Windows Setup Script

Requirements

• Windows 8 or newer (doesn't work in Windows 7 :( )

Usage

Create the desired settings in scripts/settings/config.ps1.

Run either ./setup_development.ps1 for a develpoment computer (lots of software useful for writing, compiling, and testing code) or ./setup_production.ps1 for a production computer (much more minimal).

OLD README (not useful anymore)

Computer Configuration

In the scripts folder, there are a variety of scripts that can be used to change your computer settings. Ones I recommend using:

• disable_edge_ui.ps1 to disable Windows 8/10 Edge UI features.
• disable_firewall.ps1 to disable the default Windows Firewall.
• disable_screensaver.ps1 does the obvious.
• disable_windows_update.ps1 disables prompts to update Windows.
• enable_autologin.ps1 enables automatic login if config.ps1 contains the proper username / password combination.
• set_ip.ps1 configures the IP based off of settings in config.ps1.
• set_power_settings.ps1 loads a power settings configuration file I exported that disables all power saving features.
• set_scheduled_reboot.ps1 configures the computer for a daily reboot at a specific time, defined in config.ps1.

There are also a few other utilites that are less useful, but may be useful in certain situations regardless.

Executable Maintenance

I also wrote a few utilities that are meant to make maintaining installations a bit easier. The main one that's useful is publish_release.ps1 and download_release.ps1. These require cURL, which is included in both of the computer setup builds above.

You can use these scripts by placing the entirety of the scripts/ folder in your project's root directory.

NOTE: you'll want to check config.ps1 to make sure it has the right paths before running this.

Publishing a Release

Running publish_release.ps1 from the powershell will:

• Grab the executable from your root directory,
• Place it in your bin/ folder, and archive it into a dated folder (with a copy of your CHANGELOG.md, if you have one),
• Creates a .tar.gz archive and sends it to Bitbucket's Download page.

Downloading a Release

Running download_release.ps1 from the powershell will:

• Download a folder named with today's date from Bitbucket's Download page (optionally, you can provide a name for the file).
• Unzip the tar archive,
• Place the dated archive folder in your bin/ folder,
• Copy the executable to your bin/ folder,
• And create a shortcut for it, and place that shortcut in your startup folder.

This is designed to make the process of adding a new version of software to a project much less painful.

Publishing / Downloading other files

You can also publish / download other files using Bitbucket's Download page by calling the scripts publish_to_bitbucket.ps1 and download_from_bitbucket.ps1 with a specific file as an argument.