Windows Notes

Powershell (https://aka.ms/powershell)

• install preview version from releases, example PowerShell-7.2.0-preview.10-win-x64.msi
• docs

Windows terminal

• can be installed from Microsoft store

wsl

wsl --install
wsl --install -d <DistroName>

winget

• docs and usage
• Install AppInstaller Preview (not directly present on Microsoft store) version 1.1.12701 or higher from release page on github. Example, install this Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle from their release.
• all packages availabe via winget | github repo

gcc on windows

• Follow these steps to install msys2, mingw, gcc, vscode C++ extensions
• steps to install mingw, gcc using msys2
• Add mingw to PATH (search from start menu Edit system enviroment variables or Edit system enviroment variables for your account). The path to bin would be C:\msys64\mingw64\bin if installed using msys2 as linked above.

Kill all instance of a program from cmd

TASKKILL /F /IM msedge.exe
TASKKILL /F /IM Code.exe

The first one kills all MS Edge browser instances, the second one does that for Visual Studio Code. The way to identify the name is to find it via Task Manager.

winfetch (a utility similar to neofetch on linux)

(Invoke-WebRequest "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kiedtl/winfetch/master/winfetch.ps1" -UseBasicParsing).Content.Remove(0,1) | Invoke-Expression

Internet not working in wsl

Possible errors like failure in name resolution for github (git push not working), etc. A workaround for this known issue is to edit /etc/resolv.conf and set nameserver to 8.8.8.8.