Microsoft Visual Studio Code

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Visual Studio Code is a free source-code editor. Features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded Git. Visual Studio Code is free and available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Version 1.47.1

Obtain Package Source

Visual Studio Code is freely available for download.

Vendor Configuration for Silent Install

The vendor installer is based on the Inno Setup installer. Configuration options for installation including silent install can be found at jrsoftware.org.

The configuration file can be generated by running a manual install with switches:

VSCodeSetup-x64-1.47.1.exe /SAVEINF="<path>\config.inf"

config.inf

[Setup]
Lang=english
Dir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code
Group=Visual Studio Code
NoIcons=0
Tasks=addcontextmenufiles,addcontextmenufolders,addtopath

Deploy Info

Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Corporation
C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\unins000.exe /VERYSILENT

Visual Studio Code is a free source-code editor. Features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded Git. 

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EA457B21-F73E-494C-ACAB-524FDE069978}_is1
Value: DisplayVersion
DataType: Version
Data: 1.47.1
Operator: Greater than or equal to
32-bit: No
SCCM Requirement: None

Deploy-Application.ps1

Please note the script contains Pre-installation logic to detect and uninstall any legacy version it encounters and logs the version number. It achieves this by searching the registry for the application as a keyword, then methodically running a test for it, ascertaining it’s Uninstall string, and calling it with the provided silent switches. If the application and version we want is already installed, the install will not proceed.

Relevant extracts from the script are as follows:

##*===============================================
##* VARIABLE DECLARATION
##*===============================================
## Variables: Application
[string]$appVendor = 'Microsoft'
[string]$appName = 'Visual Studio Code'
[string]$appVersion = '1.47.1'
[string]$appArch = 'x64'
[string]$appLang = 'EN'
[string]$appRevision = '01'
[string]$appScriptVersion = '1.0.0'
[string]$appScriptDate = '16/07/2020'
[string]$appScriptAuthor = 'psadt.com'
[string]$Parms = "/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-"
[string]$nameSearch = "*Visual Studio Code*"
##*===============================================



##*===============================================
##* PRE-INSTALLATION
##*===============================================

## <Perform Pre-Installation tasks here>

# Remove previous versions if exist
ForEach ($regKey in $regKeyApplications)
	{
	$appVer = Get-ChildItem -Path $regKey |
		Get-ItemProperty |
			Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like $nameSearch } |
				Select-Object -Property DisplayName, DisplayVersion, UninstallString
	ForEach ($ver in $appVer)
		{
		If ($ver.UninstallString)
			{
			$appExist = 1
			$appRemove = $ver.DisplayName
			$oldVersion = $ver.DisplayVersion
			$Uninst = $ver.UninstallString

			If ($oldVersion -ne $appVersion)
				{
				# Uninstall
				Write-Log -Message "Uninstalling $appRemove $oldVersion" -LogType 'CMTrace'
				Write-Log -Message "Executing $Uninst $Parms" -LogType 'CMTrace'
				Start-Process $Uninst -ArgumentList $Parms -Wait -PassThru -NoNewWindow -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
				}
			ElseIf ($oldVersion -eq $appVersion)
				{
				Write-Log -Message "$appRemove $appVersion is already installed." -LogType 'CMTrace'
				Exit-Script -ExitCode 0
				}
			}
		}
	}
If ($appExist -ne 1)
	{Write-Log -Message "No $appName installations detected." -LogType 'CMTrace'}





##*===============================================
##* INSTALLATION 
##*===============================================

## <Perform Installation tasks here>

Execute-Process -Path 'VSCodeSetup-x64-1.47.1.exe' -Parameters "/LOADINF=`"$dirFiles\config.inf`" $Parms" -WindowStyle Hidden




##*===============================================
##* UNINSTALLATION
##*===============================================

# <Perform Uninstallation tasks here>

# Remove any version if exist
ForEach ($regKey in $regKeyApplications)
	{
	$appVer = Get-ChildItem -Path $regKey |
		Get-ItemProperty |
			Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like $nameSearch } |
				Select-Object -Property DisplayName, DisplayVersion, UninstallString
	ForEach ($ver in $appVer)
		{
		If ($ver.UninstallString)
			{
			$appExist = 1
			$appRemove = $ver.DisplayName
			$oldVersion = $ver.DisplayVersion
			$Uninst = $ver.UninstallString

			# Uninstall
			Write-Log -Message "Uninstalling $appRemove $oldVersion" -LogType 'CMTrace'
			Write-Log -Message "Executing $Uninst $Parms" -LogType 'CMTrace'
			Start-Process $Uninst -ArgumentList $Parms -Wait -PassThru -NoNewWindow -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
			}
		}
	}
If ($appExist -ne 1)
	{
	Write-Log -Message "No $appName installations detected." -LogType 'CMTrace'
	Exit-Script -ExitCode 1605
	}

Manual installation

Accept EULA, click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Tick Add “Open with Code” action to Windows Explorer file context menu Tick Add “Open with Code” action to Windows Explorer directory context menu Click Next

Click Install

Monitor install and allow it to finish

Click Finish