A script for setting up a basic windows environment. Utterly useless and made for amusement only.

Setup_Windows.ps1

Write-Host @"
This script installs the following programs:
	- Scoop (Package manager for Windows)
		- Scoop "extras bucket"
		- 7zip (auto-installed by scoop)
		- Git
		- flux
		- mpv
		- qbittorrent
		- vscode
"@



# Installs scoop: scoop.sh
Invoke-Expression (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://get.scoop.sh')

# Necessary for buckets in scoop
scoop install git

# Necessary for installing certain programs with scoop
scoop bucket add extras

scoop install mpv
scoop install flux
scoop install qbittorrent
scoop install vscode



# Remove some default installed apps
[string[]]$AppsToKeep = @(
    "Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller", 
    "Microsoft.HEIFImageExtension",
    "Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes",
    "Microsoft.MSPaint",
    "Microsoft.ScreenSketch",
    "Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp",
    "Microsoft.VP9VideoExtensions",
    "Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions",
    "Microsoft.WebpImageExtension",
    "Microsoft.Windows.Photos",
    "Microsoft.WindowsAlarms",
    "Microsoft.WindowsCalculator",
    "Microsoft.WindowsCamera",
    "Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder",
    "Microsoft.WindowsStore",
    "Microsoft.YourPhone"
    )

:AppNameLoop foreach ($name in Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | Select-Object PackageName) {
    foreach($substring in $AppsToKeep) {
        if($name -Match $substring) {
            Write-Host "Keeping: " $name
            continue AppNameLoop 
        }
    }
    Write-Host "Uninstalling: " $name
    # Keep what is after the = sign in {PackageName=<package name>}
    # Considering running Get-AppXProvisioned -Online | Select-Object PackageName in the terminal
    # gives results that are just <package name>, I don't know why this extra @{} junk exists
    $pkgNameFake = ([string]$name).split("=")[1]
    # Trim off ending }
    $pkgName = $pkgNameFake.Substring(0, $pkgNameFake.Length - 1)
    Remove-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online -PackageName $pkgName
}

Write-Host "Reminder: If you want file associations with vscode then run the .reg file"