Windows Customizations

.01_README.md

Windows Customizations

• Firefox
  • https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/download/thanks/
• Steam
  • https://store.steampowered.com/about/?snr=1_4_4__global-header
• Bitwarden
  • https://bitwarden.com/download/
• Git
  • https://git-scm.com/download/win
  • Install with "Use External OpenSSH" to use PowerShell SSH Agent
• VSCode
  • https://code.visualstudio.com/download
• VSCodium
  • https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases
• OBS Studio
  • https://obsproject.com/download
• Kdenlive
  • https://kdenlive.org/en/download/
• 7-zip
  • https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
• GIMP
  • https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
• Visual Studio
  • https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
  • When installing, go to "Individual components" tab, search for llvm and install "C++ Clang Compiler for Windows" and "MSBuild support for LLVM"
  • Add to PATH
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\Llvm\bin
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\CMake\CMake\bin
  • Use vcvarsall.bat x86_amd64 10.0.22621.0 to start enviroment variables in the command line
• Python
  • https://www.python.org/downloads/
• Virtual Box
  • https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
• GOG Galaxy Games
  • https://www.gog.com/galaxy
• Epic Games
  • https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/download
• PDF Sam
  • https://pdfsam.org/download-pdfsam-basic/ (download the .msi, not the installer)
• Install starship
  • https://github.com/starship/starship

  winget install --id Starship.Starship

• Install clink
  • https://github.com/chrisant996/clink
  • Download the .exe from the Releases
• Create file at %LocalAppData%\clink\starship.lua
  • Add load(io.popen('starship init cmd'):read("*a"))() into starship.lua
• Change the Command Prompt to use the old one, not the Windows Terminal
  • https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-terminal-application-in-windows-11.3410/
  • Open Windows menu (WindowsKey)
  • Settings
  • Privacy & security
  • For developers
  • in Terminal section select Windows Console Host
• Change the Command Prompt font to CaskaydiaCove NFM
  • https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads
• Run MSVC cl.exe
  • Check your Windows version at C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\xx.y.wwwww.z
  • set environment with "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64 xx.y.wwwww.z

find_locking_process.ps1

$FileOrFolderPath = "D:\jboss"
if ((Test-Path -Path $FileOrFolderPath) -eq $false) {
  Write-Warning "File or directory does not exist."
} else {
  $LockingProcess = CMD /C "openfiles /query /fo table | find /I ""$FileOrFolderPath"""
  Write-Host $LockingProcess
}