The easiest way to download and install any application from internet is using this script which i created.
1- Create a folder in drive C:
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path 'C:\files' -Force $folder = "c:\files"
2- Create variable and paste yoru app url
$url= "https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/B/16B06F60-3B20-4FF2-B699-5E9B7962F9AE/VSU_4/vcredist_x64.exe"
3- use these custom object methods to grab the file and join folder
$req = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest]::Create($url) $req.Method = "HEAD" $response = $req.GetResponse() $fUri = $response.ResponseUri
4- create variable “$filename” to grab the app file name from location saved
$filename = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($fUri.LocalPath); $response.Close()
5- create a variable “$Target” to store file location and name
$target = join-path $folder $filename
6- Trigger the invoke command to connect to the link and grab the file
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $target
7- Lastly run the process command to install the application using the switches
(Start-Process -FilePath $target -ArgumentList "/install /quiet /norestart" -Wait -PassThru).ExitCode
and here is the full script:
#installing VC ++ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path 'C:\files' -Force $folder = "c:\files" $url= "https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/B/16B06F60-3B20-4FF2-B699-5E9B7962F9AE/VSU_4/vcredist_x64.exe" $req = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest]::Create($url) $req.Method = "HEAD" $response = $req.GetResponse() $fUri = $response.ResponseUri $filename = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($fUri.LocalPath); $response.Close() $target = join-path $folder $filename Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $target (Start-Process -FilePath $target -ArgumentList "/install /quiet /norestart" -Wait -PassThru).ExitCode
