Windows Setup

This repository contains some notes and scripts for my Windows 10/11 setup. Its purpose is mostly documentation for myself.

Installing packages with winget

I decided to try winget as it comes as official package manager for Windows. It does everything I need, and the package choice is good enough for me.

I followed this blog post.

• install-windows_packages.ps1

As an alternative there is also ninite, which may be useful for a basic setup, however it has only a small number of packages.

WSL

I currently use Ubuntu 22 LTS. The easiest way is to install it via winget or from the MS Store.

Setup WSL

bash ./wsl/setup-wsl.sh | tee -a ~/setup.log

• Installs basic applications such as fish, tmux, ripgrep and neovim
• Installs python packages pip3, pipx, venv, xdg-open-wsl
• Installs fisher and some fish plugins
• Installs miniconda
• Links scripts to ~/.local/bin

Configure git

git config --global user.name "$USER_NAME"
git config --global user.email "$EMAIL_ADDRESS"
git config --global init.defaultBranch main

Create/Import ssh keys

ssh-keygen

Clone and link dotfiles

• TODO

Virtualization with Hyper-V

This may depend on your hardware and BIOS settings. If virtualization is supported and enabled, we just need to enable the Windows Feature. Afterwards, a reboot is required.

Run the following command as Administrator:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All

Nota Bene: This can also be done via the Control Panel, just look for "Windows Features".

MS Hacks

Remove all icons from the taskbar

Nice to fix broken taskbar buttons, which happened to me twice.

Add a custom entry to the start menu

Navigate to %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and link the corresponding .exe file there.

Manipulate Default Folders

Press Win+R and type regedit, then navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders and modify the corresponding folders. I had to do this in order to get rid of OneDrive, which I installed accidentally.

Misc

• Download and Install nerdfonts
• xdg-open-wsl is a replacement for xdg-open. This is nice to open files an folders from the commandline, e.g. a folder in the Windows File Explorer.