App of the week

This wiki is of a weekly event where i share some nice apps :)

Week 1: Everything

App of the week! :alarm:

Everything by Voidtools

If you have a windows computer then this is a must have this. It's literally the first app I download when I get a new windows computer. Okay first chrome then everything but still.

Ever tried searching for a file on your computer and it taking forever to search? Ever wanted to see how big your folders are? Ever wanted to see exactly what files have recently been created?

Then Everything is for you! Everything™ is lightning fast and light weight. You search and it comes up instantly! How is it so fast? Because it actually put the index on a file! Think of it like this. Imagine if they were libraries. You ask Mr. Windows if they have 123 book in store and then Mr. Windows goes into the back where it's just a massive pile of books and then he manually checks every single book to see if it's the right one.. Then we got Mr. Everything™. He'll teleport your book into your hands even before you've finished your sentence! it can also index the file size, date, folder size and so on!

Theres 2 versions Everything 1.4 and 1.5a.

I'd actually suggest 1.5a since it has alot more features. It is still in alpha but i haven't had any issues with it yet. The main difference is that you got dark mode and more appearance options aswell as being able to create new tabs

Week 1: Everything

🌟 APP OF THE WEEK 🌟
🍫 Chocolatey 🍫

Are you tired of the standard process of having to download an app on Windows? 🤔

You have to go into Google, search the app, make sure you click the right one and not the "sponsored" results, check for the download button, open the exe, go through the wizard installer options that you never check anyways, and then finally have the app installed. 😫

Then Chocolatey is for you! 🚀

With Chocolatey, you can install an app with just a single command!
It is pretty much the same as sudo apt install on Linux, but for Windows!🪟

So let's say you want to install VLC for example:

Open PowerShell (as administrator) 🖥️
Type: choco install vlc
Just lay back and boom! Now VLC is installed! 🎉

🛡️ Safety

It is actually safer than using Google due to Google sometimes hiding the official website behind sponsored sites that can be malicious, because Google doesn't care about that sadly... 🙄

Chocolatey does! You can search up the app you wanna install on their website and see if it has been verified and approved or not! ✅ There's also some other good info on their site for specific apps.

Another good thing to check on their website is if the name is the right command. 🔍 Some apps like OBS have a different name in choco and not just OBS. If you write choco install obs then you'll just download an old and deprecated OBS version for some reason. So if you check the site then you'll see that you have to write: choco install obs-studio

You can even download a specific app version which is really, really nice! 💎 Just click on OBS/your app of choice and scroll down to "Version History". There you can see what versions you can download. Just click the version you want (like OBS Studio 32.0.0) and it'll show you its command: choco install obs-studio --version=32.0.0

However, if you don't want to use the website, you have 2 options:

1. Chocolatey GUI 🖼️

Chocolatey GUI is an app that has a user interface. Basically an app store. 🛒

Haven't used it a lot and might've just found this out today, but from my experience, it's pretty good. A bit slow, but still pretty good. You just search the app, double click it, click on install, and that's it!

Some other cool features it lets you do:

Sort by popularity or alphabetical: If you just want to browse for random apps to download.
Batch update: Update all your current apps by going to "This PC" and clicking "Update all" at the top right corner. 🔄
Batch install: Hold Mall:Key press, select the apps you wanna install, right-click, and hit "Install"! 📦

You install Chocolatey GUI with: choco install chocolateygui

> 👤 Good for: Beginner users 🟢

2. Terminal / PowerShell ⚡

This is good if you prefer a more lightweight and terminal-driven solution. 💻

Pretty much all the stuff mentioned about the website can be done straight in the terminal:

Search for apps: Want to find the correct package name for OBS? Just write choco search obs and it'll give you results and show if they're approved or not.
Detailed view: Add syntax like --detailed to the end to get more detailed info like the author's name, download count, and description.
Approved only: --approved-only does exactly what it says—limits results to approved apps only.
List all versions: choco search vlc -e -a shows you every single version of VLC (-e stands for exact match, and -a stands for all versions).
Auto-accept prompts: I suggest adding -y to the end when installing stuff (e.g., choco install vlc -y) because otherwise, it asks if you're sure you want to run the script. -y just auto-accepts it. Skip the prompts! 💨

> 🦾 Good for: Power users 🔴

📥 How do I install Chocolatey?

You can use PowerShell for the installation too! Just copy and paste this command into an elevated (Administrator) PowerShell window: 🛠️

<syntaxhighlight lang="powershell"> 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')) </syntaxhighlight>