Winstaller

Automating something I do at most once every year

Goals

• Operations should be idempotent - in that you may run the script as many times as you like in setting up or resetting your machine
• Errors should be actionable, but resolved programmatically

Todo

• dotfiles
  • hard link
  • ask force overwrite?
  • split git file
  • split stack vs core profile
  • spellcheck dictionary
  • Download necessary assets (git repo)
    • Icons
    • Wallpapers
• windows explorer
  • Enable View Hidden files
  • Disable recent in Quick Access
• set chrome as default browser
  • How to Change the Default Windows 11 Browser
• winget
  • only install new apps
  • winget upgrade
  • download winget if not present
• bootstrap
  • if you don't have ps, download via bat or sh
• windows
  • increase thumbnail size
  • taskbar tweaker
• apps
  • nvm-windows
• scripting
  • out-menu so we don't accidentally run anything
  • stop script if sub-error
  • use test checks
  • Add requires reboot and instructions on create admin account
  • todo - prompt for values or set via config?
• trackpad
  • invert scrolling
  • three finger tap -> middle click
• VS Code - Powershell Integrated Console
  • Use PS7
• Document dependendencies (i.e. Font relies on Scoop)

Notes

• How to use Visual Studio Code as default editor for git?

  git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

• Add to profile

  "`nNew-Alias which get-command" | add-content $profile

• Set File Type Association Default Application Command Line Windows 10 UserChoice Hash Internal Method

  The main problem is that in recent versions of Windows 8/10 This key is protected by a hash associated with the file type, and succeeding in editing it without generating the valid hash the association is automatically restored to the default application.

$regKeyUrl = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\{0}\UserChoice"
$regKeyHttp  = $regKeyUrl -f 'http'
$regKeyHttps = $regKeyUrl -f 'https'

$regKeyFile = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\{0}\UserChoice"
$regKeyHtm  = $regKeyFile -f '.htm'
$regKeyHtml = $regKeyFile -f '.html'


Set-ItemProperty $regKeyHttp  -name ProgId ChromeHTML
Set-ItemProperty $regKeyHttps -name ProgId ChromeHTML
Set-ItemProperty $regKeyHtm  -name ProgId ChromeHTML
Set-ItemProperty $regKeyHtml -name ProgId ChromeHTML

Get-ItemProperty $regKeyHttp
Get-ItemProperty $regKeyHttps
Get-ItemProperty $regKeyHtm
Get-ItemProperty $regKeyHtml

<Association Identifier=".htm" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" />
<Association Identifier=".html" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" />
<Association Identifier="http" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" />
<Association Identifier="https" ProgId="MSEdgeHTM" ApplicationName="Microsoft Edge" />

<Association Identifier=".htm" ProgId="ChromeHTML" ApplicationName="Google Chrome" />
<Association Identifier=".html" ProgId="ChromeHTML" ApplicationName="Google Chrome" />
<Association Identifier="http" ProgId="ChromeHTML" ApplicationName="Google Chrome" />
<Association Identifier="https" ProgId="ChromeHTML" ApplicationName="Google Chrome" />