Windows: Xah Windows Machine Setup

My personal notes of setting up a Microsoft Windows machine.

essential pref setup

• Set USB drive autoplay to off

essential install

first, install, in order:

• Firefox
• Good Browser Extensions
• pwsh 〔see PowerShell Tutorial〕
• emacs 〔see Practical Emacs Tutorial〕
• git 〔see Practical git in 1 Hour〕

other to install:

• chocolatey, software package manager
• choco install zip
• choco install unzip
• choco install 7z
• findutils do not install. use pwsh instead. 〔see PowerShell vs Bash〕 choco install findutils (call with fullpath C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\find.exe)
• choco install rsync (local drive syntax is: /cygdrive/c/)
• choco install exiftool
• choco install optipng
• choco install imagemagick (syntax begins by: magick convert)

• golang 〔see Golang Tutorial〕
• deno 〔see JavaScript in Depth〕
• python 3 〔see Python Tutorial〕
• python 2

See also

• Windows: List of Recommended Great Software
• Xah Linux Setup
• Cygwin Essential Install List