<# .SYNOPSIS Launches Visual Studio .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script launches the Microsoft Visual Studio application. .EXAMPLE PS> ./open-visual-studio.ps1 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> function tryToLaunch { param($filePath) if (Test-Path "$filePath" -pathType leaf) { Start-Process "$filePath" exit 0 # success } } try { tryToLaunch "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" tryToLaunch "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }