<# .SYNOPSIS Installs basic apps .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script installs basic Windows apps such as browser, e-mail client, etc. NOTE: Apps from Microsoft Store are preferred (due to security and automatic updates). .EXAMPLE PS> ./install-basic-apps.ps1 ⏳ (1/37) Loading Data/basic-apps.csv... 35 apps ⏳ (2/37) These apps will be installed or upgraded: 7-Zip · Aquile Reader ... .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> try { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() Write-Host "⏳ (1/37) Loading Data/basic-apps.csv... " -noNewline $Table = Import-CSV "$PSScriptRoot/../Data/basic-apps.csv" $NumEntries = $Table.count "$NumEntries apps" Write-Host "⏳ (2/37) These apps will be installed or upgraded: " -noNewline foreach($Row in $Table) { [string]$AppName = $Row.APPLICATION Write-Host "$AppName · " -noNewline } "" "" "Installation will start in 15 seconds... (otherwise press to abort)" Start-Sleep -seconds 15 [int]$Step = 3 [int]$Skipped = 0 foreach($Row in $Table) { [string]$AppName = $Row.APPLICATION [string]$Category = $Row.CATEGORY [string]$AppID = $Row.APPID Write-Host " " Write-Host "⏳ ($Step/$($NumEntries + 2)) Installing $Category '$AppName'..." & winget install --id $AppID --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { $Skipped++ } $Step++ } [int]$Installed = ($NumEntries - $Skipped) [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ Installation of $Installed basic apps ($Skipped skipped) took $Elapsed sec" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }