IIT.UpdateNppPlugins.psm1
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function Update-NPPPlugins { <# Created by Andrej Licar, IIT .Synopsis Updates Notepad++ after updating to 7.6.x .Description Updates the Notepad++ plugins' locations after application was updated to a version 7.6.x and deletes the leftover old plugins when a new version is already in place. .Notes Module name: Update-NPPPlugins Version: 1.0 Author: Andrej Licar Contact: info@iit.si DateCreated: 2019-01-10 LastUpdate: 2019-01-10 .Version 1.0 : Initial release - 2019/01/10 .Inputs System.String Takes a folder name where plugins of the Notepad++ are located. .Outputs Nothing. .Parameter Path Full Path to the plugins folder of the Notepad++ installation. .Example Update-NPPPlugins "$($env:ProgramData)\Notepad++\Plugins" ----------- Description Updates the plugins in the ProgramData\Notepad++\Plugins folder. .Example Update-NPPPlugins "$(${env:ProgramFiles(x86)})\Notepad++\Plugins" ----------- Description Updates the plugins in the \ProgramFiles(x86)\Notepad++\Plugins folder i.e. 32-bit Notepad++ installation on 64-bit computer .Example Update-NPPPlugins "C:\Notepad++\Plugins" ----------- Description Updates the plugins in the literal path C:\Notepad++\Plugins folder #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$True)] param( [Parameter( Position=0, ValueFromPipeline=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, HelpMessage="Notepad++ plugin path.", Mandatory=$true )] [string]$Path ) # test if we should really process the plugins if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($Path, "Update plugins after updating Notepad++ version from 7.5.x to 7.6.x")) { # fail-safe get the path object from the supplied path Get-Item -Path $Path | out-null # test if path object was ok and name is plugins if ($p.Name -eq "Plugins") { # test if the nppPluginList.dll exists in the Config subfolder Get-Item -Path "$($Path)\Config\nppPluginList.dll" | out-null # get all dll files in the plugins folder and loop through the list Get-Item -Path "$($Path)\*.dll" | ForEach-Object { # copy the item name to a variable (not necessary, but looks nicer :) ) $name = $_ Try { # create a new folder with the same name as the plugin DLL (without extension, hence the basename) $res = New-Item -Path $name.DirectoryName -Name $name.BaseName -ItemType Directory } Catch { # don't nag, folder already exists -> probably a new version of plugin is already there } Try { # move the plugin dll to the newly created folder $res = Move-Item -Path $name -Destination "$($name.DirectoryName)\$($name.BaseName)\" } Catch { # we can safely delete the old plugin dll, since the file already exists $res = Remove-Item -Path $name } } } } } New-Alias -Name "unppp" -Value "Update-NPPPlugins" Export-ModuleMember -Function "Update-NPPPlugins" -Alias "unppp" |