Windows.md

Windows

(Because even a Linux user need to play game)

• Change the default path in PowerShell ISE

• Reduce WinSxS size

dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore
dism /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

• Change name by pattern

Get-ChildItem -Filter “*current*” -Recurse | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.name -replace ‘current’,’old’ }

• Turn off the sound popup on Google Chrome

Paste chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling to the browser and turn it off.

• Check file size recursively

Use TreeSize Free (better) or WinDirStat

• Delete files on System Volume Information

vssadmin Resize ShadowStorage /For=C: /On=C: /Maxsize=320MB
vssadmin delete shadows /for=c: /all /quiet

• Iterate through all subdirectories and format code

Get-ChildItem -Directory | Foreach-Object {dotnet-format -w $_.FullName}
Get-ChildItem -Directory | Foreach-Object {fantomas $_.FullName}

• Remove items with pattern

Get-ChildItem -Filter "*.txt" -Recurse | Remove-Item

• Update PowerShell by the command line (https://superuser.com/questions/1287032/update-powershell-through-command-line)

Stable version

iex "& { $(irm https://aka.ms/install-powershell.ps1) } -UseMSI"

Preview version

iex "& { $(irm https://aka.ms/install-powershell.ps1) } -UseMSI -Preview"

• Shrink WSL file:

Use https://github.com/mikemaccana/compact-wsl2-disk or https://superuser.com/a/1734392

• Run scripts with PowerShell: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4037939/powershell-says-execution-of-scripts-is-disabled-on-this-system

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File script.ps1

• Remove wsl volume

wsl.exe --list --verbose
wsl --unregister <NAME>

• No Internet connection in WSL (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62314789/no-internet-connection-on-wsl-ubuntu-windows-subsystem-for-linux)

Open PowerShell as an Administrator and type these commands:

netsh winsock reset 
netsh int ip reset all
netsh winhttp reset proxy
ipconfig /flushdns

Reboot your machine.