When I get a new windows machine I always load up a specific set of software. I always start with these two projects to help me get them loaded:

1. Ninite install and update all your programs at once
2. Chocolatey the package manager for windows

I use Ninite first as it has these basic apps that I love to load up all the time:

• Chrome
• Opera
• Firefox
• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• OneDrive
• FileZilla
• Notepad++
• Visual Studio Code
• Skype
• Evernote
• 7-Zip
• WinRAR
• .NET 4.6.2
• Essentials
• TeamViewer 12
• WinDirStat
• More to come…

After I have installed all of the Ninite software, I then get Chocolatey setup and use the command line to install these apps:

• Git
• Node JS/li>
• * More to come…/li>

I do also install a few development tools and other misc. file seperately that don't come with the packages above:

• Visual Studio Community 2015
• SQL Server Express & Management Studio
• More to come…