jayharris/dotfiles-windows

dotfiles for Windows, including Developer-minded system defaults. Built in PowerShell

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Add font Source Code Pro

The Gvim profile references Source Code Pro, but it is not installed by the default dependencies script.

IE: Do Not Remember Passwords

Disable the prompt to remember passwords for IE / Edge.

Use correct GUID?

dotfiles-windows/windows.ps1

Line 90 in 7bfe53b

if (!(Test-Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{C1D23ACC-752B-43E5-8448-8D0E519CD6D6}")) {New-Item -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{C1D23ACC-752B-43E5-8448-8D0E519CD6D6}" -Type Folder | Out-Null}

has the same GUID (C1D23ACC-752B-43E5-8448-8D0E519CD6D6}) as line 82:

dotfiles-windows/windows.ps1

Line 82 in 7bfe53b

if (!(Test-Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{C1D23ACC-752B-43E5-8448-8D0E519CD6D6}")) {New-Item -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeviceAccess\Global\{C1D23ACC-752B-43E5-8448-8D0E519CD6D6}" -Type Folder | Out-Null}

Is this correct?

`node-gyp`: The task factory "CodeTaskFactory" could not be loaded

When installing some node packages that use node-gyp, such as node-inspector, a CodeTaskFactory error is thrown by MSBuild.

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\CodeAnalysis\Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.targets(219,5): error MSB4175: The task factory "CodeTaskFactory" could not be loaded from the assembly "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll". Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

This only occurs when the main Visual Studio is 2015, and not under 2013.

Update Privacy settings for Windows 1903

With the May 2019 revision (Windows 1903), the Privacy registry settings have all been moved.

Set Default Browser

Is there a way to set the default browser via the Registry? If so, Chrome.

Disable Windows Defender Submissions

Add keys for Windows Defender and disable automatic submissions

Update Taskbar Color Settings

The black Windows 10 TaskBar is ugly on many backgrounds. Update Registry to enable colors.

In Parallels, moving a window to the edge can cause issues

Ease of Use settings are causing windows to snap as they reach a monitor edge in Parallels. This causes issues in some multi-monitor configurations.

Disable this setting.

Create dotfiles packaging script

The bootstrap command will copy all of the repository files to their appropriate location. Create a reverse file that will gather scripts back into a local repository directory. This will be useful for when modifications to the scripts have been made in their primary locations and the changes should be persisted into the repository.

System Update function

The OSX .dotfiles includes an update alias that will download and install the latest OSX, Brew, NPM, and Gem updates. This would be useful in Windows, too.

Create an alias that will download and install the latest Recommended Updates from Microsoft Update, as well as update NPM modules and Gems (if NPM / Ruby are installed).

Startup Speed is very slow

Startup speed is very slow, particularly on Extras and Exports.

Python Install broken through Web Platform Installer

The Python 2.7.9 installation through Web Platform Installer is broken. (WebPI is using an old CodePlex URL to install Python, and CodePlex is in Archive mode.) Switch the Python installation to using something else like Chocolatey.

Switch to main Fiddler chocolatey package

Switch from fiddler4 to fiddler choco package.

The fiddler4 package no longer exists:

fiddler4 not installed. The package was not found with the source(s) listed.

Add Delivery Optimization keys

Add keys for Delivery Optimization and disable peering

Update for Windows 10, version 2004

Update the windows scripts for establishing settings for Build 2004.

Global Confirmation in Chocolately

In the chocolatey.ps1 file, we should either set the -y flag on all cinst calls or, preferably, set the 'allowGlobalConfirmation' flag on chocolatey. This will prevent the yes/no/cancel prompts on all installs.

Visual Studio functions not created

The Visual Studio Functions (vs, vsadmin, and Install-VSExtension) are not registered when running PoSh. If you run the functions file a second time, they will be created.

Support launching Visual Studio 2019 from PoSh

Add support to the vs and vsadmin PowerShell commands to launch Visual Studio 2019. Use the location found in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\devenv.exe

VS Commands to import settings.

I use several VSSettings files, including one for a Single Monitor (on the road) and one for Multiple Monitors (at my desk). It would be great to have PoSh commands within Visual Studio's Package Manager Console to easily import VSSettings (rather than wasting time with the Import UI).

$dte.ExecuteCommand("Tools.ImportandExportSettings", "/import:""$path""")

Console color theme is too dark

The current console color theme is too dark; provides insufficient contrast.
Find something that lightens it up a bit.

User\Documents\WindowsPowerShell

The files that get copied there, are they supposed to auto execute?
As I have to do them manually?

I put the extra.ps1 in the folder root, but it didn't get used, is it in the wrong place?

Thanks for your hard work, and sorry for the stupid question.

Dave

Remove `curl` alias for `Invoke-WebRequest`

Even though curl is installed through chocolatey.ps1, curl commands are still shipped to Invoke-WebRequest due to a default alias within PoSh.

Remove the alias: rm alias:curl

Might as well do the same for wget since it is also a default alias for iwr.

Update install.ps1 for Windows 10

By default, .NET 4.5 is not installed with Windows 10. For Win10 users, the version check in install.ps1 needs to look for 4.6.x.

Privacy Settings

Configure Registry keys for Windows Privacy Settings

Revise PSReadLine color options for PSReadLine v2

PSReadLine no longer uses TokenKind. Reset usage to match color codes in windows.ps1

Disk Cleanup scheduled task

Make a scheduled task to clean up Windows (Clean temporary files, cleanup after Windows Update, and other items that Disk Cleanup is used for)

SSL/TLS Exception on Git-Free Install

When attempting a Git-Free install, the repository archive fails to download, throwing a The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel. exception.

Update Edit-Profile and Edit-Hosts to use EDITOR environment variable.

Start-SshAgent throws an error

No need to start the SSH Agent.

dotfiles-windows/components/git.ps1

Line 3 in 3a0a12b

Start-SshAgent -Quiet

The Agent is already there and started by default in Windows 10. Starting via the PoSh module results in unable to start ssh-agent service, error :1058