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= Windows Tooling

== Installing software
The devon IDE already contains a lot of software. But if you need more, here are some ways to get it easily:

=== Chocolatey
https://chocolatey.org/[Chocolatey] is a repository for free and open source software similiar to the repositories know from the Linux like apt, apk, pacman, ...

=== Winget
Microsoft is also working on a repository for Windows called https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli[winget]. It is currently in alpha state, but is expected to be integreated in the upcoming Windows 11.

== Integration into Windows-Explorer

After you have link:setup.asciidoc[set up] your `devonfw-ide` on a windows machine,
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=== Smarter clipboard
Do you want to paste something from the clipboard but meanwhile you had to copy something else? Just, one of the many things you can easily do with http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/[ditto].

=== PowerToys
Microsoft provides some extensions to improve the workflow in windoes called https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys[PowerToys]. The include tools like a file renamer, a way to order your windows on the screen, a color picker and more.

=== Sysinternals Tools
A real developer will quickly notice that windows build in tools to analyze processes, network connections, autostarts, etc. are quite poor. So, what you really would like is the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysinternals-suite[Sysinternals-Suite]. You can make process-explorer your https://www.ricksdailytips.com/make-process-explorer-default-task-manager/[default task manager]. Use autoruns to prevent nasty background things to be started automatically. Use tcpview to figure out which process is blocking port 8080, etc.

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