Windows setup

windows-setup.pwsh

# Start Windows PowerShell
# Install the Open Source package manager Scoop (https://scoop.sh/):
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression

# Set up company proxy (if required)
scoop config proxy proxy.mycompany.com:8080

# Install base requisites
scoop install git
scoop bucket add extras
scoop bucket add versions
scoop bucket add java

# Install Ditto Clipboard Manager, which puts all your copied stuff into a searchable list
scoop install ditto
# After installation
# 1. Launch Ditto from the Windows menu
# 2. Click on "...", then "Options"
# 3. set "Maximum Number of Saved Copies" to 10000
# 4. Enable "Start Ditto on System Startup"
# 5. Go to the tab "Keyboard Shortcuts" and memorize the shortcut
# 6. Copy a few things into the clipboard
# 7. Press the shortcut
# 8. Type some letters of one of the copied lines and see the search filter down the results
# 9. Selecting an item and pressing enter puts the item into the "normal" clipboard and presses "Ctrl+V" which should usually insert the item

# Install sudo command which allows you to run a single command from the command-line as admin
scoop install sudo

# Install VS Code, currently the best allround editor
scoop install vscode

# Install WinDirStat, a program to analyze your disk usage
scoop install windirstat

# Install Process-Hacker, a better Task Manager, that can e.g. also find out which process is locking a file
scoop install processhacker

# Install GPTScript, which allows writing scripts in plain english and have GPT transform them into bash/powershell/...
scoop install gptscript