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Chocolatey as non-admin user
I´m starting to use Chocolatey in the network of my hotel for software installs. I have a domain set on Win 2008 and all my users are not admins.
So, lets say I have a user JOE that is not an admin ...
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How can I upgrade a Chocolatey package if it's already installed, and install it if it isn't?
I'm writing a set of PS scripts to help set up and maintain a Windows dev environment. Right now, I am maintaining two script files, one for installing Chocolatey packages, and another for upgrading ...
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How to place symlinks to all executables installed through Chocolatey in a particular directory?
Chocolatey - PowerShell - Symlink
I installed a few packages using Chocolatey Package Manager. Rather than adding each of the installation directory to PATH or in my $PATH variable in PowerShell, I ...
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How to resolve "ERROR: Specified cast is not valid." error during installation?
I'm currently receiving this error when installing Java SE Runtime Environment (jre8), updating used to work fine:
Searching if new version exists...
ERROR: Specified cast is not valid.
The install of ...
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Understand difference between Package Management (formerly OneGet) and Chocolatey, and Get Started using OneGet in Win10 RTM?
I am confused about Chocolatey, and OneGet (renamed later Package Management).
Does one currently just install chocolatey, and use it, if one is on Windows 10 Pro RTM, which supposedly shipped with ...
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How to resolve tilde-completed paths in windows Cmd/Powershell
I'm trying to automate uninstallation of some applications, one of which is XtremeTuner. XtremeTuner saves a command used to uninstall it in the registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\...
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Chocolatey can't install apps, 'How do you want to open this file?' dialog box is opened instead
The dialog opens when I run any choco install* command, manually browsing to choco.exe in C:\ProgramData\chocolatey didn't solve the issue:
PowerShell version:
Major Minor Build Revision
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How to migrate from Chocolatey to Scoop?
I'm finding that Scoop's repos are more often updated than Chocolatey's (am I wrong?).
Scoop doesn't immediately recognise apps already installed, so I wanted a way to let Scoop know the apps I had ...
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Chocolaty install of Google Chrome fails HASH check
I am getting an error when installing Google Chrome Browser in powershell using chocolatey. It works when I by-parse the hash check, but how do I make sure this is fixed in nuget?
I can install other ...
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Why dont the chocolatey install instructions work?
So I am trying really hard to follow the instructions given for chocolatey install, but they don't work.
From their site, they say "Its so easy to install!", and to "just open a power shell" and ...
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Do I really need a Windows system in order to maintain Chocolatey packages?
As described in this Q&A I do not have a Windows system anymore. Do I really need a Windows system in order to maintain Chocolatey packages?
Concerns
Ketarin - will it run on Linux
Powershell - ...
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PowerShell commands no longer recognized
I installed a package on my Win7 x64 computer using Chocolately. As part of the installation, it wanted to upgrade PowerShell to 5.0. Since this happened basic PowerShell commands no longer work. I'...
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Can't (re)install Git for Windows after issue with previous install
TL;DR: How can I completely remove ALL remains of a (probably) broken Windows Git install so I can start fresh? Looks like something from the previous install is preventing a new one. The "Program ...
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Win7 error: "CLR initialization failed with error 800700c1."
I installed and used chocolatey in the past on my Windows 7 running in Parallels on Mac OSX.
However, recently, whenever I try to use it from the command prompt I get the following error:
CLR ...
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how do you open applications after installing with chocolatey?
I have checked through similar questions concerning chocolately/choco on windows powershell but I still can't find the answer to this simple one:
How do you open a package after it's been installed ...
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