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Wrapper around chocolatey that in addition to package-management provides an automatable way of configuring a windows system.

• disable UAC
• install Windows-Subsystem-for-Linux

etc.

Here is an example script, from https://blog.questionable.services/article/accidentally-macos-wsl-windows-development/.

# Pre
Disable-UAC

# Set PC name
$computername = "junior"
if ($env:computername -ne $computername) {
    Rename-Computer -NewName $computername
}

# Set DNS upstreams
Set-DNSClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex $(Get-NetAdapter | Where-object {$_.Name -like "*Wi-Fi*" } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty InterfaceIndex) -ServerAddresses "8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1", "2001:4860:4860::8888", "2001:4860:4860::8844"

# Set environment variables
setx GOPATH "$env:USERPROFILE\go"
setx WSLENV "$env:WSLENV`:GOPATH/p:USERPROFILE/p"

# Install applications
choco install -y sysinternals
choco install -y vscode
choco install -y googlechrome.dev
choco install -y 1password
choco install -y docker-for-windows
choco install -y cmdermini
choco install -y discord
choco install -y spotify
choco install -y dropbox
choco install -y adobereader
choco install -y 7zip.install
choco install -y firacode

# WSL
choco install -y Microsoft-Hyper-V-All -source windowsFeatures
choco install -y Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux -source windowsfeatures
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804 -OutFile ~/Ubuntu.appx -UseBasicParsing
Add-AppxPackage -Path ~/Ubuntu.appx

RefreshEnv
Ubuntu1804 install --root
Ubuntu1804 run apt update
Ubuntu1804 run apt upgrade

# System-level configuration
Disable-BingSearch
Disable-GameBarTips

Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions
Set-TaskbarOptions -Size Small -Dock Bottom -Combine Full -Lock
Set-TaskbarOptions -Size Small -Dock Bottom -Combine Full -AlwaysShowIconsOn