💻 Visual Studio Code Auto Setup Guide

This guide will help you understand how to use the VisualStudioCode+Auto-Setup.ps1 script to automate the installation and configuration of Visual Studio Code on Windows 🪟.

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⚙️ Prerequisites

• PowerShell must be installed on your system. You will use it to run the setup script.
• Both MSIs are from the official GitHub page of Official PowerShell GitHub.

🔧 v7.4.5 Release of PowerShell (Latest Recommended Version)

• For Windows 64-bit systems: Download 64-Bit Installer
• For Windows 32-bit systems: Download 32-Bit Installer

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⚙️ Visual Studio Code Installation Script with Logging

This PowerShell script automates the download, installation, and configuration of Visual Studio Code. It also logs every step for troubleshooting and auditing purposes 📑.

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📝 Logging Functionality

The script includes a logging mechanism to record the installation process, ensuring that every significant action is documented.

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🛠️ Log-Message Function

The core of the logging functionality is the Log-Message function. It logs messages to both the console and a log file.

Definition

function Log-Message {
    param (
        [string]$message
    )
    $timestamp = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
    $logEntry = "$timestamp - $message"
    Write-Host $logEntry
    Add-Content -Path $logFilePath -Value $logEntry
}

📝 Log File Path

The log file is stored in the system's temporary directory as VSCodeInstallLog.txt.

$logFilePath = "$env:TEMP\VSCodeInstallLog.txt"

📝 Log Entries

• Each log entry contains a timestamp and a description of the current step of the script. Example log entries:

2024-07-18 12:00:00 - Downloading Visual Studio Code installer...
2024-07-18 12:01:00 - Download completed.
2024-07-18 12:02:00 - Running the Visual Studio Code installer...
2024-07-18 12:03:00 - Installation completed.
2024-07-18 12:08:00 - Installing VS Code extension: ms-python.vscode-pylance...
2024-07-18 12:09:00 - Successfully installed extension: ms-python.vscode-pylance.

🛠️ Example Usage

Here’s how the Log-Message function is used within the script:

Log-Message "Downloading Visual Studio Code installer..."
try {
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $installerPath -ErrorAction Stop
    Log-Message "Download completed."
} catch {
    Log-Message "Failed to download Visual Studio Code installer: $_"
    exit 1
}

🚀 Steps to Use the Script

1. Run as Administrator: Right-click on the script and select Run as administrator 🔒.
2. Navigate to Script Location: Open PowerShell as admin and navigate to the script directory using cd.

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🏃 How to Run

To execute the script, run:

.\VisualStudioCode+Auto-Setup.ps1

• If the script does not run, change the execution policy by running:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process

• if message pops up click Y then enter
• Then, run the script again:

.\VisualStudioCode+Auto-Setup.ps1

🛠️ Script Functionality

• Automatic Download: The script downloads the latest stable release of Visual Studio Code from the official website.
• Silent Installation: It runs the installer with silent arguments, allowing installation without user interaction.
• Add to PATH: The script adds the VS Code executable to the user PATH, allowing you to run code from the command line.
• Cleanup: After installation, the script removes the installer file to free up space.
• Extension Installation: The script installs the following extensions for Python development:
  • Pylance (ms-python.vscode-pylance)
  • Python (ms-python.python)
  • Python Debugger (ms-python.debugpy)

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⚠️ Notes

• Ensure that Visual Studio Code is closed before running the script to avoid conflicts during extension installation.
• The script will not add VS Code to the PATH if it already exists there.