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Chocolatey

Install chocolatey (run in Windows PowerShell as Administrator)

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Upgrade all

choco upgrade all -y

System Basic

choco install 7zip.install notepadplusplus.install microsoft-windows-terminal wireguard wsl2 
(powertoys)

7-Zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
Notepad++ - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Windows Terminal - Microsoft Store
Wireguard - https://www.wireguard.com/install/
WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2) - Microsoft Store
(PowerToys - Microsoft Store)

Internet

choco install firefox thunderbird googlechrome

Firefox - https://www.mozilla.org/de/firefox/new/
Thunderbird - https://www.mozilla.org/de/thunderbird/
Chrome - https://www.google.com/chrome/

Office

choco install libreoffice-fresh adobereader okular cutepdf qownnotes

LibreOffice - https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
Okular - Microsoft Store (https://okular.kde.org/)
CutePDF - https://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
QOwnNotes - https://www.qownnotes.org/installation/windows.html
PDF Arranger - https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger

Other

Graphics

choco install imageresizerapp lightscreen gimp inkscape drawio paint.net

ImageResizer - https://github.com/bricelam/ImageResizer/releases
~~LightScreen - http://lightscreen.com.ar/~~
Greenshot - https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot
Gimp - https://www.gimp.org/
Inkscape - https://inkscape.org/de/
Draw.io - https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases/
Paint.NET - https://www.getpaint.net/download.html#download

Other

3D Design&Printing

choco install cura-new autodesk-fusion360

Cura - https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/tags
Fusion 360 - https://www.autodesk.de/products/fusion-360/free-trial

Multimedia

choco install mpc-hc-clsid2 foobar2000

MPC-HC - https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases
Foobar - https://www.foobar2000.org/

Other

choco install obs-studio vlc

OBS-Studio - https://obsproject.com/download
VLC Media Player - https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
DaVinci Resolve - https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
(Gnome Music Player Client)
(Audacity - https://www.audacityteam.org/)

File Transfer/Sync

choco install nextcloud-client winscp

nextcloud - https://nextcloud.com/install/#
WinSCP - https://winscp.net/eng/download.php

Other

choco install git tortoisegit filezilla

Git for Windows - https://git-scm.com/download/win
TortoiseGIT - https://tortoisegit.org/download/
FileZilla - https://filezilla-project.org/
OpenVPN - https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html

Software Development

choco install vscode autoit.install arduino

Visual Studio Code - Windows Store (https://code.visualstudio.com/)
AutoIt - https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/
Arduino - https://www.arduino.cc/en/software

Other

System Advanced

choco install crystaldiskmark treesizefree rufus mqtt-explorer

CrystalDiskMark - https://crystalmark.info/en/download/
TreeSize - https://www.jam-software.de/treesize_free/
Rufus - https://rufus.ie/
MQTT-Explorer - http://mqtt-explorer.com/

Other

choco install autologon autoruns tightvnc czkawka scrcpy tightvnc (synergy) winmerge x-mouse-button-control cpu-z everything

AutoLogon - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autologon
Autoruns - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
Czkawka - https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka/releases Find duplicate files
ScrCpy - https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/releases Mirror Android screen
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.com/download.php
Synergy - https://symless.com/synergy Control mouse+keyboard over IP
WinMerge - https://winmerge.org File diff
X-Mouse Button Control - https://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm Switch Desktops with extra mouse buttons
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
Everything - https://www.voidtools.com/
(HD Tune - http://www.hdtune.com/download.html)
(DesktopOK - https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK) Save/Restore icon positions
(Putty - https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html)
(ImageWriter - https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/)

Links

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7x639l/what_free_software_is_so_good_you_cant_believe/

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 == Chocolatey ==
 * Install chocolatey (run in Windows PowerShell as Administrator)
+<blockquote>
 <pre>
 Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
 </pre>
+</blockquote>
+* Upgrade all
+<blockquote>
+<pre>
+choco upgrade all -y
+</pre>
+</blockquote>
 == System Basic ==
 <pre>
-choco install 7zip.install notepadplusplus.install microsoft-windows-terminal powertoys wsl2
+choco install 7zip.install notepadplusplus.install microsoft-windows-terminal wireguard wsl2
+(powertoys)
 </pre>
 * 7-Zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
 * Notepad++ - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
 * Windows Terminal - Microsoft Store
-* PowerToys - Microsoft Store
+* Wireguard - https://www.wireguard.com/install/
 * WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2) - Microsoft Store
+* (PowerToys - Microsoft Store)
 == Internet ==
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 == Office ==
 <pre>
-choco install libreoffice-fresh okular
+choco install libreoffice-fresh adobereader okular cutepdf qownnotes
 </pre>
 * LibreOffice - https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
 * Okular - Microsoft Store (https://okular.kde.org/)
+* CutePDF - https://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
+* QOwnNotes - https://www.qownnotes.org/installation/windows.html
 * PDF Arranger - https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger
 <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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 :* (FreePDF - http://freepdfxp.de)
 :* (PDF split and merge - http://www.pdfsam.org/download-pdfsam-basic/)
+:* OmniPage - https://www.kofax.com/products/omnipage/omnipage-ultimate-free-trial
 </div></div>
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 </pre>
 * ImageResizer - https://github.com/bricelam/ImageResizer/releases
-* LightScreen - http://lightscreen.com.ar/
+* <s>LightScreen - http://lightscreen.com.ar/</s>
+* Greenshot - https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot
 * Gimp - https://www.gimp.org/
 * Inkscape - https://inkscape.org/de/
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 * Other
 <div class="mw-collapsible-content">
-:* Paint.NET - https://www.getpaint.net/download.html
 :* Darktable - https://www.darktable.org/install/
 :* EOS Utility - https://www.canon.de/support/consumer_products/software/eos-utility.html
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 == Software Development ==
 <pre>
-choco install vscode autoit.install
+choco install vscode autoit.install arduino
 </pre>
 * Visual Studio Code - Windows Store (https://code.visualstudio.com/)
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 == System Advanced ==
 <pre>
-choco install crystaldiskmark treesizefree rufus
+choco install crystaldiskmark treesizefree rufus mqtt-explorer
 </pre>
 * CrystalDiskMark - https://crystalmark.info/en/download/
 * TreeSize - https://www.jam-software.de/treesize_free/
 * Rufus - https://rufus.ie/
+* MQTT-Explorer - http://mqtt-explorer.com/
 <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 * Other