Skip to main content

All Questions

Tagged with
0 votes
0 answers
1k views

Installing chocolatey in windows 7

I am trying to installing chocolaty on windows 7 machine. 1. I open power shell terminal with admin 2. Set-Execution policy to AllSigned 3.Then in copied the below code in powershell terminal Set-...
Shravan Meghavath's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
620 views

Chocolatey needs permissions for 'Windows Security Client'

I'm trying to software using Chocolatey onto a Windows 7 Enterprise machine, but it requires permissions for "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Microsoft Security ...
Aasa's user avatar
  • 23
1 vote
0 answers
38 views

Files in the same directory seen differently by different tools [duplicate]

I have installed chocolate(packet manager) programs at: C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin And also installed fzf(search tool) as GVIM plugin.Accidently installed at the same dir: C:\ProgramData\...
lluke's user avatar
  • 1,084
2 votes
1 answer
10k views

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'...
Eric's user avatar
  • 1,273
2 votes
1 answer
2k views

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 ...
Adi Shavit's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
262 views

Is PackageID now case sensitive in Chocolatey install command?

Has the PackageID become case sensitive in Chocolatey versions higher than 0.9.8.23 in the install command? I am using an ‘Command Prompt’ on Win7 64bit and the package source is a private ProGet-...
frank koch's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
299 views

Chocolatey install of Cygwin keeps looping through sites?

So I have been trying to install Cygwin via chocolatey here, using: cinst Cygwin However, I get this screen which just goes through different sites, and keeps 'failing'. Now I am concerned... ...
TheGrapeBeyond's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
244 views

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 ...
TheGrapeBeyond's user avatar
7 votes
4 answers
2k views

Can I create a Chocolatey installer automatically based on my currently installed applications? How?

I intend to reinstall Windows on my computer soon and I'd like to make the process of reinstalling all of my applications as seamless as possible. I know you can create a Chocolatey script that can be ...
Ryan Shripat's user avatar
  • 1,009
7 votes
1 answer
11k views

How do I install Chocolatey in a different location than standard, say, even on a different partition?

I would like to install Chocolatey on a separate partition. Is this possible, or do I have to take the default C:\? I currently have E:\ partition where I install all my software. I would like all my ...
runtime_error's user avatar