All my dotfiles, using Neovim with PowerShell in the Windows Terminal along with fzf and bat for fast navigation. Additionally, there is a quick setup for Tridactyl on Firefox, and for a toggleable Vim mode on the ZSA Voyager keyboard. You will also find a list of other useful tools at the end.

Showcase: cw (cd directory), ew (explorer directory), nw (nvim directory), ctrl+f in Neovim (new tab + nw), ctrl+tab (switch tabs), f (open firefox with tridactyl), q or :q (close the terminal tab)

• PowerShell → C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\PowerShell.
• nvim → C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\nvim.
• posh → C:\posh
• scripts → C:\scripts.

• Ensure "Developer Mode" is turned on in windows settings (Windows + I and then search developer).
• Ensure you are able to access and use the Windows Store, winget relies on this for certain things. If you can't access the store (it's known to be glitchy for some accounts) then you can find alternative installs for dependencies on Chocolatey or their official websites.

• Windows Terminal → Run winget install --id Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.
• PowerShell (pwsh.exe) → Run winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell --source winget.
• NerdFont → Download from here and put the contents in C:\Documents\Fonts, select all and right click then select "Install". You can delete the .ttf files from the folder after you've installed them.
• OhMyPosh → Run winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh, then paste the C:\posh folder to that location and run oh-my-posh disable notice to stop the annoying update message every so often.

• Startup → "Default profile" = PowerShell. "Default termial application" = Windows Terminal. "Launch size" = 120x30. "Launch parameters" = Center on launch enabled.
• Interaction → "Warn when closing more than one tab" = Off.
• Appearance → "Use acrylic material in the tab row" = On. "Use active terminal title as application title" = Off.
• Actions → Add a new action "Close tab" assigned to ctrl+shift+d. Set "Toggle fullscreen" to alt+enter. Set "Search" to ctrl+shift+f.
• Defaults → Appearance → "Font face" = CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font. "Font size" = 19. "Background opacity" = 75%. "Cursor shape" = Filled box.
• Useful Shortcut → Go to C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps and right click wt.exe and create a shortcut. Move that to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and edit it's properties - click Change Icon... and navigate to C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_[LONG NUMBER] and open WindowsTerminal.exe and select the correct icon. Now you can run a new terminal by pressing the windows button and typing wt.

• Command Line → "[PATH TO PWSH.EXE]" -NoLogo.
• Starting Directory → C:\.
• Appearance → "Font face" = CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font. "Font size" = 19. "Background opacity" = 75%.

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) → Download from here and run the installation wizard.
• Java → Download the compressed archive from here and place the folder named jdk-[VERSION] in C:\Program Files\Java then add C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-[VERSION]\bin to your path.
• Git → Run winget install --id Git.Git --source winget then git config --system core.longpaths true.
• MinGW → Download from here and put the contents in C:\MinGW (I recommend 64-bit with POSIX threads for general purpose use). Add C:\MinGW\bin to your path.
• Python → Run winget install --id Python.Python.3.12.
• NodeJS → Run winget install OpenJS.NodeJS and say yes to installing Chocolatey.
• ripgrep → Run winget install BurntSushi.ripgrep.MSVC.
• fd → Run winget install --id sharkdp.fd --source winget.
• Neovim → Run winget install neovim --version 0.10.0.
• Python Provider → Run pip install pynvim --upgrade.
• NodeJS Provider → Run npm install -g neovim.
• Yarn → Run winget install --id Yarn.Yarn.
• Packer → Run git clone https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim-data\site\pack\packer\start\packer.knvim".
• Paste the C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\PowerShell folder to that location, edit Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 and remove the attend and music functions, as they are specific to me.

• fzf → Run winget install --id=junegunn.fzf or download the exe from here and put it in C:\Windows.
• bat → Run winget install sharkdp.bat.
• Firefox → Download from here. Install to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe.
• NirCmd → Run winget install --id NirSoft.NirCmd.
• Tridactyl → Go here on Firefox.
• Paste the C:\scripts folder to that location. Put C:\scripts\which and C:\scripts\firefox in your path.

I recommend manually recreating the nvim folder on your PC rather than just pasting it in, because this will allow you to single out any unexpected errors as they happen.

You should start with the top level init.lua and the lua\main\init.lua. Then you can create lua\main\remap.lua and lua\main\set.lua and paste the config into each. Running nvim . (or just n if you're using my powershell config file) in the nvim directory now should open Neovim and give you no errors.

Now you can create lua\main\packer.lua, populate it with only the following lines:

vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]]
return require('packer').startup(function(use)
  use('wbthomason/packer.nvim')
end)

Now run :so and :PackerSync, then say yes to removing the packer directory if prompted and press q after packer finishes.

Now, under the line use('wbthomason\packer.nvim') you can start adding plugins, do so in the following pattern (with some exceptions):

• Add the line to lua\main\packer.lua and run :so then :PackerSync inside it.
• If it needs one, add an after\plugin\[PLUGIN].lua file for the plugin and run :so inside it.
• Run :q then nvim . incase the plugin needs a restart.

The following plugins require extra or different steps than those outlined above:

• Treesitter → After following the steps, you should see it compiling languages at the bottom of your screen, don't touch your keyboard until this is finished, though it is common to get errors at this point, if you do, generally restarting neovim a few times and deleting any directories manually that it says it doesn't have permission to delete will let them all figure themselves out. However if you get an error along the lines of [LANGUAGE].so is not a valid Win32 app, this means either your version of MinGW does not match your operating system or treesitter is using the wrong compiler. After fixing the issue you can run :TSInstall [LANGUAGE] to recompile it.
• Coc → After following the steps, run :CocInstall coc-discord-rpc coc-diagnostic coc-copilot coc-git coc-html coc-tsserver coc-css coc-cssmodules coc-json coc-xml coc-sql coc-pyright coc-java coc-omnisharp coc-clangd coc-clang-format-style-options then :q to close the dialog once everything is installed. Now add coc-settings.json, where you should add the path to your java installation instead of my one, then restart again. If you don't want one of the listed servers, dont include them or just run :CocUninstall [SERVER] after the first command. If a language you want is missing, you can find it here.
• Copilot → If you don't have a license for Copilot then don't include this plugin. If you do, then after following the steps run :Copilot setup and follow the instructions.
• Colorscheme → You can use the one that I use, but if you don't want to you will have to change the lines in lua\main\packer.lua, after\plugin\colors.lua and after\plugin\lualine.lua accordingly.

You can now add the after\ftplugin folder and any files inside it, which are used for language specific configuration. After all those plugins are installed, don't forget to include after\plugin\buffers.lua, after\plugin\colors.lua and after\plugin\source.lua as they are not directly tied to any plugins.

colors.lua will apply all the settings of the selected colorscheme, source.lua is a helper for any files that need to be sourced after startup, and buffers.lua is optional, as it can slow down the startup time but will open, in separate buffers, every file in the specified directory that has any of the file extensions specified - this can be useful because diagnostics for files that are not open will still be shown when you toggle the diagnostics window. If you need to close all the buffers except the current one (when you need to rename symbols, go to references etc.), this file also provides the keybind for that, and the keybind for reopening them all again.

Finally, you can paste the mapping-info folder into the root for safe keeping. All keybinds can be edited at lua\main\remap.lua or the respective after\plugin\[PLUGIN].lua file, and all settings can be edited at lua\main\set.lua or coc-settings.json for language server settings.

To use firefoxfocusfix.bat from the start menu rather than just the terminal, follow these steps:

• Go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs and right click on the Firefox shortcut, then properties.
• Change the target to C:\scripts\firefox\firefoxfocusfix.bat.
• Change Run to Minimized (stops the terminal from opening, not the browser).
• Click Change Icon and browse to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox then select the Firefox icon.
• Apply the changes.

Now make firefox your default browser. After that go to Firefox settings and change the following:

• General → Use recommended performance settings = Off.
• General → Use hardware acceleration when available = Off.
• Home → Homepage and new windows → Custom URLs... → Open a new tab, then close it and go to your history, copy the url of that closed tab and paste it into the field - it should be of the form moz-extension://[NUMBERS]/static/newtab.html.
• Home → Default search engine = Google.
• Now go to this url about:config and search for full-screen-api.transition-duration.enter and full-screen-api.transition-duration.leave and change both to 0 0.
• Scan the rest of the settings and disable things you don't want that will slow down the browser.

Using Tridactyl, press : and type the following commands:

• set newtab about:blank.
• set searchengine google.
• set modeindicatorshowkeys true.
• set modeindicatormodes {"normal":"true","insert":"true","input":"true","ignore":"false","ex":"true","hint":"true","visual":"true"}.

You can go here to view all the most important bindings.

If you happen to use a ZSA Voyager keyboard, you can follow the instructions in my VimForVoyager repository to set up a native vim toggle using a smart combination of utility keys like home, end, delete etc. and modifiers like shift + arrow, ctrl + arrow etc. meaning these bindings work almost everywhere.

This is achieved using the QMK firmware, more specifically ZSA's fork of it, and programming certain actions to be triggered by certain key combinations. Details of exactly what is supported can be found in the repository.

PowerToys → Run winget install Microsoft.PowerToys --source winget - enable Run at startup - my favourite tools are:

• Run with an activation shortcut of shift+backspace, input smoothing disabled, clear previous query on launch enabled, preferred monitor primary, all plugins off except window walker - this allows switching windows by searching their name instead of alt tabbing.
• Color Picker with an activation shortcut of win+shift+c and HEX, RGB and VEC4 enabled.
• Mouse Jump with an activation shortcut of win+shift+d and a max size of 1200x900.
• Screen Ruler with an activation shortcut of win+shift+p.
• Text Extractor with an activation shortcut of win+shift+t.
• File Locksmith enabled.
• Command Not Found enabled.

SysInternals → Download from here and choose the executables that you want - the only one I use is ZoomIt with the following settings:

• Run ZoomIt when Windows starts and Show tray icon both enabled.
• Zoom on ctrl+/ with animate zoom in and zoom out disabled.
• Draw on ctrl+'.
• Record on ctrl+;.

Visual Studio 2022 → Download from here and go through the installation wizard.

Dependencies → Download from here and put the contents in C:\Dependencies, make that folder is an environment variable, then right click DependenciesGui.exe and select "Create shortcut" and rename it to Dependencies, then move that to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.

Everything → Download the portable zip from here and put the contents in C:\Everything. Right click Everything.exe and select "Create shortcut", then rename it to Everything and place this shortcut in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.

Cutter → Download from here and put the contents in C:\Cutter. Right click cutter.exe and select "Create shortcut", then rename it to Cutter and place this shortcut in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs.

Portal → Run winget install SpatiumPortae.portal, go here for instructions.

Mp3tag → Download from here.

scc → As an admin, run choco install scc - details can be found here.

Windows11CursorConceptV2.2 → Go here for a more fitting cursor. After buying, extract the contents to a known location and go to the version you desire, right click the install.inf file, click install and accept any dialogs that appear.