PowershellWindowsSetup

I decided to make a public version of my Powershell script for setting up Windows after installation. I decided to do this so that other people can benefit from this, and also because I wanted to learn more about how git/GitHub works in respect to Pull requests, forks and other things.

The script is set up in such a way where you edit/add files in the subfolders, or edit the setup.ini instead of editing the script directly. This way you can set up your files and have them work with different versions of the script. Additionally, I try to create the script in a way where you can run it again at a later date without breaking anything.

How to use

• Change the values of the files in the default-folder according to your requirements and the specifications defined in the Configuration files section, or delete files you do not need
• Alternatively, create a new folder in the root directory of the project for every Configuration you need and create all the files in the same format as in the default-folder
• If you want to use the default configuration, you can just right-click the script file and "Run with Powershell", or call the script without parameters
• If you want to use a different configuration, open a powershell console in the root directory of the project, load the setup.ps1 file with the Configuration-Parameter set to your Configuration

    .\Run-Setup.ps1 -Configuration "default"

Configuration files

.\hosts\

• from-file.txt plain text file where each line represents one entry in the windows hosts file format
• from-url.txt plain text file where each line represents a url to a file in the windows hosts file format

.\install\

• chocolatey-repository.ini ini file where every section corresponds to a chocolatey repository with the keys being the parameters used to create the repository via powershell "splatter"
• from-chocolatey.txt plain text file where each line represents the name of a chocolatey package
• from-url.txt plain text file where each line represents a url to an executable file
• from-winget.txt plain text file where each line represents the name of a winget package
• remove-bloatware.txt plain text file where each line represents the name of an AppxPackage

.\powershell\

• module.txt plain text file where each line represents the name of a powershell module
• packageprovider.txt plain text file where each line represents the name of a powershell package-provider

.\scripts\

• append.ps1 script file that gets executed after the main script
• prepend.ps1 script file that gets executed before the main script

.\settings\

• associations.ini ini file containing file type associations to be set
• partitions.ini ini file where each key represents the serial number of a disk and every entry contains the target drive letter for a partition index
• registry.reg reg file containing registry keys in the Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 format
• symlinks.ini ini file containing symlinks to be set

Create a new configuration

To create a new configuration you can either create it manually or launch the Create-Configuration script. You will be prompted for everything needed in a configuration. Afterwards, the configuration will be saved in the correct format in a new folder with the configuration name