Comment by davewasthere

I don't see any problem with re-installing windows though as often as you like.

By being a little disciplined, you can have a fresh install of windows, configured with all the apps you need from woah to go in little over a couple hours.

I like having a scriptable install of windows in case I completely lose a system while travelling, it's easy for me to completely restore and be productive again within a few hours (just buy a new laptop).

Choco really helps here too.

  choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation
  choco install googlechrome
  choco install firefox 
  choco install 7zip
  choco install vlc 
  choco install git
  choco install paint.net 
  choco install sql-server-management-studio
  choco install vscode 
  choco install visualstudio2019community

gets me to 90% of where I need to go.