[REQUEST] Wiki Page for Supplied "extras"?

[Hammerfest]

There have been a few issue tickets where I have seen links to prefilled out commands for first login or other non-generator actions.
Sadly, without searching through closed issues, its hard to find these.

Please consider opening the Wiki section up for this or perhaps a pinned issue thread with links/brief description for all, just something to prevent digging and duplicate tickets.

[cschneegans]

I have now added a page to collect sample scripts. Some of those scripts are from closed issues, others are from my “private” archives.

[cschneegans]

I have added a sample script to Use the WinGet package manager to install Firefox – which was way more complicated than expected.

I had not used WinGet before and have realized just now what a mess it still is. Even with Windows 11 24H2, you cannot simply run winget.exe in a “FirstLogon” script. Instead, you have to wait a minute or two until that link in the admin's profile directory (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe of type IO_REPARSE_TAG_APPEXECLINK) appears.

If anyone has experience with WinGet on Windows 10 or Windows 11 releases prior to 24H2, what is the recommended way to set up WinGet silently?

[dcoffin88]

@cschneegans

I was only having issues with Winget prior to Windows 11 but you could modify my Winget install/update script by removing the user input check, then it will run silently.

# Function to restart the script with elevation if needed
    function Ensure-Admin {
        if (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")) {
            Write-Host "Script is not running with elevated privileges. Restarting as Administrator..."
            Start-Process powershell.exe -ArgumentList "-NoProfile", "-ExecutionPolicy Bypass", "-File", "`"$PSCommandPath`"" -Verb RunAs
            exit
        }
    }

# Ensure script is running with admin privileges
Ensure-Admin

$userInput = Read-Host "Do you want to install/update Winget (Y/N): "

if ($userInput -eq 'Y') {
    # Define log file path
    $logFilePath = "C:\Windows\Setup\Scripts\InstallUpdateWinget.log"

    # Function to log messages
    function Log-Message {
        param(
            [string]$message
        )
        $timestamp = (Get-Date).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
        "$timestamp - $message" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $logFilePath
    }

    # Start logging
    Log-Message "Script started."

    # Define the download path
    $downloadPath = "C:\Windows\Setup\Scripts"

    # Check if the directory exists, if not, create it
    if (-not (Test-Path -Path $downloadPath)) {
        New-Item -Path $downloadPath -ItemType Directory
        Log-Message "Created download path directory: $downloadPath"
    }

    # Check system architecture (64-bit or 32-bit)
    $is64Bit = [System.Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem
    if ($is64Bit) {
        $architecture = "64-bit"
    } else {
        $architecture = "32-bit"
    }
    Log-Message "System architecture: $architecture"

    # Select download URLs based on system architecture
    if ($is64Bit) {
        $vcRedistUrl = "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/VC_redist.x64.exe"
        $wingetUrl = "https://aka.ms/getwinget"
        $vclibsUrl = "https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx"
        $uixamlUrl = "https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/releases/download/v2.8.6/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.x64.appx"
        Log-Message "Downloading 64-bit packages."
    } else {
        $vcRedistUrl = "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/VC_redist.x86.exe"
        $wingetUrl = "https://aka.ms/getwinget"
        $vclibsUrl = "https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.Desktop.appx"
        $uixamlUrl = "https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/releases/download/v2.8.6/Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8.x86.appx"
        Log-Message "Downloading 32-bit packages."
    }

    # Download WinGet & dependencies to C:\Windows\Setup\Scripts
    Log-Message "Downloading dependencies..."
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $vcRedistUrl -OutFile "$downloadPath\VC_redist.exe" -Verbose
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $wingetUrl -OutFile "$downloadPath\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle" -Verbose
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $vclibsUrl -OutFile "$downloadPath\Microsoft.VCLibs.appx" -Verbose
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uixamlUrl -OutFile "$downloadPath\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.appx" -Verbose
    Log-Message "Dependencies downloaded successfully."

    # Proceed with installing WinGet and dependencies
    Log-Message "Installing dependencies..."
    Start-Process -FilePath "$downloadPath\VC_redist.exe" -Args "/quiet /norestart" -Wait
    Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -Packagepath "$downloadPath\Microsoft.VCLibs.appx" -SkipLicense | Out-Null
    Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -Packagepath "$downloadPath\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.appx" -SkipLicense | Out-Null

    try {
        # Install Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller MSIX package
        Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -Packagepath "$downloadPath\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle" -SkipLicense | Out-Null
        Log-Message "Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller installed successfully."
    } catch {
        Log-Message "Error installing Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller: $_"
    }

    Log-Message "Installation of dependencies complete."

    # Verify install status
    $wingetPath = @(Resolve-Path "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_*_*64__8wekyb3d8bbwe")
    if ($wingetPath) {
        set-location -path $wingetPath[-1]
        $microsoftDesktopAppInstallerVer = (Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -eq "Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller"}).Version
        .\winget.exe -v | Out-String -OutVariable windowsPackageManagerVer | Out-Null
        Log-Message "`nWinGet installation complete."
        Log-Message "Detected Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller version: $($microsoftDesktopAppInstallerVer)"
        Log-Message "Detected Windows Package Manager version: $($windowsPackageManagerVer.trim())"
    } else {
        Log-Message "Winget installation failed."
    }

    # End logging
    Log-Message "Script finished."
} else {
    Write-Host "Winget installation and upgrade was skipped."
}

[ProgrammerBruce]

I have added a sample script to Use the WinGet package manager to install Firefox – which was way more complicated than expected.

I had not used WinGet before and have realized just now what a mess it still is. Even with Windows 11 24H2, you cannot simply run winget.exe in a “FirstLogon” script. Instead, you have to wait a minute or two until that link in the admin's profile directory (%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe of type IO_REPARSE_TAG_APPEXECLINK) appears.

If anyone has experience with WinGet on Windows 10 or Windows 11 releases prior to 24H2, what is the recommended way to set up WinGet silently?

This response by @cschneegans is an example of why the request for a wiki was made. Please enable the wiki and the discussions for this repo.

https://docs.github.com/en/communities/documenting-your-project-with-wikis/about-wikis