Description of all files included in repo, and used by script
To make this script self executable a "polyglot wrapper" or "header" with batch commands has been added. This makes sure the script can be started from GUI, cmd.exe and PowerShell.
Basicly what it does is start powershell.exe and run the contents of the file as ScriptBlock. Also arguments are 'handed over' to PS. It will skip the header because it's a comment.
More details about this method can be found here:
- https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/jaybaz_ms/2007/04/26/powershell-polyglot
- https://stackoverflow.com/q/29645
The script can be renamed to chrupd.ps1. Now you can run it as a normal PowerShell script e.g. .\chrupd.ps1 and powershell.exe chrupd.ps1 or PS Core: pwsh.exe chrupd.ps1.
If you plan on using it only from PS (or if theres issues) the first few lines of the script can be removed. These are a multi line PS comment <# ... #>
<# :
@echo off & SETLOCAL & SET "_PS=powershell.exe -NoLogo -NoProfile" & SET "_ARGS=\"%~dp0" %*"
%_PS% "&(Invoke-Command {[ScriptBlock]::Create('$Args=@(&{$Args} %_ARGS%);'+((Get-Content \"%~f0\") -Join [char]10))})"
ENDLOCAL & GOTO :EOF
#>You might have to change PS Execution Policy (see Get-Help about_Execution_Policies)
Instead of renaming, the .ps1 file can also be symlink, which it is by default in the GitHub repo.
TODO
The script is also converted to standalone executable using PS2EXE.
It might be somewhat slower.
Logs go to 'chrupd.log', as defined by $logFile variable. Default path is same dir as script.
If the file is not writable the script will let you know and output to console only.
The Chromium installer will separately log to 'chromium_installer.log' in TEMP dir as defined by $installLog.
Usually Chromium installation is automatically taken care of by running the downloaded Installer ('mini_installer.exe').
But if Chromium is released as a zip or 7z archive, the script will to try to extract it to these paths:
| Path | Example |
|---|---|
| %LocalAppData%\Chromium\Application | C:\Users\<User>\Appdata\Local\Chromium |
| Desktop | C:\Users\<User>\Desktop |
| %TEMP% | C:\Users\<User>\TEMP |
( in that order, top to bottom )
The folder that was used will be shown and a shortcut will be created on the Desktop called 'Chromium', which links to chrome.exe. Install paths are defined with script variable $archiveInstallPaths.
Related advanced options are: appDir and linkArgs
If '7z.exe' from 7-Zip cannot be found the script will try to automatically download '7za.exe' which is a standalone version of 7-Zip. The file will be downloaded from: 7zip.org, github-chromium, googlesource.com or chocolatey.org.
Paths and urls are defined in script variable 7zConfig.
More information about 7zip cli:
- https://www.7-zip.org/history.txt
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45798/thread/b599cf02/?limit=25
It seems the script gets detected as false positive sometimes: 'Trojan:PowerShell/Mountsi.A!ml' (amsi).
You could add an exception by using the Allow action in Windows Security, ofcourse always check the script first.
Another workaround is to remove the batch/ps1 polyglot header.
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