After installing Windows I always started configuring the same old basic settings:
- move Desktop, Documents, Music, Videos, Pictures folders to D:\
- configure some basic settings in Windows Explorer folder options (e.g. show hidden files, show file extensions)
- remove Internet Explorer from taskbar and add PowerShell to it
Today I set up a few virtual machines and decided to finally script the above steps with PowerShell to save some time. Here’s the final script:
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function changeUserFolders()
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{
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$profileRoot = "D:\Profil\Stefan\";
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$folderSettings = @{
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"Desktop" = "Desktop";
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"Personal" = "Dokumente";
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"My Music" = "Musik";
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"My Pictures" = "Bilder";
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"My Video" = "Videos";
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"{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}" = "D:\Download";
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};
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$regkeys = @("HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders", "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders");
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foreach ($key in $folderSettings.keys)
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{
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$path = $folderSettings[$key];
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if ($path -notmatch ":")
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{
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$path = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($profileRoot, $path);
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}
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if (!(test-path $path))
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{
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mkdir $path;
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}
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foreach ($regkey in $regkeys)
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{
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set-ItemProperty -path $regkey -name $key $path;
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}
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}
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cd (gc env:\userprofile);
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foreach ($dir in @("Desktop", "Documents", "Downloads", "Music", "Pictures", "Videos"))
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{
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del $dir -force -recurse;
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}
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}
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function setExplorerSettings()
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{
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$settings = @{
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"Hidden" = 1;
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"SuperHidden" = 1;
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"HideFileExt" = 0;
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"WebView" = 0;
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"SeparateProcess" = 1;
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"DontPrettyPath" = 1;
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"SharingWizardOn" = 0;
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"AlwaysShowMenus" = 1;
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"HideDrivesWithNoMedia" = 0;
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"NavPaneShowAllFolders" = 1;
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"NavPaneExpandToCurrentFolder" = 1;
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};
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foreach ($key in $settings.keys)
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{
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Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" -name $key -value $settings[$key];
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}
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stop-process -processname explorer
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}
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function getVerbs($dir, $file)
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{
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$shell = new-object -com "Shell.Application";
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$folder = $shell.Namespace($dir);
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$item = $folder.Parsename($file);
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return $item.Verbs();
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}
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function executeVerb($dir, $file, $verb)
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{
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if ($verb)
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{
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$verb.DoIt();
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}
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}
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function pinToTaskbar($dir, $file)
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{
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executeVerb $dir $file "An Tas&kleiste anheften";
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}
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function unpinToTaskbar($dir, $file)
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{
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executeVerb $dir $file "Von Tas&kleiste lösen";
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}
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function createLinks()
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{
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$winDir = gc env:\SystemRoot;
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$progDir = gc "env:\ProgramFiles";
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$prog86Dir = gc "env:\ProgramFiles(x86)";
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$psDir = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($winDir, "system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0");
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$ieDir = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($progDir, "Internet Explorer");
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$ie86Dir = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($progDir, "Internet Explorer");
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pinToTaskbar $psDir "powershell.exe";
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unpinToTaskbar $ieDir "iexplore.exe";
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unpinToTaskbar $ie86Dir "iexplore.exe";
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}
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changeUserFolders;
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setExplorerSettings;
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createLinks;
