Automated Windows 10 fresh install

fresh-install.ps1

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# ATTENTION: If you're reading this, understand I learned about Powershell Scripting
# and put this script together in a handful of hours. If you would like to help
# refine this script, feel free to do so.

#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

# Install Chocolately, which will allow us to install other software.
Write-Output "Installing Chocolately"
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

# Install our desired software packages, each with their own parameters for installation.
Write-Output "Installing Software Packages"

Write-Output "Installing packages this may take a moment..."
# Git: Version control for your source code.
choco install git.install --params '/GitAndUnixToolsOnPath /NoAutoCrlf' -y
# Visual Studio Code: The go-to code editor for the frontend.
choco install vscode --params /NoDesktopIcon -y
# GitHub Desktop: A Git-based GUI.
choco install github-desktop
# Node.js: Serverside JavaScript.
choco install nodejs-lts -y
# Yarn: Facebook's answer to NPM' bullshit.
choco install yarn -y
# Google Chome: Simply, better.
choco install googlechrome

# Here we just go through and individually install each of our basic extensions.
# Keep in mind we don't autoconfigure these for the user, we jsut install them.
[Boolean]$codeSuccessfullyInstalled = code --version
[String[]]$extensions = @(
  # Better Comments: Highlights special comments.
  "aaron-bond.better-comments",
  # GitHub Markdown Preview: GitHub styled Markdown, Emoji support, Checkboxes, and YAML Frontmatter.
  "bierner.github-markdown-preview",
  # GitLens: More Git information embedded into your worklfow.
  "eamodio.gitlens",
  # Material Icon Theme: Adds Material Design icons, replacing VS Code's native icons.
  "pkief.material-icon-theme",
  # Path Intellisense: Gives more insight when typing paths.
  "christian-kohler.path-intellisense",
  # Prettier - Code Formatter: Automatically styles your code as you type, or save.
  "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
  # TSLint: TypeScript linter.
  "ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin"
)

# We need to refresh our environment variables before we install our vscode extensions.
if (refreshenv) {
  refreshenv
}

# If Visual Studio Code is installed, we can go ahead and install extensions.
if ($codeSuccessfullyInstalled) {
  foreach ($ext in $extensions) {
    try {
      code --install-extension $ext
    }
    catch {
      "Something happened"
    }
  }
}
else {
  Write-Output "Visual Studio Code is not installed. Install VS Code, and try again."
}

Write-Output "All done! Exiting in 5 seconds..."

Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

exit