How I set up my new Windows machine

This is for a windows installation.

Fresh Installation¶

Debloat windows¶

Windows 11 is full of bloatware. NOT ACCEPTABLE! Remove all unnecessary stuff that are thrusted into our laptops/PCs by Microsoft.¹

# Should work unless outdated, else use the link above
& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm "https://debloat.raphi.re/")))

Firewall block

In case your firewall blocks the script, use this button to download and save it as debloat.ps1 then run it as administrator.

Get the Script

You will have to run this script in administrator mode using the windows Powershell
If you see a warning related to winget in the blue window, then install the app installer
Go with recommended settings (But do suggest you to clean out the taskbar and start menu.)

So, we will run this script from Raphire/Win11Debloat.

Realtek HD Audio Manager¶

I remember using the Realtek HD Audio Manager back when Windows 7 was peak. The manager allowed us to set default devices and have some low latency output monitoring

Other¶

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Apps¶

Here are the apps that I use on my system. One suggestion is to use apps that do most of the things that you require to do.

Daily¶

Arc Browser (Not anymore, meet Zen Browser which is much faster!)
Dropbox

Academics¶

Dev¶

Python¶

For using Tensorflow 2 in machine learning projects, we can download miniconda to get python installed and then load up this environment. This can be activated from anywhere and be used for all datascience projects. A really good base which includes most of the things needed

conda init powershell
conda env create --file=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ageron/handson-ml2/refs/heads/master/environment.yml python=3.8

VS Code ¶

I use the vim extension with VS Code. These are my settings and keybindings.

settings.json

{
  "vim.easymotion": true,
  "vim.incsearch": true,
  "vim.useSystemClipboard": true,
  "vim.hlsearch": true,
  "vim.insertModeKeyBindings": [
    {
      "before": [
        "j",
        "j"
      ],
      "after": [
        "<Esc>"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "vim.leader": "<space>",
  "vim.handleKeys": {
    "<C-a>": false,
    "<C-shift-e>": false,
    "<C-f>": false,
    "<C-p>": false,
    "<C-w>": false,
    "<C-shift-p>": false,
  },
  "vim.normalModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
    {
      "before": [
        "Ctrl+e"
      ],
      "commands": [
        "workbench.files.action.focusFilesExplorer"
      ]
    },
    // {
    //   "before": [":"],
    //   "commands": ["workbench.action.showCommands"]
    // }
  ],
  "vim.visualModeKeyBindingsNonRecursive": [
    {
      "before": [ ">" ],
      "commands": [ "editor.action.indentLines" ]
    },
    {
      "before": [ "<" ],
      "commands": [ "editor.action.outdentLines" ]
    },
    // {
    //   "before": [ "p" ],
    //   "after": [ "p", "g", "v", "y" ]
    // }
  ],
  //   "vim.statusBarColorControl": true,
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.normal": ["#1f1f1f", "#ddd"],
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.insert": ["9f9f9f", "#000"],
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.visual": ["#B48EAD", "#000"],
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.visualline": ["#B48EAD", "#000"],
  //   "vim.statusBarColors.visualblock": ["#A3BE8C", "#000"],
  // "vim.statusBarColors.replace": "#D08770",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.commandlineinprogress": "#007ACC",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.searchinprogressmode": "#007ACC",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.easymotionmode": "#007ACC",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.easymotioninputmode": "#007ACC",
  // "vim.statusBarColors.surroundinputmode": "#007ACC",
}

keybindings.json

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+e",
        "command": "workbench.action.focusActiveEditorGroup",
        "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+n",
      "command": "explorer.newFile",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+shift+n",
      "command": "explorer.newFolder",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "r",
      "command": "renameFile",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "delete",
      "command": "deleteFile",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+c",
      "command": "filesExplorer.copy",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+v",
      "command": "filesExplorer.paste",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+x",
      "command": "filesExplorer.cut",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
    {
      "key": "space",
      "command": "filesExplorer.openFilePreserveFocus",
      "when": "filesExplorerFocus && !inputFocus"
    },
]

Hobbies¶

The only reason I am still using your OS and not Linux is the ability to use proprietary software ↩