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 ===== Essential Software =====
-^ Application ^ OSS ^ Linux ^ Audience ^ Notes ^
+^ Application ^ Chocolatey ^ Notes ^
-| Firefox | Y | Y | Everybody | |
+| Chocolatey | |
-| Avast! | N | :?: | Everybody | |
+| Microsoft Security Essentials | ''cinst MicrosoftSecurityEssentials'' | |
-| Comodo Firewall Pro | N | :?: | Everybody | |
+| Firefox | ''cinst Firefox'' | |
-| Notepad++ | Y | :?: | Everybody | |
+| Google Chrome | ''cinst GoogleChrome '' | |
-| Foxit Reader | N | :?: | Everybody | |
+| Notepad++ | ''cinst notepadplusplus'' | Also get Aspell **and** the English dictionary. See [[notepadplusplus_setup|Notepad++ Setup]]. |
-| [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/|PDFCreator]] | Y | N | Everyone | |
+| WinMerge | ''cinst winmerge'' | Consider SemanticMerge for code. |
-| 7-Zip | Y | :?: | Everybody | |
+| 7-Zip | ''cinst 7zip'' | |
-| GIMP | Y | Y | Everybody | Don't bother installing the help - it is just a copy of what is on the web. |
+| TortoiseSVN | ''cinst tortoisesvn'' | |
-| VLC | Y | :?: | Everybody | |
+| Sysinternals | ''cinst sysinternals'' | |
-| OpenOffice | Y | Y | Everybody | |
+| ActivePerl | ''cinst ActivePerl'' | |
-| Foobar2000 | N | N | Everybody | See [[foobar2000_setup|Foobar2000 Setup]]|.
+| Expresso | ''cinst expresso'' | |
-| WinMerge | Y | :?: | Stephen | |
+| IcoFX | ''cinst IcoFx'' | |
-| TrueCrypt | Y | :?: | Stephen | |
+| Foobar2000 | ''cinst foobar2000'' | See [[foobar2000_setup|Foobar2000 Setup]]. |
-| Agent Ransack | N | :?: | Stephen | |
+| <del>TrueCrypt</del> | ''cinst truecrypt'' | Or install the [[https://github.com/AuditProject/truecrypt-verified-mirror/tree/master/Windows|verified binaries]]. |
-| FileZilla | Y | :?: | Stephen | |
+| VeraCrypt | | [[http://veracrypt.codeplex.com/]] |
-| Process Explorer (Sysinternals) | N | N | Stephen | |
+| GIMP | ''cinst gimp'' | Don't bother installing the help - it is just a copy of what is on the web. |
-| Process Monitor (Sysinternals) | N | N | Stephen | |
+| Paint.net | ''cinst paint.net'' | |
-| Autoruns (Sysinternals) | N | N | Stephen | |
+| Inkscape | | ''cinst InkScape'' |
-| ActivePerl | :?: | :?: | Stephen | |
+| WinDirStat | ''cinst windirstat'' | |
-| Expresso | N | N | Stephen | |
+| Everything | ''cinst everything'' | (File searcher) |
-| IcoFX | N | N | Stephen | |
+| JPEGView | ''cinst jpegview'' | |
-| WindowsPad | :?: | :?: | Stephen | |
+| VLC | ''cinst vlc'' | |
+| Fiddler | ''cinst fiddler'' | |
+| FileZilla | ''cinst filezilla'' | [[https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1|Download updates here.]] |
+| WindowsPad | | |
+| AutoHotKey | ''cinst autohotkey_l'' | |
+| dbForge SQL Complete | | [[http://www.devart.com/dbforge/sql/sqlcomplete/|Install]] |
+| <del>ApexSQL Complete</del> | | Don't install this - slow shitty piece of software. |
+| Sumatra PDF | ''cinst sumatrapdf'' | |
+| PDF Creator | ''cinst PDFCreator'' | Looks like it needs to be a [[http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/download-free-pdf-viewer.html|manual install]]. |
+| VirtualBox | ''cinst virtualbox'' | |
+| Agent Ransack | ''cinst ransack'' | Windows XP only. |
+| XP Task Switcher | | Windows XP only. |
+| [[http://support.stackify.com/hc/en-us/categories/201177633-Prefix|Stackify Prefix]] | |
 ===== Software To Install When Needed =====
   * TestDisk (file / partition recovery)
   * Google Earth
-  * WinDirStat
+  * InfraRecorder (CD & DVD burning)
+  * [[http://openmidiproject.sourceforge.jp/Sekaiju_en.html|Sekaiju]] (MIDI editor)
+  * Stellarium (cinst Stellarium)
 ===== Software I'm Evaluating =====
-  * Avidemux (Video Editing)
+  * Avidemux (Video editing)
-  * InfraRecorder (CD & DVD Burning)
+  * [[http://www.sliderocket.com|SlideRocket]] (Web based alternative to PowerPoint)
+  * conemu-maximus5 (Command line prompt)
+  * <del>Imgv (Image viewer)</del> shit.
+===== Visual Studio Extensions =====
+^ Extension ^ Notes ^
+| Code alignment | |
+| NuGet Package Manager | |
+| Spell Checker | |
+| Productivity Power Tools | (?) |
+| Web Essentials | Gives HTML Zen. |
+| Code Maid | Try it out. |
+I prefer ReSharper over CodeRush.
+===== Chrome Extensions =====
+^ Extension ^ Notes ^
+| Postman - REST Client | |
+| Tampermonkey | |
+===== Setting Up TortoiseSVN =====
+Settings -> External Programs -> Diff Viewer
+... different revisions of **files**
+<code>C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe -e -ub -dl %bname -dr %yname %base %mine</code>
-===== Firefox Extensions =====
+... different revisions of **properties**
-^ Extension ^ Audience ^
+<code>C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe</code>
-| Adblock Plus | Everybody |
-| Download Statusbar | Everyone |
-| Firebug | Stephen |
-| IE Tab 2 | Everybody |
-| Restart Firefox | Everyone |
-| ReminderFox | Everyone |
-| Tab Scope | Everyone |
-| Web Developer | Stephen |
-===== Notepad++ Plugins =====
+Settings -> External Programs -> Merge Tool
-^ Plugin ^ Audience ^ Notes ^
+<code>"C:\Users\stephen\AppData\Local\PlasticSCM4\semanticmerge\semanticmergetool.exe" -s=%theirs -d=%mine -b=%base -r=%merged -sn=%yname -dn=%tname -bn=%bname -l=csharp -emt=default -edt=default</code>
-| Zen Coding | Developers | Install using Plugin Manager: Plugins → Plugin Manager → Show Plugin Manager. |
-| QuickText | Developers | |
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