The latest release

Usage

First, make sure Execution Policy allows execution of script:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser -Force

Execute the following PowerShell command to bootstrap the download/setup in the folder $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\PWDE

& {
$pwde="$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\PWDE";
mkdir "$pwde" -Force;
$(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pw4ever/PWDE/master/setup.ps1",  "$pwde/setup.ps1");
pushd "$pwde";
./setup.ps1 -DownloadFromUpstream -DownloadOnly;
}

You should be dropped into $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\PWDE, which you can later popd to return to previous location.

• Get help.

Get-Help .\setup.ps1 -Full

• Install Chocolatey and packages (listed as an array in -ChocoPkgs) from it. Need admin/elevated privilege.

.\setup.ps1 -InstallChocolatey -InstallChocoPkgs

• Setup to directory C:\PWDE.

.\setup.ps1 -Destination C:\PWDE -UnzipPkgs

• Setup to directory C:\PWDE and update user environment variables to make the settings persistent, and additionally create desktop shortcuts and right-mouse-button context menu entries (see the script for details; use [Tab] completion for help typing).

.\setup.ps1 `
    -Destination C:\PWDE -UnzipPkgs `
    -UpdateUserEnvironment `
    -CreateShortcuts -CreateStartupShortcuts -CreateContextMenuEntries

• Suppose packages are already unzipped to C:\PWDE, e.g., with a previous "-Destination". Skip unzipping and simply set up the environment.

.\setup.ps1 `
    -Destination C:\PWDE `
    -UpdateUserEnvironment `
    -CreateShortcuts -CreateStartupShortcuts -CreateContextMenuEntries

• All in one after downloading the packages.

.\setup.ps1 `
    -Destination C:\PWDE `
    -InstallChocolatey -InstallChocoPkgs `
    -UpdateUserEnvironment `
    -CreateShortcuts -CreateStartupShortcuts -CreateContextMenuEntries

Note that -CreateContextMenuEntries edits system registry, so using it requires admin/elevated privilege.

To use PWDE, either -UpdateUserEnvironment or run "$Destination\init.ps1" in PoSH.