PsWinDose

A heavy dose of:

• Windows tasks
• Windows Configurations
• Windows Administrative functions
• Windows Setup
• Software Management
• Module Management
• PowerShell Profile Management
• Configure Shell Prompt Themes

Pretty much a collection of common tools I can use to automate my Windows experience.

NOTE: This project is intended for my own personal use, however if you find it helpful, feel free to use at your own risk! ...It mostly works ;)

DISCLAIMER: I've accumulated a lot of code over the years, many of which is certainly not original. Unfortunately, I haven't done a good job of keeping track of all the original source of any code I may have copied. I'll start trying to do better, but if anyone finds their code on here and would like me to reference their blog or project, let me know and I'd be happy to do so!

Current Commands:

Add-HostsEntry Add-VsCodeRightClick
Get-CheatSheetCmd
Get-CheatSheetIpv4
Get-CheatSheetIpv6
Get-CheatSheetPosh Get-CheatSheetRegEx
Get-CmdletAlias
Get-ElevationStatus
Get-FileOwner
Get-FolderSize
Get-HostsFile Get-MsAppBuildVersion
Get-PoshTheme
Get-PSProfile
Get-SystemInfo
Get-SystemUptime
Get-WinBuildVersion
Get-WindowsProductKey
Install-PSModule
Install-PSPackageProvider
Install-PSProfile
Install-Software
Install-VSCodeExtension
New-BootableUSB
Remove-HostsEntry Remove-Software
Set-CustomTerminal
Set-PoshTheme
Start-WindowsSetup

Getting Started

Clone this repo locally and build the module. Once it is built, there is a Install-PsWinDose.ps1 script that will copy the module to the appropriate locations for PowerShell 5.1 and/or 7.x.

# 1. Build module
.\build.ps1 -taskList clean, test, build

# 2. Copy module to PowerShell 5.1 and/or 7.x locations
.\Install-PsWinDose.ps1

# 3. Get a list of commands
Get-Command -Module PsWinDose

# 4. Get help on a command
Get-Help <commandName>

Windows Setup

One of the primary purposes of this module is to automate app installations, configurations and customizations in a Windows environment after it has been imaged, provisioned, deployed, etc.

Start-WindowsSetup is a controller script that will:

• Install latest version of PowerShell
• Default Terminal to latest version of PowerShell
• Customize Windows Terminal
• Install PowerShell Modules
• Install Software
• Install custom PowerShell profile.ps1

PowerShell Profile Management

A few functions to help manage my profile:

Install-PSProfile

PowerShell Themes

To help manage oh-my-posh themes, here are some helpful functions:

Get-PoshTheme

# Great way to experiment and try new ones out. To permanently set it though, you need to update the theme in the profile.ps1 file.
Set-PoshTheme