Notes - Windows #notes

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Windows

PowerShell

• version 7 install newer Powershell

winget search Microsoft.PowerShell
winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell --source winget

pwsh

$env:PATH
$env:PATH += ';PATH_TO_APPEND'

• Profile (about Profile)

create a profile for current user, current host

if (!(Test-Path -Path $PROFILE)) {
  New-Item -ItemType File -Path $PROFILE -Force
}

• https://www.powershellgallery.com/

Windows Package Manager

Install-Module -Name Microsoft.WinGet.Client

winget install -e --id KeePassXCTeam.KeePassXC

Install common tools

Find packages to install https://winget.run/

winget install -e --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
winget install -e --id dbeaver.dbeaver
winget install -e --id Python.Python.3.11
winget install -e --id OpenVPNTechnologies.OpenVPNConnect
winget install -e --id Amazon.AWSCLI

Chocolatey

These days not using Chocolatey anymore.

• Run PowerShell as administrator

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
iwr https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex

• Install to C:\ProgramData\chocolatey

• Non admin install https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/setup#non-administrative-install

Install common apps

choco install -y googlechrome
choco install -y firefox
choco install -y vscode
choco install -y git --package-parameters="'/GitAndUnixToolsOnPath /WindowsTerminal'"
choco install -y python

WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

https://aka.ms/wslstoreinfo

wsl.exe --install
wsl.exe --update

wsl --list --online
wsl --install <Distribution Name>

wsl --status

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/setup/environment

Setup

• https://github.com/Microsoft/windows-dev-box-setup-scripts

Automation

• https://github.com/pywinauto/pywinauto
• https://github.com/asweigart/pyautogui
• https://accessibilityinsights.io/

AWS EC2

AMI: Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-Base-2021.10.13

New instance setup

• create new user
• add to Remote Desktop Users group

Powershell for AWS

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/

Get-DefaultAWSRegion
Get-AWSCmdletName -ApiOperation SecurityGroup -MatchWithRegex

Windows Admin Center https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/manage/windows-admin-center/overview