Windows 11 install

Windows configuration

• Disable automatic updates

  • Edit group policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Manage end user experience > Configure Automatic Updates > Disabled

• Disable Bing search in start menu

  • Edit group policy > User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> File Explorer -> Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box > Enabled

• Disable fast boot and sleep

  • Control Panel > System and Security > Power Options > Choose what the power buttons do

• Disable audio enhancements

  • Settings > System > Sound > More sound settings > Playback > Speakers > Properties > Advanced > Enable audio enhancements > Uncheck

• Set time to UTC

  • regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation > add DWORD value RealTimeIsUniversal with hexadecimal value 1

• Disable indexing

  • Services > Windows Search > Properties > Startup type > Disabled

• Revert to old right click menu in File Explorer

  • regedit > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID > right click > New > Key > {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2} > right click > New > Key > InprocServer32 > (Default) > Value data > empty > OK

• Uninstall useless default apps

• Run windows update

• Set XDG_CONFIG_HOME environment variable

  • Edit the system environment variables > Environment Variables > User variables > New > XDG_CONFIG_HOME > %LOCALAPPDATA%

Essential software

• Firefox
• Google Chrome
• GPU drivers
  • AMD
  • Nvidia
• 7-Zip
• KbdEdit
  • Download from Google Drive
  • Personal edition at home
  • Player edition at work
  • Use the US Compose Key.kbe layout
• Everything
• System Informer
• Sumatra PDF

Development software

• Hack
• Clink
• Git
• Fork
• LLVM
• CMake
• Neovim
  • Neovide
    • Add to right click context menu with the command :NeovideRegisterRightClick
  • vim-plug
    • Copy plug.vim to ~/AppData/Local/nvim-data/site/autoload/plug.vim
  • ripgrep
• Visual Studio
• RAD Debugger
• Python
• Visual Studio Code
• Graphics Tools
  • Settings > Apps > Optional features > Add an optional feature > Graphics Tools
• RenderDoc

Multimedia software

• IrfanView
• Paint.NET
• mpv
  • FFmpeg
  • yt-dlp
• foobar2000
• Steam

Misc software

• Discord
• WireGuard
• qBittorrent