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Let's make it a bit less manual.\n\n## Remove default apps\n\nOpen up powershell as admin:\n```shell\nGet-AppxPackage *3dbuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *bingfinance* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *bingnews* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *bingsports* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *bingweather* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *getstarted* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *officehub* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *onenote* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *people* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *photos* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *skypeapp* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *solitairecollection* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *soundrecorder* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *windowsalarms* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *windowscalculator* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *windowscamera* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *windowscommunicationsapps* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *windowsmaps* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *windowsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *zunemusic* | Remove-AppxPackage\nGet-AppxPackage *zunevideo* | Remove-AppxPackage\n```\n\n## Chocolatey\n\nLet's manage our software via the chocolatey repository.\n\nOpen a powershell as admin and install chocolatey:\n```shell\n@\"%SystemRoot%\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe\" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command \"iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))\" \u0026\u0026 SET \"PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\\chocolatey\\bin\"\n```\n\nInstall software via packages!\n```shell\nchoco install -y 7zip.install docker firefox notepadplusplus.install microsoft-windows-terminal slack vscode winmerge winscp wsl-ubuntu-1804 \n```\n\n## Theme\n```shell\n# set desktop background colour to black\nSet-ItemProperty 'HKCU:\\Control Panel\\Colors' -Name Background -Value \"0 0 0\"\n```\n\n## Roadmap\n - [ ] Stop installing desktop shortcuts. 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