{WARNING} I'm in the process of upgrading the compiler and getting rid of choco in these scripts. The following changes are ENTIRELY UNTEST in my test VM.

base.ps1

@@ -248,17 +248,15 @@ if(-not $isAdmin) {
 }
 
 $installs=@(
-  'chocolatey',
+  'Geany.Geany',
   'Git.Git',
   'Genivia.ugrep',
   'Microsoft.WindowsTerminal',
-  'AntibodySoftware.WizFile',
   'Kitware.CMake',
-  'Microsoft.VCRedist.2015+.x64',
   'Microsoft.VCRedist.2015+.x64'
 )
 
-$choco_installs=@('geany','geany-plugins','winlibs')
+$choco_installs=@()
 
 Write-Warning "About to install the following software:"
 Write-Warning "-----------------------------------------"
@@ -273,6 +271,13 @@ foreach($pkg in $installs) {
   Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait winget -ArgumentList 'install',$pkg
 }
 
-Start-Process -Verb RunAs -Wait powershell -argumentlist 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\choco.exe','install','geany','geany-plugins','winlibs'
+Write-Warning "!! Installing WinLibs in $env:HOMEPATH\WinLibs"
+Write-Warning "This has to be installed this way because winget won't add it to the path so I have to do it manually. If you don't want this, then hit CTRL-C and install WinLibs yourself."
+Read-Host -Prompt "Press any key to continue, or CTRL-C to abort" | Out-Null
+
+winget install --location "$env:HOMEPATH\WinLibs" -e BrechtSanders.WinLibs.POSIX.UCRT.LLVM
+
+$newPath = $Env:PATH + ";$env:HOMEPATH\WinLibs\mingw64\bin"
+[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $newPath, "User")
 
 Write-Warning "!!! CLOSE THIS POWERSHELL AND START A NEW ONE TO UPDATE PATH!"

cpp.ps1

@@ -113,5 +113,6 @@ function ConfirmBaseRun {
 ConfirmBaseRun
 
 Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait winget -ArgumentList 'install','ezwinports.make'
+Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait winget -ArgumentList 'install','mesonbuild.meson'
+Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait winget -ArgumentList 'install','Kitware.CMake'
 
-Start-Process -Verb RunAs -Wait powershell -argumentlist 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\choco.exe','install','winlibs','conan','meson'

extras.ps1

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ function ConfirmBaseRun {
 ConfirmBaseRun
 
 $extras=@(
+  'AntibodySoftware.WizFile',
   'GnuWin32.Which',
   'GNU.Wget2',
   'GNU.Nano',