windows-install-scripts

Scripts for installing common apps on Windows via scoop and choco package managers.

Usage

First allow scripts to be executed in a non elevated powershell:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope CurrentUser

For installing common apps and default configurations, just open deploy.ps1 in a user (non elevated) powershell, being its working directory the root of this repo.

X:\your\path\windows-install-scripts> .\deploy.ps1

For installing Microsoft Office, proceed the same way with msoffice.ps1. The file should be edited in case you want to change the Office programs to install by commenting / uncommenting $curr_conf.

X:\your\path\windows-install-scripts> .\msoffice.ps1

Details

deploy.ps1

Consists of five stages:

Script stage name	What it does
01_scoop_deploy.ps1	Install a wide variety of scoop programs and utilities, and apply recommended configurations
02_scoop_deploy_admin.ps1	Install some admin-needed utilities from scoop, and apply registry patches from previous file
03_choco_deploy_admin.ps1	Install chocolatey package manager and a few tools not available in scoop
04_other_tweaks_admin.ps1	Other minor tweaks. For the moment it just changes the KMS server and attemps to activate Windows against it
05_titus_tool_admin.ps1	Opens the Chris Titus Windows Tool, where it is recommended to apply some optimizations on the Tweaks section. which are preselected on the file configs/titus_tweak_tool/desktop_config.json (just click Import up right)

msoffice.ps1

It uncompresses the Office Lite Installer with previously installed 7z, and runs it on unattended mode via configurations on configs/msoffice. Current configurations feature:

Configuration file	Word	Excel	Outlook	PowerPoint	Publisher	Project
ProPlusPerpetual_2021_64_W_Ex_PP_Pub.xml (DEFAULT)	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
ProPlusPerpetual_2021_64_W_Ex_Outl_PP_Pub.xml	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
ProPlusPerpetual_2021_64_W_Ex_PP_Pub_Proj.xml	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
ProPlusPerpetual_2021_64_W_Ex_Outl_PP_Pub_Proj.xml	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅

bindfta.ps1

This script sets MPC-HC as the default video player, IrfanView as the image viewer, and 7-zip as compressed file extractor/archiver. The syntax is quite self explanatory, and there is also a not-universally-tested _thorium file that sets Thorium Browser as the default browser.

In case of any extension unbinding, the script is idempotent, so you can execute it again with no side effects.

License

Any Pull Requests are more than welcome. Remember that the GPLv2 License requires making the derived source code also available with the same licensing terms.