===== Essential Software =====

^ Application ^ Chocolatey ^ Notes ^
| Chocolatey | |
| Microsoft Security Essentials | ''cinst MicrosoftSecurityEssentials'' | |
| Firefox | ''cinst Firefox'' | |
| Google Chrome | ''cinst GoogleChrome '' | |
| Notepad++ | ''cinst notepadplusplus'' | Also get Aspell **and** the English dictionary. See [[notepadplusplus_setup|Notepad++ Setup]]. |
| WinMerge | ''cinst winmerge'' | Consider SemanticMerge for code. |
| 7-Zip | ''cinst 7zip'' | |
| TortoiseSVN | ''cinst tortoisesvn'' | |
| Sysinternals | ''cinst sysinternals'' | |
| ActivePerl | ''cinst ActivePerl'' | |
| Expresso | ''cinst expresso'' | |
| IcoFX | ''cinst IcoFx'' | |
| Foobar2000 | ''cinst foobar2000'' | See [[foobar2000_setup|Foobar2000 Setup]]. |
| <del>TrueCrypt</del> | ''cinst truecrypt'' | Or install the [[https://github.com/AuditProject/truecrypt-verified-mirror/tree/master/Windows|verified binaries]]. |
| VeraCrypt | | [[http://veracrypt.codeplex.com/]] |
| GIMP | ''cinst gimp'' | Don't bother installing the help - it is just a copy of what is on the web. |
| Paint.net | ''cinst paint.net'' | |
| Inkscape | | ''cinst InkScape'' |
| WinDirStat | ''cinst windirstat'' | |
| Everything | ''cinst everything'' | (File searcher) |
| JPEGView | ''cinst jpegview'' | |
| 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
  * InfraRecorder (CD & DVD burning)
  * [[http://openmidiproject.sourceforge.jp/Sekaiju_en.html|Sekaiju]] (MIDI editor)
  * Stellarium (cinst Stellarium)

===== Software I'm Evaluating =====

  * Avidemux (Video editing)
  * [[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>

... different revisions of **properties**

<code>C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe</code>

Settings -> External Programs -> Merge Tool

<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>

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