Windows-Bootstrap

This is a simple Powershell script to automate the installation of programs and the Windows environment for a fresh install.

Description

This script will, based on the flag provided, either install all programs in the included directory and change certain registry settings, or update already installed software. It utilizes ninite, chocolatey, and boxstarter. You can modify what's installed by providing your own gist with boxstarter.

Getting Started

Dependencies

• Windows 7 or greater
• Powershell 2.0 or greater

Installing

• Download the latest release or clone the repo
• Make sure all executable files are in the appInstalls folder
• Update hostinfo.txt

Executing program

• Launch powershell.exe as admin
• Navigate to directory with script

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy bypass
.\installer.ps1

• All done

Help

In powershell launch:

.\installer.ps1 -?

Authors

Dominique Pizzie
@DomPizzie

Version History

• 0.2
  • Various bug fixes and optimizations
  • See commit change for full details
• 0.1
  • Initial Release

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Acknowledgments

• TechNet
• MSDN