As you may know, Windows 11 includes a command line tool called the Windows Package Manager (winget.exe) that provides package management capabilities to the system. But I’m resisting that path for a few reasons, among them the Windows 11 Out of Box Experience keeps changing.īut in writing the Windows 11 Field Guide, I was reminded of another time-saving routine, and this is one that could likely benefit many readers.

One way would be to automate the configuration of Windows, and there are certainly automated tools out there designed to do just that. But it’s also sort of a rote, manual process. Generally speaking, this doesn’t take a lot of time: Reset this PC is fast and reliable, and I only need to install several apps and sync a small amount of data through OneDrive.

WinMerge Portable (by PortableApps.Because I review so many laptops and need a clean system image for the screenshots I use in the Windows 11 Field Guide, I spend a lot more time than most resetting PCs and bringing up new PCs for the first time.

It was also the last version to ship with an ANSI version of WinMerge. WinMerge version 2.12.4 was the last version to ship with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 runtimes that support Windows 95/98/ME/NT. WinMerge version 2.14.0 was the last version to ship with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 runtimes that support Windows 2000. Other Versions WinMerge 2.14.0 for Windows 2000

Admin rights for the installer (except for Per-user installer).

64-bit installer: Microsoft Windows 7 or newer.32-bit installer: Microsoft Windows XP SP3 or newer.

Notepad++ offline installer