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Windows

Initial Setup

winget upgrade --all

winget install `
  Git.Git `
  jdx.mise `
  M2Team.NanaZip `
  Microsoft.PowerShell `
  Microsoft.PowerToys `
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community `
  Microsoft.VisualStudioCode `
  polrivero.GitHubDesktopPlus `
  wez.wezterm `
  ZedIndustries.Zed

winget upgrade --all && mise upgrade

Dotfiles

Tip

Run mise doctor and fix any issues before running the following commands.

mise use -g chezmoi@latest
chezmoi init Az-21
chezmoi apply
mise upgrade

SSH Setup

# Run on startup
Get-Service ssh-agent | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic

# Start in current run (one-time, won't need after restarting once)
Start-Service ssh-agent

# Verify
Get-Service ssh-agent

Misc

WSL

GitHub Desktop

Use this as the local path when cloning a repo.

# \\wsl.localhost\{DISTRO}\home\{User}\Code\{Orgnization}\{Repo}
\\wsl.localhost\Debian\home\Az21\Code\Az-21\{Repo}

Windows git vs Linux git

GitHub Desktop uses the git from Windows. To make local (repo level) changes to fields like user name, user email, and signing key, run the git command using git.exe.

# ~/some-repo
git.exe config --local user.email

Taskbar Apps

Abstract

This section is for work computers where IT has applied a auto-set taskbar apps group policy.

  1. Pin the apps you want and unpin unnecessary apps before starting.
  2. cd "~/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Quick Launch/User Pinned/TaskBar"
  3. Note the names of the .lnk links in this folder.
  4. cd ~/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Shell.
  5. Create LayoutModification.xml if it does not exist and use the following template as starting point.
LayoutModification.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LayoutModificationTemplate
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification"
    xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout"
    xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout"
    xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout"
    Version="1">

    <CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace">
        <defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
            <taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
                <!-- Add your pinned apps here -->
                <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\YOUR-FIRST-APP.lnk" />
                <taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\YOUR-SECOND-APP.lnk" />
            </taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
        </defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
    </CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>

</LayoutModificationTemplate>