Ninite to win it: How to rebuild Windows without losing your mind

When you install a fresh, clean copy of Windows – say, if you're switching to the LTSC edition – Ninite is here to kickstart provisioning the new OS.

Ninite is a very simple, but very clever, tool that automates the process of installing a user-configured suite of apps and runtimes onto Windows. Not only will it help you get up and running as quickly and easily as possible, but if you keep the tiny custom installer, you can re-run it later and it will update everything it originally installed to the latest version.

The Register first described Ninite in 2012 and we returned to recommend it in 2013. That is quite a while ago – back then, Windows 8.0 was new, as was the Windows Store and its array of "modern" touchscreen-capable apps built on the foundations of .NET and its CLR.

Ninite still works, it's just as useful as ...