Install Chocolatey for Windows

Chocolatey is a CLI-based package manager for Windows, which can be used for automated software installation. To install Chocolatey on Windows, you will need to run an elevated command shell:

  1. Launch the Start menu
  2. Start typing in PowerShell
  3. You should see Windows PowerShell Desktop App as a search result
  4. Right-click on Windows PowerShell and select Run as Administrator
  5. This will trigger a User Account Control (UAC) warning; select Yes to continue
  6. Execute the following command in PowerShell to install the Chocolatey package manager:
PS> Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
  1. Verify your Chocolatey installation by executing ...

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