speed-up-powershell-invoke-webrequest.md

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If you don't disable the progress bar when downloading a file using Invoke-WebRequest on Windows PowerShell, it will take significantly longer to download.

To disable it run the below:

$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
Invoke-WebRequest <params>

The $ProgressPreference variable will only last as long as the current PowerShell session.