<# .SYNOPSIS Installs the Chrome browser .DESCRIPTION This script installs the latest Google Chrome Web browser. .EXAMPLE PS> ./install-chrome-browser .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> try { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() $Path = $env:TEMP; $Installer = "chrome_installer.exe" Invoke-WebRequest "http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/latest/chrome_installer.exe" -OutFile $Path\$Installer Start-Process -FilePath $Path\$Installer -Args "/silent /install" -Verb RunAs -Wait Remove-Item $Path\$Installer [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✔️ installed Google Chrome in $Elapsed sec" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))" exit 1 }