Blog post - Install or update the SysInternals Suite using PowerShell
Wrote a blog post on how to install or update your Sysinternals Suite using PowerShell, link to post https://powershellisfun.com/2023/01/27/install-or-update-your-sysinternals-suite-using-powershell/ . You can read there how it works, and yes, you can install it using the Windows Store, but where's the fun in that 😉 (And... The Windows Store is not available on your Windows Server management VM, for example) The script I made : function Install-SysInternalsSuite { param ( [parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$InstallPath ) #Create the installation folder if not already present if (-not (Test-Path -path $InstallPath)) { try { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $InstallPath -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null Write-Host ("Specified installation path {0} not found, creating now...." -f $InstallPath) -ForegroundColor Green } catch { Write-Warning ("Install path {0} not found, creating now...." -f $InstallPath) Write-Warning ("Error creating path {0}, check path and permissions. Exiting now..." -f $InstallPath) return } } else { Write-Host ("Specified installation path {0} found, continuing...." -f $InstallPath) -ForegroundColor Green } #Check if the previous download folder is present. Remove it first if it is if (Test-Path -Path $env:temp\SysInternalsSuite) { Write-Warning ("Previous extracted version found in {0}, removing it now..." -f $env:temp) Remove-Item -Path $env:temp\SysInternalsSuite -Force:$true -Confirm:$false -Recurse } else { Write-Host ("No previous download found in {0}\SysInternalsSuite, continuing..." -f $env:temp) -ForegroundColor Green } #Download and extract the latest version try { $ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue" Invoke-Webrequest -uri https://download.sysinternals.com/files/SysinternalsSuite.zip -Outfile $ENV:TEMP\SysInternalsSuite.zip -ErrorAction Stop Write-Host ("Downloading latest version to {0}\SysinternalsSuite.zip" -f $env:temp) -ForegroundColor Green Expand-Archive -LiteralPath $ENV:TEMP\SysInternalsSuite.zip -DestinationPath $env:temp\SysInternalsSuite -Force:$true -ErrorAction Stop Write-Host ("Extracting files to {0}\SysInternalsSuite" -f $env:temp) -ForegroundColor Green } catch { Write-Warning ("Error downloading/extracting the SysInternalsSuite, exiting...") return } #Loop through the files and only overwrite older versions and report updated programs on-screen. #Additional files which were not present in the installation folder will be added $totalfiles = (Get-ChildItem -Path $env:temp\SysInternalsSuite).count $updated = 0 foreach ($file in Get-ChildItem -Path $env:temp\SysInternalsSuite) { if ((Test-Path -path "$($InstallPath)\$($file.Name)") -and (Test-Path -Path "$($env:temp)\SysInternalsSuite\$($file.name)")) { $currentversion = (Get-Item "$($InstallPath)\$($file.Name)").VersionInfo $downloadversion = (Get-Item "$($env:temp)\SysInternalsSuite\$($file.name)").VersionInfo if ($currentversion.ProductVersion -lt $downloadversion.ProductVersion) { try { Copy-Item -LiteralPath "$($env:temp)\SysInternalsSuite\$($file.name)" -Destination "$($InstallPath)\$($file.Name)" -Force:$true -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Stop write-host ("- Updating {0} from version {1} to version {2}" -f $file.Name, $currentversion.ProductVersion, $downloadversion.ProductVersion) -ForegroundColor Green ++$updated } catch { Write-Warning ("Error overwriting {0}, please check permissions or perhaps the file is in use?" -f $file.name) } } } else { try { Copy-Item -LiteralPath "$($env:temp)\SysInternalsSuite\$($file.name)" -Destination "$($InstallPath)\$($file.Name)" -Force:$true -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Stop write-host ("- Copying new file {0} to {1}" -f $file.Name, $InstallPath) -ForegroundColor Green ++$updated } catch { Write-Warning ("Error copying {0}, please check permissions" -f $file.name) } } } #Add installation folder to Path for easy access if not already present if ((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' -Name PATH).Path -split ';' -notcontains $InstallPath) { Write-Host ("Adding {0} with the SysInternalsSuite to the System Path" -f $InstallPath) -ForegroundColor Green $OldPath = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' -Name PATH).Path $NewPath = $OldPath + ";$($InstallPath)" Set-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' -Name PATH -Value $NewPath } else { Write-Host ("The installation folder {0} is already present in the System Path, skipping adding it..." -f $InstallPath) -ForegroundColor Green } #Cleanup files if (Test-Path -Path $env:temp\SysInternalsSuite) { Write-Host ("Cleaning extracted version in {0}" -f $env:temp) -ForegroundColor Green Remove-Item -Path $env:temp\SysInternalsSuite -Force:$true -Confirm:$false -Recurse } if (Test-Path -Path $env:temp\SysInternalsSuite.zip) { Write-Host ("Cleaning downloaded SysinternalsSuite.zip file in {0}" -f $env:temp) -ForegroundColor Green Remove-Item -Path $env:temp\SysInternalsSuite.zip -Force:$true -Confirm:$false } #Display totals and exit Write-Host ("Updated {0} files in {1} from the downloaded {2} files" -f $updated, $InstallPath, $totalfiles) -ForegroundColor Green return }Updates: release of The Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference, Process Explorer v15, Listdlls v3.1, new utility Findlinks v1, and Mark to Speak at Black Hat US 2011
First published on TechNet on Jul 18, 2011 The Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference: We are excited and proud to announce the release of the official Sysinternals book, The Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference, from Microsoft Press.New Tool: ProcDump v1.0 | Updates: Autoruns v9.51, VMMap v2.1, PsExec v1.96 | Book released: Windows Internals 5th Edition Released!| Webcast: Case of the Unexplained 2009
First published on TechNet on Jul 01, 2009 Windows Internals 5th Edition Released! The 5th Edition of Windows Internals, the official book on the architecture and internals of the Windows operating system, is now available.
