Windows Postinstall
Things to do after Windows install.
See also
- The Ultimate Windows Development Environment Guide
Install software¶
See also: windows-tools
Enable MS store and winget¶
For Windows LTSC versions
Run the following command with admin rights and ignore the error. MS store will be installed after a few minutes.
Install via MS store¶
Packages in MS store: https://apps.microsoft.com/search
Install via Chocolatey package manager¶
If winget does not work.
Install Chocolatey 🍫, a command-line interface (CLI) package manager for Windows.
Open the powershell prompt with admin privilege (e.g. via the Windows + X menu):
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
Install packages
choco feature enable -n=useRememberedArgumentsForUpgrades
choco install -y git.install --params "'/NoShellIntegration'"
choco install -y vscode qbittorrent firefox brave telegram bandizip nanazip honeyview potplayer lavfilters yt-dlp ffmpeg crystaldiskinfo crystaldiskmark directx vcredist-all starship obsidian nerd-fonts-firacode nerd-fonts-hack github-desktop zotero handbrake cpu-z gpu-z
choco uninstall -n --skipautouninstaller vscode qbittorrent telegram github-desktop brave firefox
See also the 🍫 Chocolatey package list for more packages.
Tweaks¶
CTT Windows Utility¶
The Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility provides APP installs, fixes and tweaks.
Disable hibernation¶
Disabling hibernation saves a lot of disk space (No more C:\hiberfile.sys). Run this in powershell with admin rights:
Fix Chromium rendering issue¶
From this reddit thread.
Some people may have noticed after the windows 11 24H2 update that they began to experience issues with electron/chromium based apps(Discord, VSCode, Chrome itself) when being alt-tabbed out of a game.
Frequently, it will appear as if only parts of the interface are being updated, maybe you scrolling down a chat, but only a third of it is scrolling and the rest appears frozen in place.
Save and double click this registry file.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm]
"OverlayMinFPS"=dword:00000000
Windows LTSC fixes¶
Run the following command with admin rights to restore MS store.
Apply the following registry to fix OneDrive in the Explorer. 1
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{A52BBA46-E9E1-435f-B3D9-28DAA648C0F6}]
"Attributes"=dword:00000001
"Category"=dword:00000004
"DefinitionFlags"=dword:00000040
"Icon"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,69,00,\
6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,\
00,31,00,30,00,34,00,30,00,00,00
"LocalizedName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,\
6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,\
00,5c,00,53,00,65,00,74,00,74,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,53,00,79,00,6e,00,63,00,\
43,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,30,00,32,\
00,34,00,00,00
"LocalRedirectOnly"=dword:00000001
"Name"="OneDrive"
"ParentFolder"="{5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173}"
"ParsingName"="shell:::{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}"
"RelativePath"="OneDrive"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{A52BBA46-E9E1-435f-B3D9-28DAA648C0F6}]
"Attributes"=dword:00000001
"Category"=dword:00000004
"DefinitionFlags"=dword:00000040
"Icon"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,69,00,\
00,31,00,30,00,34,00,30,00,00,00
"LocalizedName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,\
6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,\
00,5c,00,53,00,65,00,74,00,74,00,69,00,6e,00,67,00,53,00,79,00,6e,00,63,00,\
43,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,30,00,32,\
00,34,00,00,00
"LocalRedirectOnly"=dword:00000001
"Name"="OneDrive"
"ParentFolder"="{5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173}"
"ParsingName"="shell:::{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}"
"RelativePath"="OneDrive"