Windows Tools #
Bootable USB flash drives #
balenaEtcher #
Download: https://etcher.balena.io/#download-etcher
Note: Portable version is available
Rufus #
Download: https://rufus.ie/en/
Note: Portable version is available
Disk Analysis & Hardware Details #
Crystaldiskinfo & CrystalDiskMark #
Download: https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/
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Crystaldiskinfo: CrystalDiskInfo provides information about hard drives and SSDs, such as temperature, health status, and more, using the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data provided by the drives.
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CrystalDiskMark: Measures the read and write speeds of drives.
CPUID CPU-Z #
Download: https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
Note: Portable version is available
TechPowerUp GPU-Z #
Download: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
Terminal & File Transfer #
MobaXterm #
- MobaXterm: SSH, telnet, RDP, VNC and X11
Download: https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html
Putty #
Download: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
WinSCP #
- WinSCP: File manager, SSH File Transfer Protocol, File Transfer Protocol, WebDAV, Amazon S3
Download: https://winscp.net/eng/downloads.php
Password Manager #
KeePassXC #
Download: https://keepassxc.org/download/#windows
Screen Recording #
OBS Studio #
Download: https://obsproject.com/download
Screen Sharing #
Team Viewer #
Download: https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/windows/
Note: Portable version is available
SQL #
DBeaver #
Download: https://dbeaver.io/download/
Microsoft SSMS #
SQL Server Management Studio
Media #
VLC #
Media player
Download: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Ear Trumpet #
Volume control for Windows
Browser #
Brave #
Open-source browser with popup blocker.
Download: https://brave.com/
Firefox #
Download: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
Pdf #
Foxit Pdf Reader #
Download: https://www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/
Compressing & Archiving #
WinRAR #
Download: https://www.win-rar.com/download.html?&L=0
Messaging & VoIP #
Discord #
Download: https://discord.com/download
Package Manager #
Winget #
- Run PowerShell as Admin
# List winget version
winget --info
# Update package index
winget source update
- Bypass Certificate Pinning
# Bypass certificate pinning for connections to the Microsoft Store
winget settings --enable BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore
# List Winget Settings
winget settings export
List Installed Packages #
# List installed packages (Agree to Terms of Transaction)
winget list --accept-source-agreements
# List installed packages
winget list
# List installed packages
winget list | sort
# Shell output:
Name Id Version Available Source
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Mattermost 5.4.0 Mattermost.MattermostDesktop 5.4.0 5.5.1 winget
# List details of installed package
winget show Mattermost.MattermostDesktop
Upgrade Packages #
# List if newer versions of installed packages are available
winget upgrade
# Upgrade specific package: (One or more packages)
winget upgrade Mattermost.MattermostDesktop
winget upgrade ...
# Upgrade all packages
winget upgrade --all
# Upgrade all packages: Include installed packages where the version number is unknown
winget upgrade --all --include-unknown
Uninstall Package #
# Uninstall package
winget uninstall Mattermost.MattermostDesktop
Usful Winget Packages #
Browser
# Brave Browser
winget install Brave.Brave
# Firefox
winget install Mozilla.Firefox
# Chrome
winget install Google.Chrome
# Edge
winget install Microsoft.Edge
Client Tools
# Microsoft PowerToys
winget install Microsoft.PowerToys
# KeePass XC
winget install KeePassXCTeam.KeePassXC
# Microsoft Teams
winget install Microsoft.Teams
# TeamViewer Host
winget install TeamViewer.TeamViewer.Host
# OpenVPN Client (GUI)
winget install OpenVPNTechnologies.OpenVPN
# WireGuard VPN Client
winget install WireGuard.WireGuard
# 7zip
winget install 7zip.7zip
# WinRAR
winget install RARLab.WinRAR
Media Tools
# Ear Trumpet
winget install -e --id File-New-Project.EarTrumpet --source winget
# VLC
winget install VideoLAN.VLC
# OBS Studio
winget install OBSProject.OBSStudio
# Gimp
winget install GIMP.GIMP
Admin Tools
# MobaXterm
winget install Mobatek.MobaXterm
# Putty
winget install PuTTY.PuTTY
# Xming
winget install Xming.Xming
# WinSCP
winget install WinSCP.WinSCP
# Microsoft Remote Desktop (From store)
winget install 9WZDNCRFJ3PS --accept-package-agreements
# AnyDesk (Full version)
winget install AnyDeskSoftwareGmbH.AnyDesk
# TeamViewer (Full version)
winget install TeamViewer.TeamViewer
# DBeaver
winget install dbeaver.dbeaver
# WireShark
winget install WiresharkFoundation.Wireshark
# balenaEtcher
winget install Balena.Etcher
# Rufus
winget install Rufus.Rufus
- System Utilites
# CrystalDiskInfo
winget install CrystalDewWorld.CrystalDiskInfo
# CrystalDiskMark
winget install CrystalDewWorld.CrystalDiskMark
# CPUID.CPU-Z
winget install CPUID.CPU-Z
# TechPowerUp GPU-Z
winget install TechPowerUp.GPU-Z
Dev Tools
# AWS Command Line Interface v2
winget install Amazon.AWSCLI
# Git (for PowerShell)
winget install Git.Git
# Visual Studio Code
winget install Microsoft.VisualStudioCode
# Docker Desktop
winget install Docker.DockerDesktop
# WSL Ubuntu 22.04
winget install Canonical.Ubuntu.2204
# Go / Golang
winget install GoLang.Go
Windows 11 #
Context Menu #
# List SID of current user
whoami /user
The following registry key changes the right-mouse context menu to it’s old version, restart the file explorer after the script has been executed:
# Run in .bat file as admin: Replace <SID> with actual SID
reg.exe add "HKEY_USERS\<SID>_Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
Reset to the modern version, restart the file explorer after the script has been executed:
# Undo changes
reg.exe delete "HKEY_USERS\<SID>_Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
Links #
# Winget Packages
https://winget.run/