atiedag / .dotfiles

Dotfiles for Microsoft Windows 11

Repeatable, reboot resilient Dotfiles script to setup a development environment in Microsoft Windows 11.

Usage

Open any Windows PowerShell host console (Except Windows Terminal) with administrator rights and run:

$GitHubRepositoryAuthor = "AtieDag"; `
$GitHubRepositoryName   = ".dotfiles"; `
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass; `
Invoke-Expression (Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${GitHubRepositoryAuthor}/${GitHubRepositoryName}/master/Download.ps1");

What does?

This dotfiles script does:

• Install Chocolatey [Needed for this to work].
• Configure Chocolatey to remember installation arguments for future updates.
• Install Git.
• Configure Git.
• Install Visual Studio Code.
• Configure Visual Studio Code.
• Install Visual Studio Code extensions.
• Install Notepad++.
• Configure Notepad++.
• Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux.
• Install Docker Desktop.
• Configure File Explorer:
  • Show file extensions.
  • Open file explorer to This PC.
  • Set as background option moved to extended Context Menu.
  • Disable recently opened items from JumpList.
• Microsoft Windows optional features:
  • Disable Windows Media Player.
  • Disable Internet Explorer.
  • Disable Microsoft XPS Document Writer.
  • Disable WorkFolders Client.
  • Enable Windows Sandbox.
• Configure Windows 11 power plan.
• Configure Windows 11 regional format:
  • First day of week: Monday.
  • Short date: 2017-04-05.
  • Long date: Wednesday, 5 April, 2017.
  • Short time: 19:40.
  • Long time: 19:40:07.
• Rename PC.

Alias

Terminal Profile

Alias	Description
edt	Edit terminal profile
src	Refresh terminal profile

Directories

Alias	Description
mkcd	Create folder and navigate to it
trash	Open the recycle bin folder

System Maintenance

Alias	Description
updsys	Update apps and system.

Environment Variables

Alias	Description
pathl	List the content of PATH environment variables

Git

Alias	Description
gcb	git checkout creating new branch
ga	git add
gaa	git add all
gsc	git clone, load submodules and navigate to the repository folder
gst	git status
gcmsg	git commit message
ggp	git push origin current_branch
glg	git log
gsrlc	Git soft reset last commit
ghrlc	Git hard reset last commit

Docker

Alias	Description
dpl	Docker pull
dlc	List the Docker containers working
dlca	List all the Docker containers
dli	List all the Docker images
dsc	Stop Docker container
drc	Delete Docker container
dri	Delete Docker image

Web search from the console

Alias	Example
bing	bing "Windows 11"
google	google "Windows 11"
duckduckgo	duckduckgo "Windows 11"
youtube	youtube "Windows 11"
github	github "Windows 11"
stackoverflow	stackoverflow "Windows 11"

Credit

Thanks to JM Orbegoso for this great work.
https://github.com/JMOrbegoso/Dotfiles-for-Windows-11