaero Tweaker.ini you just downloaded) > Open > Next > Finish

Get setup for development

npm install --global --production windows-build-tools

If using SourceTree you will probably get errors when trying to clone git errors.

If you get an error like this:

git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false fetch origin
The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You
have no guarantee that the server is the computer you
think it is.
The server's rsa2 key fingerprint is:
ssh-rsa 2048 aa:db:aa:00:ba:c0:b0:c0:d0:e0:f0:a0:a2:00:13:eb
If you trust this host, enter "y" to add the key to
PuTTY's cache and carry on connecting.
If you want to carry on connecting just once, without
adding the key to the cache, enter "n".
If you do not trust this host, press Return to abandon the
connection.

Find where SourceTree is installed (mine is currently C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\SourceTree\) and look for where the embedded PuTTY is (currently app-3.4.16\tools\putty) then open command prompt CMD + R "cmd" and enter "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\SourceTree\app-3.4.16\tools\putty\plink.exe" github.com and type yes. Now it should work.

[Format]
ProductName=Winaero Tweaker
ProductVersion=1.63.0.0
FormatVersion=1.1
[User]
pageDisableCopilot=1
pageAdsUnwantedApps=1
pageDisableSafeZoneInformation=1
pageOneDriveDisableUserFolderBackup=1
pageChrEdgeDisableDesktopShortcut=1
pageDisableSearchHistory=1
pageDisableCortana=1
pageDisableWindowsInk=1
pagePowerThrottling=1
pageWin11ClassicContextMenus=1
pageContextMenuRunAsAdministrator=1
pageDisableTelemetry=1
[pageDisableCopilot]
IsCopilotButtonDisabled=1
IsCopilotDisabled=1
[pageAdsUnwantedApps]
UnwantedAppsDisabled=1
FileExplorerAdsDisabled=1
LockScreenAdsDisabled=1
StartSuggestionsDisabled=1
TipsAboutWindowsDisabled=1
WelcomePageDisabled=1
SettingsAdsDisabled=1
TimelineSuggestionsDisabled=1
[pageContextMenuRunAsAdministrator]
msi=1
ps1=1
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