BatchFiles & PowerShell Scripts

A collection of batch & powershell files for automating tasks, software installations, and streamlining processes.

Install Chocolaty (.bat)

To use my other scripts that install software, you will need to install Chocolaty first, which is easily done using this script. ! Make sure you run Powershell in admin mode.

Windows Startup (.bat)

Load your favourite programmes every time you restart your PC/Laptop. Simply add this script to the startup folder.

This is to be used as a getting started template.

VM2VM Firewall Bypass (.ps1)

This allows you to add specific services that can bypass the firewall.

Install Software For Testing New Laptop (.ps1)

This will install the following :-

• Git
• Visual studio code
• Visual studio 2022
• Postman
• SSMS
• nodejs"
• Docker Desktop
• Helm (Package manager for kubernetes)
• Azure CLI
• Terraform (Terraform codifies cloud APIs into declarative configuration files)
• Fiddler
• Service Bus Explorer
• Firefox
• NotePad++
• Evernote
• Draw IO
• PyCharm
• ScreenToGif (Creates an editable gif which is generally smaller than videos)
• Greenshot (Simple opensource screen grabber with lots of options)
• Azure Storage Emulator
• Seq Logging
• Linqpad (The Ultimate Scratchpad for C#, F# and VB)

Checkout Specific Branch Prune (.bat)

This script does the following :-

• Changes directory
• Checks out main
• Pulls the latest code base
• Fetches all remote branches
• Runs npm install to get the latest packages
• Checks out your feature branch

Drop Databases (.ps1)

It will remove unwanted databases found on your local machine. You simply specify the ones you want to keep and the script will delete everything else.