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## Windows11_Setup.md

      
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    This guide was created using Microsoft Windows 11 Pro

Version 21H2 build 22000.194

Installation

System Updates:


Settings -> Windows Update
Install all updates

Powershell Execution Policy:


launch Windows Powershell as administrator and execute:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Enter A to accept all changes

Install Chocolatey:


To install Chocolatey, follow the instructions here.
Restart your console (as administrator) to take advantage of the updated path.
Set Chocolatey polices (prevents a prompt for each package):

choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation  
choco feature enable -n allowEmptyChecksums

Install Chocolatey packages:

choco install googlechrome sql-server-management-studio visualstudiocode windirstat nodejs notepadplusplus 7zip paint.net grepwin p4merge postman dotnetcore sourcetree conemu poshgit vim firefox greenshot winaero-tweak irfanview quicklook


If this computer is not a VM:

choco install zoom slack evernote dropbox pia microsoft-teams sharpkeys

Windows terminal


Update Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store.

Visual Studio 2019:


Community Edition is free.
Download and run the installer
Select the following workloads:

ASP.NET and web development
.NET Core cross-platform development
Desktop development with C++ (for the compiler tools)


On startup, choose the Web Development (code only) profile and dark for the theme.

Resharper


Download and run the installer
Choose skip on all non-Resharper options

SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition:


Download and install
Select Basic installation type

System Configuration

Install a code font:


Install a font from Nerd Fonts
I use Hack (Hack Regular Nerd Font Complete Mono.ttf)

Caps Lock (Not necessary in Parallels)


Launch SharpKeys
Map Caps Lock (00_3A) to Escape (00_01)
Click "Write to Registry"
Reboot

set git config defaults:


git config --global user.name "H. Alan Stevens"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Rename This PC


Settings -> System
Under the computer name on the right click "rename"
Restart your PC

UAC


Run msconfig
Select the Tools tab
Click on "Change UAC Settings" and click Launch
Configure to taste

Taskbar:


Right click the taskbar, select Taskbar settings
Under Taskbar items, turn off all four options
Scroll down to Taskbar behaviors, Taskbar alignment: Left

Context Menus


Launch WinAero Tweaker (Installed above)
Windows 11 -> Classic Full Context Menus
Enable classic full context menus

Desktop


right click on the desktop -> view -> uncheck show desktop icons
right click on the desktop -> pesonalize, select a theme

Display Scale (Parallels)


right click on the desktop -> Display settings
Under Scale & layout, change Scale to 100%

Start Menu


right click on every app you don't want and choose unpin or uninstall
Settings -> Personalization -> Start ->

Show most used apps: off


Change Default Browser


Follow the instructions here

Explorer:


click the ellipses in the toolbar, select Options

General

open file explorer to: This PC
uncheck Show frequently used files in Quick access and Show frequently used folders in Quick access
click "Clear"


View

navigation pane (scroll to bottom) -> expand to open folder
click: Apply to Folders


Quick Access (top left)

unpin all folders except desktop and Downloads


Reverse scroll wheel (Not needed in Parallels)


Settings -> Devices -> Mouse & touchpad, Reverse Scrolling Direction
If no touch pad do this

Application Configuration

Evernote


Help > Keyboard shortcuts
Global > Paste to Evernote
Click the ellipses and choose disable
Do the same for Global > New note window
(These global shortcuts conflict with Resharper)

SourceTree


Tools -> Options

Theme: Dark


Windows Terminal


Settings -> Startup -> New instance behavior: Attach to the most recently used window
Add a color scheme:

download iterm color schemes:
Extract and copy the contents of windowsterminal\IR_Black.json
Settings -> Open JSON file (bottom left)
find the line: schemes[],
expand the array and paste in the contents of IR_Black.json
save


Add Git Bash:

Settings -> Profiles -> + Add a new profile


New empty profile


Name: Git Bash
Command line: C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe -l -i
Icon: C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\share\git\git-for-windows.ico
Tab title: Git Bash


Change font and color scheme:

Settings -> Profiles -> Powershell
Select Appearance
Under Text, select a Color scheme and a Font face
Repeat for other profiles


ConEmu


Launch ConEmu and save the settings file location
Settings -> Integration, register the explorer menu integration.
Settings -> Features -> Status bar, uncheck Show status bar
In settings -> features -> colors

In the schemes field, type IR_Black


Click save.
Edit %appdata%\ConEmu.xml
Search for IR_Black
Replace ColorTable00 through ColorTable15 with the lines found below:
IR_Black color scheme
Alternately, choose Settings -> import and import the contents of ConEmu.xml


Visual Studio Code

Install the following extensions(Ctrl+Shift+x):

C#
IR_Black Theme
PowerShell
Vim

In Settings (Ctrl+,)

Commonly Used:

Editor: Font Size: 14
Editor: Font family: Hack Nerd Font Mono


Security -> Workspace

Uncheck Trust:Enabled


Notepad++


Install the xml tools plugin
Settings -> Preferences

Click Dark Mode in the list on the left.
check: Enable dark mode


Settings -> Style Configurator:

Select Twilight from the drop down
Select Hack Nerd Font Mono from the font list
Font Size: 12
Enable global font
Enable global font size


Visual Studio 2019

Settings:

Tools -> Customize -> Extensions Menu tab, uncheck Resharper
Tools -> Options:

Environment:

Fonts & Settings: Font: Hack Nerd Font Mono, Size: 14
General -> Color Theme: Dark
General -> Apply title case styling to the menu bar (should be on by default)


Projects and Solutions:

Locations -> Projects Location: %userprofile%\Source\
track active item in solution explorer


Debugging -> General -> uncheck: Enable Just My Code
Source Control -> Plug-in selection: git
Text Editor -> All Languages:

General:

uncheck: hide advanced members
check: line numbers
uncheck: navigation bar


Tabs:

Indenting: Smart
Tab Size: 4
Indent Size: 4
check: Insert Spaces


Install ir_black color scheme

download: ir_black theme https://studiostyl.es/schemes/ir-black
Tools -> Import and Export Settings -> Import Selected Environment Settings -> Next -> No, just import new settings -> Next -> Browse to file -> open -> next -> finish


Extensions:

Tools -> Extensions and Updates:


Visual Studio Spell Checker


VsVim

tools -> options -> vsvim:

defaults -> general
VimRc Error Reporting: true
VimRc File Loading: vsvimrc files only
keyboard

Handle all with Visual Studio
ctrl+d: Handled by VsVim
ctrl+u: Handled by VsVim


Copy _vsvimrc to %userprofile%.


Productivity Power Tools

tools -> options -> Productivity Power Tools:

Custom Document Well (Sadly, this extension doesn't work in VS 2019)

General -> Tab Appearance: uncheck Color tabs by project
General -> Sorting: uncheck all
Advanced -> Colors and Gradients: uncheck Automatically select tab text colors
Advanced -> Colors and Gradients: uncheck Force flat custom colors


Power Commands -> Commands

disable (uncheck) all
enable to taste


Resharper


Log in to JetBrains.com to get a license key, or simply log in to your JetBrains account when Resharper prompts you for a license

Settings:


Tools -> Customize -> Extensions Menu tab, uncheck Resharper

Resharper -> Options:


Environment


Keyboard & Menus


Keyboard Shortcuts: Resharper 2.x or IntelliJ IDEA


Editor -> Editor Appearance:

Highlight current line
Highlight matching delimiters when caret is: at both sides


Code inspection -> Code Editing -> C#:


Naming Style

Constant fields (private): ALL_UPPER
Constant fields (not private): ALL_UPPER


Formatting Style

Braces Layout -> Empty Braces Formatting: Together on the same line
Line Breaks and Wrapping -> Break line in a block with a single statement: Force put on single line
Blank Lines -> Keep max blank lines in code: 1
Blank Lines -> Keep max blank lines in declarations: 1
Line Breaks and Wrapping -> Prefer wrap before operator in binary expression: check for true
Line Breaks and Wrapping -> Place simple property/indexer/event declaration on a single line: check for true
Line Breaks and Wrapping -> Place simple method on single line: check for true
Line Breaks and Wrapping -> Place field attribute on same line: uncheck for false
Line Breaks and Wrapping -> Place simple array, object and collection on single line
Other -> Don't indent comments started at first column: uncheck for false


Tools

External Sources: Navigation to Object Browser
Import Live Templates


Resharper -> Tools -> Templates Explorer...

Import (second icon from the right in the toolbar)

resharper_comment_template.dotsettings
resharper_todo_comment_template.dotsettings