Downloads:
17,431
Downloads of v 0.0.4:
4,724
Last Update:
12 Jun 2023
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- bcurran3
Tags:
bcurran3 unofficial choco shortcuts start menu chocolateasy(unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config)
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0.0.4 | Updated: 12 Jun 2023
Downloads:
17,431
Downloads of v 0.0.4:
4,724
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- bcurran3
(unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config) 0.0.4
Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by bcurran3. The inclusion of bcurran3 trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify bcurran3 goods or services and not for commercial purposes.
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall
To install (unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade (unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall (unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
Deployment Method:
This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url
(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)
2. Setup Your Environment
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment
Option 1: Cached Package (Unreliable, Requires Internet - Same As Community)-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
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Open Source
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Download the package:
Download - Follow manual internalization instructions
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Package Internalizer (C4B)
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Run: (additional options)
choco download choco-shortcuts-winconfig --internalize --source=https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/
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For package and dependencies run:
choco push --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
- Automate package internalization
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Run: (additional options)
3. Copy Your Script
choco upgrade choco-shortcuts-winconfig -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade choco-shortcuts-winconfig -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Install choco-shortcuts-winconfig
win_chocolatey:
name: choco-shortcuts-winconfig
version: '0.0.4'
source: INTERNAL REPO URL
state: present
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
chocolatey_package 'choco-shortcuts-winconfig' do
action :install
source 'INTERNAL REPO URL'
version '0.0.4'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
cChocoPackageInstaller choco-shortcuts-winconfig
{
Name = "choco-shortcuts-winconfig"
Version = "0.0.4"
Source = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'choco-shortcuts-winconfig':
ensure => '0.0.4',
provider => 'chocolatey',
source => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved by moderator Windos on 14 Jun 2023.
choco://choco-shortcuts-winconfig
To use choco:// protocol URLs, install (unofficial) choco:// Protocol support
This package creates Windows Start Menu shortcuts to run common Chocolatey functions.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
Chocolatey Shortcuts is designed for those who aren't comfortable with the Command Prompt or just don't like to type much. Chocolatey Shortcuts allows you to perform the most common Chocolatey functions right from the Windows Start Menu. The shortcuts still shell out to the Command Prompt to run, but Chocolatey Shortcuts is designed to be incredibly simple to use with minimal typing; install or remove a program in a few clicks and type in the package name. Chocolatey Shortcuts is also useful to support professionals who know the difficulty of getting end users to type in commands correctly, now you can just point them to the Windows Start Menu!
WHY DO I NEED THIS?
If you're a power user or use the Command Prompt and/or PowerShell all the time, you probably don't; though the website links might be useful for remembering where to find various Chocolatey resources.
FEATURES:
- Search for, install, and uninstall a package from the Windows Start Menu.
- List installed and outdated packages from the Windows Start Menu.
- Upgrade all installed packages from the Windows Start Menu (will use choco-upgrade-all.ps1 if Choco Upgrade All at or Choco Upgrade All at Startup are installed)
- Optimize your packages from the Windows Start Menu. (Chocolatey licensed users)
- Moves Choco Cleaner, ChocolateyGUI, Choco Package List Backup, and Chocolatey PowerShell icons to the new Chocolatey Start Menu folder if they are installed.
- View chocolatey.log from the Windows Start Menu.
- Website links to prominent Chocolatey information.
For a different take on Chocolatey Shortcuts for the desktop, checkout mica's Chocolatey Shortcuts (unofficial).
Also check out (unofficial) Install Chocolatey Packages from your Web Browser which is another package I made that makes Chocolatey easy (Chocolateasy!) for new users to digest.
If you find Chocolatey Shortcuts useful, please consider donating:
https://www.paypal.me/bcurran3donations or become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/bcurran3
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageName = 'choco-shortcuts-winconfig' # v0.0.3
# Create new icon for Choco Cleaner in Start Menu root if installed
# https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/choco-cleaner
$shortcutName = 'Chocolatey Cleaner.lnk'
if (Test-Path $env:ChocolateyInstall\bin\choco-cleaner.bat){
$ChocoCommand = "/c %ChocolateyInstall%\bin\choco-cleaner.bat && pause"
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$shortcutName" -targetPath $env:ComSpec -Arguments $ChocoCommand -IconLocation $env:ChocolateyInstall\lib\choco-cleaner\tools\choco-cleaner.ico -RunAsAdmin
}
# Create new icon for Chocolatey Package List Backup in Start Menu root if installed
# https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/choco-package-list-backup
$shortcutName = 'Chocolatey Package List Backup.lnk'
if (Test-Path "$env:ChocolateyInstall\bin\choco-package-list-backup.bat"){
$ChocoCommand = "/c %ChocolateyInstall%\bin\choco-package-list-backup.bat && pause"
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$shortcutName" -targetPath $env:ComSpec -Arguments $ChocoCommand -IconLocation $env:ChocolateyInstall\choco.exe -RunAsAdmin
}
# Create new icon for ChocolateyPowerShell in Start Menu root if installed
# https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/chocolateypowershell
$shortcutName = 'ChocolateyPowerShell.lnk'
if (Test-Path "$env:ChocolateyInstall\lib\chocolateypowershell"){
Install-ChocolateyShortcut -shortcutFilePath "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$shortcutName" -targetPath "$env:SystemRoot\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Arguments "-noexit -c $env:ChocolateyInstall\lib\chocolateypowershell\tools\ChocolateyEnvironment.ps1" -WorkingDirectory "$env:SystemDrive\" -IconLocation "$env:ChocolateyInstall\lib\chocolateypowershell\tools\chocolateypowershell.ico" -RunAsAdmin
}
# move icon for ChocolateyGUI
# https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/chocolateygui
$shortcutName = 'Chocolatey GUI.lnk'
if (Test-Path "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Chocolatey\$shortcutName"){
Move-Item "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Chocolatey\$shortcutName" "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\$shortcutName"
}
Remove-Item "$env:ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Chocolatey" -Recurse -EA SilentlyContinue
Write-Host " ** Chocolatey folder in Windows Start Menu removed." -Foreground Magenta
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Add to Builder | Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
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(unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config) 0.0.4 | 4724 | Monday, June 12, 2023 | Approved | |
(unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config) 0.0.3 | 5111 | Tuesday, March 22, 2022 | Approved | |
(unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config) 0.0.2.2 | 6045 | Sunday, December 30, 2018 | Approved | |
(unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config) 0.0.2.1 | 520 | Wednesday, October 3, 2018 | Approved | |
(unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config) 0.0.2 | 449 | Monday, September 24, 2018 | Approved | |
(unofficial) Chocolatey Shortcuts (Config) 0.0.1 | 582 | Thursday, April 26, 2018 | Approved |
public domain
CHANGELOG:
- 0.0.4 - Chocolatey v2 compatible - updated due to breaking change for the choco list command. Added dependency for Chocolatey v2.
- 0.0.3 - updated website links to current URLs, use new icons created by Teknowledgist for Choco-Cleaner and Chocolatey PowerShell, minor logic changes on creating icons for my scripts as well as run them via their "shims", move ChocolateyGUI icon to Chocolatey icons folder if it's installed, uses choco-upgrade-all.ps1 if choco-upgrade-all-at or choco-upgrade-all-at-startup are installed
- 0.0.2.2 - added FeedBurner RSS link
- 0.0.2.1 - bug fix, the "egg on face release"
- 0.0.2 - added link to Chocolatey status website, added support for moving my newer utils icons to the Chocolatey folder, minor organizational and optimization
- 0.0.1 - initial release
ROADMAP:
- I'm open to suggestions - open a GitHub issue please.
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- chocolatey (≥ 2.0.0)
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