#Choco windows install#

Use the same method we used earlier, but to launch any Command Prompt. Chocolatey will have been installed on your Windows installation. In this case, you can verify it by accessing Chocolatey’s instructions page. Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force ::SecurityProtocol = ::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072 iex ((New-Object ).DownloadString(‘’))Īs is recommended, always refer to the source of any instructions given online. You can also start it by pressing Winkey + X, then choosing WIndows Powershell (Admin). Right-click on Windows PowerShell and click on Run as Administrator. Simply start a Powershell by pressing the Start button and typing Powershell. The complex part is the installation, which involves typing a few commands into a command prompt. Remember to perform the steps carefully, and if you’re sure of what you’re doing. It lets you update all the installed software using chocolatey too using a single command.

#Choco windows install#

By the time we’re done, you will be glad you tried out Chocolatey.Ĭhocolatey lets you use a command prompt to install a software in seconds, of course depending on your internet connection speed. Enter Chocolatey, a simple package manager that needs a one-time installation, and it lets you do several things. It’s hard to manage this when you have say, 20 or 30 software. One needs to visit the set of software developers web sites frequently looking for feature updates or bug fixes. Once you do install a software, upgrading it can be a pain. This is reasonably easy too but there is the fear of hoax web sites and fake software with malware, and so on. The other method is downloading software from a developer’s web site. It has a nice interface and it is easy to navigate, but you may not always find the software you’re looking for.

You can download free software from it, or paid ones, or subscription ones. The most recent one has been using the Microsoft Windows Store.

Windows has been around for a long time, and there have been a couple of ways of installing software on it.