<# .SYNOPSIS Launches the Visual Studio app .DESCRIPTION This script launches the Microsoft Visual Studio application. .EXAMPLE PS> ./open-visual-studio .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> function TryLaunching { param($Path) if (test-path "$Path" -pathType leaf) { start-process "$Path" exit 0 # success } } try { TryLaunching "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" TryLaunching "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))" exit 1 }