Patching Visual Studio via Powershell

 

Basic script to update all your Visual Studio instances. On some servers I have/need 3.

The VSSetup is the magic, courtesy of Microsoft (and hence the prereqs), the rest is just running their installer. 

#this didn't find the 2022 install. Run as ISE admin

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -force

set-psrepository psgallery -InstallationPolicy Trusted

Install-Module VSSetup 

get-vssetupinstance|%{

$installpath = $_.installationpath

"$installpath"

Start-Process -Wait -FilePath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe" -ArgumentList "update --passive --norestart --installpath ""$installpath"""

}

#this should work, but doesn't. Just kicks back instantly.

#Start-Process -Wait -FilePath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vs_installer.exe" -ArgumentList "updateall --passive --norestart"

Making about:config a trusted sites

 I need this because IE tries to load about:config twice, which throws errors in the secure mode of IE/Edge, and I needed to script a way around it. 

Thanks to Joe for the tip on quotes.

if (-not (Test-Path -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains\blank'))

{

    $null = New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains\blank'

}

Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains\blank' -Name "about" -Value 2 -Type DWord