This exact issue is what eventually persuaded me, over 10 years ago, to switch from Windows to Linux, having already been on the fence for some time. I've never looked back. Installing all my software and configuring it on a new machine is a simple matter of running one command and waiting for it to complete, using Ansible (or similar alternatives). This is highly problematic in Windows where (at least at that time; I don't know if things have moved on) each item of software tends to have its own custom installer which isn't easily automated in a consistent way.

Setup a system so that when you install you can install with all your software and settings already on the system.

For Windows you can use something like NTLite.