PowerShell/Docs/install-basic-apps.md

The install-basic-apps.ps1 PowerShell Script

This PowerShell script installs basic Windows apps (browser, e-mail client, etc). Apps from the Microsoft Store are preferred for automatic updates.

Parameters

install-basic-apps.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./install-basic-apps

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<# .SYNOPSIS Installs basic apps .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script installs basic Windows apps (browser, e-mail client, etc). Apps from the Microsoft Store are preferred for automatic updates. .EXAMPLE PS> ./install-basic-apps .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #>

try { $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew()

"⏳ Step 1 - Loading table from Data/basic-apps.csv..."
$Table = Import-CSV "$PSScriptRoot/../Data/basic-apps.csv"
$NumEntries = $Table.count
Write-Host "   About to install $NumEntries apps: " -NoNewline
foreach($Row in $Table) {
	[string]$AppName = $Row.AppName
	Write-Host "$AppName, " -NoNewline
}
""
"Press <Control> <C> to abort, otherwise the installation will start..."
sleep -s 3

[int]$Step = 2
foreach($Row in $Table) {
	[string]$AppName = $Row.AppName
	[string]$Category = $Row.Category
	[string]$AppID = $Row.AppID

	"⏳ Step $Step/$($NumEntries + 1) - Installing $AppName ($Category)..."
	& winget install --id $AppID --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements
    	if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "'winget install' for $AppName failed" }
	$Step++
}
[int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds
"✔️ installed $NumEntries apps in $Elapsed sec"
exit 0 # success

} catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }

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