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Windows directory structure
Program Files basic files needed to run the program
ProgramData files that are used by any user, but is not in the base installation
AppData files needed to config the program specifically for the User
AppData/Local meant to be kept in the local machine
AppData/LocalLow
AppData/Roaming meant to be sync-shared when in the domain

Windows Integrity Level:

The trustworthiness or priviledge of an object or program

  • Untrusted: even more restricted
  • Low: very restricted read and write (for instance, browser might run in low as a security)
  • Medium: regular user rights
  • High: admin priviledges
  • System: like "root", can do whatever
  • Installer: ...

Tweaks in Windows

  • Keep W10 context menu over W11
    reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
  • Set seconds in clock
    reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v ShowSecondsInSystemClock /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Windows Subsystem for Linux

User must first enable "Virtual Machine Platform" (in German, "VM-Platform") and "Windows-Subsystem for Linux" under Windows Feature in Control Panel and then type in PowerShell wsl --install. Furthermore, find a Linux distribution, which is available in Microsoft Store (I got Ubuntu 22.04).

The following PowerShell commands control the WSL furthermore

# Lists the verions os WSL installed and their status
wsl -l -v

# Set version of a distro
wsl --set-version <NAME> 2

# Set default version
wsl --set-default-version 2

If you try to open Ubuntu right off the bat without restarting your computador, you might get an error:

Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x8004032d
Error: 0x8004032d (null)
Press any key to continue...

WSL in Windows VS Code - Tutorial

To allow WSL Terminal in VS Code, add the VS Code extension "WSL". Click then on the bottom left, select "Connect to WSL using distro...". Moreover, VS Code installation adds itself into PATH, permiting cd to a give dir and run code . to open in VS Code.