🍫 Chocolatey App Hub

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📌 What is Chocolatey?

Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows that lets you install, update, and manage apps with simple commands no more clicking through installers.

👉 Official Chocolatey Website

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🚀 Quick Install

Run PowerShell as Administrator and paste:

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'))

Table of Content

• Essential Commands
  • Install a Single App
  • Install Multiple Apps
  • List Install Apps
• Curated App List
• Fresh PC Setup Script
• Choco Auto Update Apps Script
• Stay Updated

📦 Essential Commands

Install a Single App

choco install <appname> -y

Install Multiple Apps

choco install 7zip vscode git googlechrome -y

You can replace these with any apps of your choice.

List Installed Apps

choco list

Search for Packages

choco search <appname>

Check for Outdated Apps

choco outdated

Update All Apps

choco upgrade all -y

Update a Specific App

choco upgrade <appname> -y

Install a Specific Version

choco install <appname> --version 1.0.0 -y

Removing Apps

choco uninstall <appname>

Replace with the App of your choice.

🗂 Curated App List

Here’s a growing list of recommended apps. Copy/paste the ones you want:

Category	Apps (Chocolatey IDs)
Utilities	7zip, powertoys, sysinternals, everything, windirstat, rufus, ditto, greenshot
Productivity	notepadplusplus, libreoffice-fresh, obsidian, slack, zoom, dropbox, thunderbird
Browsers	googlechrome, firefox, brave, opera, tor-browser
Media	vlc, spotify, audacity, gimp, inkscape, handbrake, youtube-dl, ffmpeg
Dev Tools	git, vscode, nodejs, python, docker-desktop, postman, visualstudio2022community, mysql, powershell-core
Gaming	steam, epicgameslauncher, discord, battle.net, goggalaxy, obs-studio

🛠 Fresh PC Setup Script

Want everything in one go? Save this as setup.ps1 and run it:

choco install vlc 7zip vscode git googlechrome obsidian powertoys spotify discord steam -y

Choco Auto Update Apps Script

@echo off
set title="Choco Auto App Updater"
if not "%1"=="am_admin" (powershell start -verb runas '%0' am_admin & exit /b)
echo ======================================
echo Choco Auto App Updater 
echo ======================================
echo -- Updating apps... Please wait. 
echo ======================================
echo,

choco upgrade all -y

cls
echo ====================================================================================
echo - All apps updated. 
echo - Closing in 5 seconds.
echo ====================================================================================
timeout /t 5 
exit

📢 Stay Updated

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