GetRedists.ps1


<#PSScriptInfo
 
.VERSION 1.36
 
.GUID 03c695c0-bf45-4257-8156-89310e951140
 
.AUTHOR Jonathan E. Brickman
 
.COMPANYNAME Ponderworthy Music
 
.COPYRIGHT (c) 2018 Jonathan E. Brickman
 
.TAGS
 
.LICENSEURI https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
 
.PROJECTURI https://github.com/jebofponderworthy/windows-tools
 
.ICONURI
 
.EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES
 
.REQUIREDSCRIPTS
 
.EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES
 
.RELEASENOTES
GetRedists
Retrieve and install all of the VC++ redistributable libraries
currently being supported by Microsoft, using the excellent
VcRedist package.
 
.PRIVATEDATA
 
#>
 





























<#
 
.DESCRIPTION
GetRedists - Get all current Microsoft VC++ redistributables
 
#>


Param()


#######################################################################
# GetRedists #
#######################################################################

#
# by Jonathan E. Brickman
#
# Retrieves and installs all of the Microsoft redistributable libraries
# currently being supported, using the excellent VcRedist package.
#
# Copyright 2018 Jonathan E. Brickman
# https://notes.ponderworthy.com/
# This script is licensed under the 3-Clause BSD License
# https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
# and is reprised at the end of this file
#

""
"GetRedists"
""

# Items needing work:
# - Command-line option for location of repo folder
# - Error handling; if errors occur at any stage, terminate and print.

# Self-elevate if not already elevated.
if (([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))
    {
    "Running elevated; good."
    ""
    }
else {
    "Not running as elevated. Starting elevated shell."
    Start-Process powershell -WorkingDirectory $PSScriptRoot -Verb runAs -ArgumentList "-noprofile -noexit -file $PSCommandPath"
    return "Done. This one will now exit."
    ""
}

$reportStatus = ''
$currentOp = ''
function ShowProgress {
    param( [string]$reportStatus, [string]$currentOp )

    Write-Progress -Activity "Get Microsoft Redists" -Status $reportStatus -PercentComplete -1 -CurrentOperation $currentOp
    }

if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 6) {
    # Only do this if PowerShell version less than 6
    ShowProgress("Preparing Powershell environment:","Installing NuGet Package Provider (for VcRedist)...")
    Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force | Out-Null
    }
ShowProgress("Preparing Powershell environment:","Installing NuGet (for VcRedist)...")
Install-Module -Name NuGet -SkipPublisherCheck -Force
ShowProgress("Preparing Powershell environment:","Importing NuGet (for VcRedist)...")
Import-Module -Name NuGet
ShowProgress("Preparing Powershell environment:","Installing VcRedist...")
Install-Module -Name VcRedist -SkipPublisherCheck -Force
ShowProgress("Preparing Powershell environment:","Importing VcRedist...")
Import-Module -Name VcRedist
ShowProgress("Preparing repo folder...","")
if (Test-Path C:\VcRedist -PathType Container) {
    'C:\VcRedist already present.'
    }
Else {
    New-Item C:\VcRedist -ItemType Directory | Out-Null 
    }
ShowProgress("Retrieving all redistributables to repo folder...","")
Get-VcList | Get-VcRedist -Verbose -Path C:\VcRedist | Out-Null
ShowProgress("Installing all redistributables from repo folder...","")
Get-VcList | Install-VcRedist -Verbose -Path C:\VcRedist | Out-Null
ShowProgress("Removing repo folder...","")
Remove-Item C:\VcRedist -Verbose -Recurse -Force | Out-Null
ShowProgress("Done!","")

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