Install Chocolatey

The Chocolatey home page is at https://chocolatey.org/

Install Chocolatey

Navigate to the Chocolatey website at https://chocolatey.org/ and follow the latest instructions. Individuals should navigate to https://chocolatey.org/install. At the time of writing the instructions were

Using the Command prompt

1. Open a command prompt as Administrator,
2. Install Chocolatey with the command
   

   @"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

   
   

Using PowerShell

1. Open a PowerShell window as Administrator,
2. Check the execution policy for your computer
   

   Get-ExecutionPolicy

   1. If the command returns Restricted, enable PowerScript execution with
      

      Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

      
      
   2. Answer Y to the question,
      
      

      

3. Install Chocolatey with
   

   Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

   
   

Apply the Chocolatey license

1. If the C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\license directory does not exist, create it,
2. To place the Chocolatey license file, chocolatey.license.xml into C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\license folder follow the recommendations at …refers to a location that is unavailable
3. Install the Chocolatey extensions
   

   choco upgrade chocolatey.extension -y

   
   

Ignore the error:

Error when attempting to load chocolatey licensed assembly. Ensure
that chocolatey.licensed.dll exists at
‘C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\extensions\chocolatey\chocolatey.licensed.dll’.
Install with `choco install chocolatey.extension`.
The error message itself may be helpful as well:
The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)