An acquaintance saw my MECM lab environment the other day and saw how I was automatically downloading the latest versions of some applications (which were then automatically distributed and installed on the client computers), and thought it looked “cool”.
\nMy acquaintance does not run MECM, or similar systems. But wanted me to show how he could automatically download and install latest version of some base applications.
\nSo, I took my scripts and tweaked them for my acquaintance. Which then I thought I’d post them here (because it’s been ages since I posted anything).<\/p>\n
Here you go, 5 applications that download and install automatically.<\/p>\n
7-Zip<\/strong><\/p>\n # Google Chrome<\/strong><\/p>\n Microsoft PowerShell 7<\/strong><\/p>\n Mozilla Firefox<\/strong><\/p>\n Notepad++<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\r\n# 7-Zip\r\n$7ZipDir = "C:\\tmp\\Latest\\Apps\\"\r\n$dlurl = 'https:\/\/7-zip.org\/' + (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https:\/\/7-zip.org\/download.html' | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Links | Where-Object {($_.innerHTML -eq 'Download') -and ($_.href -like "a\/*") -and ($_.href -like "*x64.msi")} | Select-Object -First 1 | Select-Object -ExpandProperty href)\r\n# above code borrowed from: https:\/\/perplexity.nl\/windows-powershell\/installing-or-updating-7-zip-using-powershell\/\r\n$installerPath = Join-Path $7ZipDir (Split-Path $dlurl -Leaf)\r\nInvoke-WebRequest $dlurl -OutFile $7ZipDir\\7z-x64.msi\r\nStart-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "\/i `"$7ZipDir\\7z-x64.msi`" \/qn ALLUSERS=2 REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS" -Wait -PassThru\r\n<\/pre>\n\r\n# Google Chrome\r\n$ChromeDir = "C:\\tmp\\Latest\\Apps\\GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise64.msi"\r\nInvoke-WebRequest -Uri "http:\/\/dl.google.com\/edgedl\/chrome\/install\/GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise64.msi" -OutFile $ChromeDir\r\nStart-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '\/I $ChromeDir \/qn ALLUSERS=2 REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS'\r\nStart-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "\/i `"C:\\tmp\\Latest\\Apps\\GoogleChromeStandaloneEnterprise64.msi`" \/qn ALLUSERS=2 REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS" -Wait -PassThru\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n# Microsoft PowerShell 7\r\n$metadata = Invoke-RestMethod https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/PowerShell\/PowerShell\/master\/tools\/metadata.json\r\n$release = $metadata.ReleaseTag -replace '^v';"https:\/\/github.com\/PowerShell\/PowerShell\/releases\/download\/v${release}\/PowerShell-${release}-win-x64.msi"\r\n#above code borrowed from: Ruckzuck.tools\r\n$PowerShellDir = "C:\\tmp\\Latest\\Apps\\PowerShell-7-win-x64.msi"\r\nInvoke-WebRequest -Uri "https:\/\/github.com\/PowerShell\/PowerShell\/releases\/download\/v${release}\/PowerShell-${release}-win-x64.msi" -OutFile $PowerShellDir\r\nStart-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "\/i `"C:\\tmp\\Latest\\Apps\\PowerShell-7-win-x64.msi`" \/qn ALLUSERS=2 REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS" -Wait -PassThru\r\n<\/pre>\n\r\n# Mozilla Firefox\r\n$FirefoxDir = "C:\\tmp\\Latest\\Apps\\FirefoxSetup.msi"\r\nInvoke-WebRequest -Uri "https:\/\/download.mozilla.org\/?product=firefox-msi-latest-ssl&os=win64&lang=en-US" -OutFile $FirefoxDir\r\nStart-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "\/i `"C:\\tmp\\Latest\\Apps\\FirefoxSetup.msi`" \/qn" -Wait -PassThru\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n# Notepad++\r\n$NotepadDir = 'C:\\tmp\\Latest\\Apps\\'\r\n$href = ((Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/downloads\/').Links | Where-Object { $_.innerText -match 'current version' }).href\r\n$downloadUrl = ((Invoke-WebRequest "https:\/\/notepad-plus-plus.org\/$href").Links | Where-Object { $_.innerHTML -match 'installer' -and $_.href -match 'x64.exe' }).href\r\nInvoke-RestMethod $downloadUrl -OutFile "$NotepadDir\\npp.installer.x64.exe"\r\nStart-Process -FilePath "$NotepadDir\\npp.installer.x64.exe" -ArgumentList "\/S" -PassThru\r\n<\/pre>\n