windows.md

Windows

Not my favorite OS, but I need it for Unreal Engine work and building apps for Windows users. I'll need to take a lot of notes since I've seldom used the OS since the mid-200Xs.

Setup fresh machine for development

Something I may need to automate.

1. Turn off Microsoft One Drive.
2. Download browsers Chrome and Firefox.
   1. Install uBlock Origin in each.
   2. Set as default.
3. Set up password manager and browser extensions.
4. Download IDEs CLion and Visual Studio Code.
   1. Install vim keybindings
   2. Install Rust plugin in CLion
5. Install Visual Studio with Game Development support
   1. Choose Workloads > Game Development with C++" (required for Unreal Engine)
   2. Choose Workloads > "Desktop development with C++" (not sure if this is required)
   3. Choose Individual Components > .NET Framework SDK (4.6 or higher)
   4. Choose Individual Components > .NET Framework targeting pack (4.6 or higher)
   5. Install vim keybindings
6. Install Epic Games Launcher, Unreal Engine (correct versions), Quixel Bridge
   1. Run Unreal Engine, which will ask to install .NET components
   2. Start an Unreal Engine project. If it fails due to Visual Studio, try running the Visual Studio installer again.
7. Download Github Desktop
8. Download Ripgrep
   1. Download from releases https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases
   2. Move to C:\bin or similar, and add that to PATH

Paths for development

• C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Unreal Projects\PROJECT