WindowsSetup

A collection of personalized configuration files for package managers, terminals, Windows settings, and keyboard layouts. Curated over time to optimize new machine setup.

Prerequisites

• Git — required to clone and run hooks
• winget — built into Windows 11
• PowerShell 7+ (winget install Microsoft.PowerShell)

First-Time Setup

# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/Layfully/Dotfiles "$env:USERPROFILE\Dotfiles"
cd "$env:USERPROFILE\Dotfiles"

# 2. Enable git hooks
git config --local core.hooksPath .githooks

# 3. Run the main setup script (installs tools, creates symlinks, sets up PS modules)
#    Run as Administrator in a clean PowerShell 7 session
pwsh -NoProfile -File Scripts/Tools.ps1

What the Setup Script Does (Scripts/Tools.ps1)

Step	What happens
Installs winget packages	PowerToys, fzf, Windows Terminal, GitHub CLI, Oh My Posh, PowerShell 7, UniGetUI, Git, Bitwarden, VS Code, lazygit, nvm-windows
Installs Node.js LTS via nvm	Then installs Claude Code CLI (@anthropic-ai/claude-code) globally
Installs Chocolatey	Used for JetBrainsMono Nerd Font
Installs PowerShell modules	ZLocation, PSFzf, CompletionPredictor, posh-git, Terminal-Icons, Az
Creates symbolic links	Links config files from this repo into their expected system locations (see table below)
Cleans up old PS modules	Removes all but the latest version of each installed module

Symbolic Links

Symlink location	Points to
$PROFILE	Config/user_profile.ps1
%APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json	Config/VisualStudioCode/settings.json
%LOCALAPPDATA%\...\WindowsTerminal\settings.json	Config/WindowsTerminal/settings.json
%LOCALAPPDATA%\UniGetUI\Configuration	Config/UniGetUI\
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\pwsh.exe	C:\Tools\pwsh.exe

WSL Setup

After running wsl --install and launching Ubuntu:

bash "$env:USERPROFILE/Dotfiles/Scripts/WSLSetup.sh"

Git Hooks

Hooks run automatically on every commit to keep config snapshots up to date:

Hook	What it does
UpdatePowerToysBackup.ps1	Renames the latest .ptb backup to latest_powertoys_backup.ptb
SaveVsCodeExtensions.ps1	Exports installed VS Code extensions list
ExportWingetPackages.ps1	Exports winget package list (named after the machine)

To enable hooks after cloning:

git config --local core.hooksPath .githooks

Shell Shortcuts (PowerShell profile)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+F	Fuzzy finder (fzf)
Ctrl+R	Fuzzy search command history
Alt+C	Fuzzy cd into directory
z <partial>	Jump to a frecent directory (ZLocation)
gs	git status
gl	git pull
gp	git push
gf	git fetch origin
fgs	Fuzzy git status
fe	Fuzzy open file in editor
fkill	Fuzzy kill process
lg	lazygit (terminal git UI)