VLC Player Silent Install using PowerShell

This is the PS code to silently install the VLC Player. I have also added event and local logging, just as demonstrated logging segments.

* if you have trouble with the backtick being recognized as multi-line, just delete it and join the subsequent line.

Code

#define variables
$strUser = "SCCM"
$appSetup = "setup.exe"
$silent =" /S /V/qn"
$Source = "VLC Player 2.2.2"
$TimeFormat = 'yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss tt'

#create event log source
new-eventlog -Logname Application -source $Source -ErrorAction `
SilentlyContinue
$logstamp = (get-date).toString($TimeFormat) ; $logstamp + `
" Created event log source.">>log.txt

#install application
Clear-Host
Write-Host "Starting Setup..."
cmd /c ($appSetup + $silent)
$logstamp = (get-date).toString($TimeFormat) ; $logstamp + `
" Launched setup.exe.">>log.txt
$logstamp = (get-date).toString($TimeFormat) ; $logstamp + `
" Exit code: " + $LastExitCode>>log.txt

If ($LastExitCode -eq 0) {

#write event log
Clear-Host
Write-Host "Writing event log..."
$startTime = Get-date
$startLog = $strUser + ': VLC Player COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY ' `
+ $startTime
Write-Eventlog -Logname Application -Message $startLog -Source `
$Source -id 777 -entrytype Information -Category 0
$logstamp = (get-date).toString($TimeFormat) ; $logstamp + `
" Installed successfully!">>log.txt

#exiting
Clear-Host
Write-Host "Installed successfully! Exiting now..."
Start-Sleep -s 4
$logstamp = (get-date).toString($TimeFormat) ; $logstamp + `
" Exiting...">>log.txt
}

Else

{
#write event log
Clear-Host
Write-Host "Writing event log..."
$startTime = Get-date
$startLog = $strUser + ': VLC Player FAILED SETUP ' + $startTime
Write-Eventlog -Logname Application -Message $startLog `
-Source $Source -id 777 -entrytype Information -Category 0
$logstamp = (get-date).toString($TimeFormat) ; $logstamp `
 + " Failed setup!">>log.txt

#exiting
Clear-Host
Write-Host "Failed setup! Exiting now..."
Start-Sleep -s 4
$logstamp = (get-date).toString($TimeFormat) ; $logstamp + `
" Exiting...">>log.txt
}

 

The  wrapper or launch file

This can be used as the main deploy script to wrap and deploy through desktop management software (i.e., SCCM, LANDesk, Altiris, etc.). This should be compiled into one, nice EXE with the resource files.

Code

@echo on
title SCCM Installation
color 0b
cls

set CurDir=%CD%
set PSPath=C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
%PSPath%\powershell.exe -Command "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned"
%PSPath%\powershell.exe -file "%CurDir%\script.ps1"
ping -n 10 127.0.0.1>nul
exit /b 0