<# .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) Loading data/basic-apps.csv... 37 apps listed ⏳ (2) Applications to install/upgrade: 7-Zip · Aquile Reader ... ... ✅ Installed 37 basic apps (0 skipped) in 387 sec. .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> try { $stopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() Write-Host "⏳ (1) Loading data/basic-apps.csv... " -noNewline $table = Import-CSV "$PSScriptRoot/../data/basic-apps.csv" $numEntries = $table.count "$numEntries apps listed" Write-Host "⏳ (2) Applications to install/upgrade: " -noNewline foreach($row in $table) { [string]$appName = $row.APPLICATION Write-Host "$appName · " -noNewline } "" "" "The installation will start in 15 seconds or press to abort..." Start-Sleep -seconds 15 [int]$step = 3 [int]$numSkipped = 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") { $numSkipped++ } $step++ } [int]$numInstalled = ($numEntries - $numSkipped) [int]$elapsed = $stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✅ Installed $numInstalled basic apps ($numSkipped skipped) in $elapsed sec." exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }