Install Browsers with PowerShell

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• [x] Chrome
• [x] Firefox

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Template when installing from web

Instructions

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser -Force
# Define the URL for the installer
$InstallerUrl = "YOURURL"
$appName = ""
$installerPath = "$env:TEMP\$appName_installer.exe" #installer name

# Function to download a file with a progress bar
function Download-FileWithProgress {
    param (
        [string]$url,
        [string]$destination
    )

    # Create a web client
    $webClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

    # Set up an event handler to update the progress bar
    $webClient.DownloadProgressChanged += {
        param($sender, $e)

        # Calculate percent complete and display progress bar
        $percentComplete = $e.ProgressPercentage
        Write-Progress -Activity "Downloading Application" -Status "$percentComplete% Complete" -PercentComplete $percentComplete
    }

    # Download the file
    $webClient.DownloadFile($url, $destination)
}

# Download the installer
Download-FileWithProgress -url $InstallerUrl -destination $installerPath

# Simulate installation process with a progress bar
$totalSteps = 100
for ($i = 1; $i -le $totalSteps; $i++) {
    # Update the progress bar
    $percentComplete = ($i / $totalSteps) * 100
    Write-Progress -Activity "Installing your application..." -Status "Progress: $percentComplete% Complete" -PercentComplete $percentComplete

    # Simulate some work with Start-Sleep
    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 30
}

# Install Application silently
Write-Host "Starting installation..."
Start-Process -FilePath $installerPath -ArgumentList "/silent /install" -NoNewWindow -Wait

# Indicate that the installation is complete
Write-Host "Installation completed successfully!"

# Clean up the installer
Remove-Item -Path $installerPath -Force

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Installing Chrome

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser -Force
# Define the URL for the latest Chrome installer
$chromeInstallerUrl = "https://www.google.com/chrome/next-steps.html?statcb=0&installdataindex=empty&defaultbrowser=0#"

# Define the local path where the installer will be saved
$installerPath = "$env:TEMP\chrome_installer.exe"

# Function to download a file with a progress bar
function Download-FileWithProgress {
    param (
        [string]$url,
        [string]$destination
    )

    # Create a web client
    $webClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

    # Set up an event handler to update the progress bar
    $webClient.DownloadProgressChanged += {
        param($sender, $e)

        # Calculate percent complete and display progress bar
        $percentComplete = $e.ProgressPercentage
        Write-Progress -Activity "Downloading Chrome" -Status "$percentComplete% Complete" -PercentComplete $percentComplete
    }

    # Download the file
    $webClient.DownloadFile($url, $destination)
}

# Download the Chrome installer
Download-FileWithProgress -url $chromeInstallerUrl -destination $installerPath

# Simulate installation process with a progress bar
$totalSteps = 100
for ($i = 1; $i -le $totalSteps; $i++) {
    # Update the progress bar
    $percentComplete = ($i / $totalSteps) * 100
    Write-Progress -Activity "Installing Chrome" -Status "Progress: $percentComplete% Complete" -PercentComplete $percentComplete

    # Simulate some work with Start-Sleep
    Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 30
}

# Install Chrome silently
Write-Host "Starting Chrome installation..."
Start-Process -FilePath $installerPath -ArgumentList "/silent /install" -NoNewWindow -Wait

# Indicate that the installation is complete
Write-Host "Chrome installation completed successfully!"

# Clean up the installer
Remove-Item -Path $installerPath -Force

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Install Firefox with PowerShell

• [x] Not installing silently #81
• [ ] Returns an error but install does work

# Set the execution policy to unrestricted for the current session
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process -Force

# Define the URL for the Firefox installer
$InstallerUrl = "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest&os=win64&lang=en-GB"

# Define the local path where the installer will be saved
$installerPath = "$env:TEMP\firefox_installer.exe"

# Function to download a file with a progress bar
function Download-FileWithProgress {
    param (
        [string]$url,
        [string]$destination
    )

    # Create a web client
    $webClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient

    # Set up an event handler to update the progress bar
    $webClient.DownloadProgressChanged += {
        param($sender, $e)

        # Calculate percent complete and display progress bar
        $percentComplete = $e.ProgressPercentage
        Write-Progress -Activity "Downloading Application" -Status "$percentComplete% Complete" -PercentComplete $percentComplete
    }

    # Download the file
    try {
        $webClient.DownloadFile($url, $destination)
    } catch {
        Write-Error "Failed to download file. Error: $_"
        exit 1
    }
}

# Download the installer
Download-FileWithProgress -url $InstallerUrl -destination $installerPath

# Verify that the installer was downloaded successfully
if (Test-Path $installerPath) {
    Write-Host "Download completed successfully. Starting installation..."

    # Simulate installation process with a progress bar
    $totalSteps = 100
    for ($i = 1; $i -le $totalSteps; $i++) {
        # Update the progress bar
        $percentComplete = ($i / $totalSteps) * 100
        Write-Progress -Activity "Installing Firefox..." -Status "Progress: $percentComplete% Complete" -PercentComplete $percentComplete

        # Simulate some work with Start-Sleep
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 30
    }

    # Install Firefox silently
    try {
        Start-Process -FilePath $installerPath -ArgumentList "/S" -NoNewWindow -Wait
        Write-Host "Firefox installation completed successfully!"
    } catch {
        Write-Error "Installation failed. Error: $_"
    } finally {
        # Clean up the installer
        Remove-Item -Path $installerPath -Force
    }
} else {
    Write-Error "Installer file was not found. Download might have failed."
}