How to Install Chocolatey on Windows 11 Using PowerShell

Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows — similar to apt on Ubuntu — that lets you easily install and update software via the command line (PowerShell or CMD).

Step-by-Step: Install Chocolatey on Windows

Step 1: Open PowerShell as Administrator
Click Start → Search “PowerShell”
Right-click Windows PowerShell → Run as Administrator

Step 2: Allow PowerShell to Run Scripts

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force

Step 3: Install Chocolatey

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Step 4: Verify Installation

choco --version

Now you can install programs easily, for example:

choco install googlechrome -y
choco install vscode -y
choco install 7zip -y

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