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Install Chocolatey on Windows

22 Jan 2025

Install Chocolatey fast and use it to manage packages from PowerShell.

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator

2. Run this command to install Chocolatey

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; `
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = `
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; `
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Install packages with Chocolatey:

choco install tree

Generate a file and folder tree:

tree /F /A > structure.txt

Flags:

  • /F: list files and folders
  • /A: output ASCII characters