🛠️ Windows Auto Setup Script

A fully automated, script-based system configuration for Windows, written in PowerShell + Batch. Designed to quickly install tools, configure settings, and prepare a developer environment in minutes.

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📦 Features

1. 🧩 Modular Structure

Each script is separated by responsibility:

• setup.bat — main entry point with elevation check and ordered execution
• program_groups/ — install specific apps or groups
• system_settings/ — configure system-level settings like taskbar or PowerToys
• setup_finishers/ — post-install configuration like WSL update or Git identity
• common/ — shared utilities like logging and URL launching
• config.ps1 — central configuration file for easy customization

2. 🧑‍💻 Automatic Admin Elevation

Ensures the script always runs as administrator — silently relaunches itself if needed.

3. ☁️ Installs Chocolatey if Missing

Detects whether Chocolatey is installed. If not, installs it and asks the user to rerun the script.

Warning: it may fail after Chocolatey installation, so you may need to run it again.

4. 📥 Core Dev Tools Installer

Installs essential development software using Chocolatey (configured in config.ps1):

• VS Code
• Git
• NVM + Node LTS
• Docker Desktop
• PowerToys
• 7-Zip
• FiraCode
• Google Chrome
• VLC, Zoom, Telegram, and more...

5. 🌐 Silent Installer Helpers

Includes built-in functions to:

• Download and run .exe or .zip installers silently
• Add apps to startup if needed
• Open URLs post-installation for activation or info

6. 💼 Optional Software Support

Supports optional tools like:

• HMA VPN – installs silently and opens Gmail link for code retrieval
• StrokesPlus.net – downloads portable version, adds to startup
• Punto Switcher – installs from a packed archive

7. 🖥️ Windows Personalization

System tweaks like:

• Configuring the taskbar layout
• Setting up PowerToys
• Setting system defaults

8. 🏁 Setup Finalizers

Includes post-install configuration:

• WSL --update for Docker support
• Setting up Git global config
• Installing Node.js LTS with NVM

9. ⚙️ Centralized Config File (config.ps1)

Everything is driven by a central config file:

$GitUserName = "Dmitry Galaktionov"
$GitUserEmail = "galionix2@gmail.com"

$InstallHmaVpn = $true
$InstallStrokesPlusNet = $true
$ConfigureWindows = $true

$FinishGit = $true
$FinishDocker = $true

$Tools = @("notepadplusplus", "git", "vscode", "telegram", "7zip", "docker-desktop", ...)
## Pick your tools here https://community.chocolatey.org/packages

You can toggle what to install and extend tool lists with just a few variables.

🛠️ Custom Installers via Functions:

You can easily add new apps to the setup by using these helper functions:

• Install-AndLaunch: For downloading and silently installing .exe files.
• Install-ZipExecutableWithUrl: For downloading, extracting, and running

Install-AndLaunch

Downloads an .exe installer, runs it silently, and optionally opens a web page after installation.

Install-ZipExecutableWithUrl

Downloads a ZIP archive, extracts it, launches the specified .exe inside, and optionally adds it to startup.

🏁 How to Use

1. Clone this repository to your new Windows machine.
2. Run setup.bat as administrator.
3. Follow the logs and prompts.
4. Profit.

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⚠️ This setup is tailored to the author's personal needs. You are encouraged to fork and customize it to fit your own workflow.