Installing software via powershell

[P@docIT]

Afternoon all,

 

I am trying to setup a simple script that will determine if Drive E: exists and if so is it a CD Rom drive. Then based on that info run install command line. The if else logic seems to work but I'm having a hard time getting the install cmd to run. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm also open to other ways of doing this.

 

Exit code btw is 1622.

 

Cheers,

Mike

$instdir = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk |
    Where-Object {$_.DeviceID -eq "E:"}
If (!($instdir)){
    $process = start-process -filepath "setup.exe" -argumentlist '/s /v"/l*voicewarmup \"%temp%\besclientinstall.log\" INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\" /qn"' -Wait -PassThru
    }

ElseIf ($instdir.DriveType -eq "5"){
    $process = start-process -filepath "setup.exe" -argumentlist '/s /v"/l*voicewarmup \"%temp%\besclientinstall.log\" INSTALLDIR=\"C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\" /qn"' -Wait -PassThru
    }

Else {
    $process = start-process -filepath "setup.exe" -argumentlist '/s /v"/l*voicewarmup \"%temp%\besclientinstall.log\" INSTALLDIR=\"E:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\" /qn"' -Wait -PassThru
    }
    $process.ExitCode

[Peter van der Woude]

1622 is related to opening the log file. Could it be related to the backslash behind the name of your log file?

[P@docIT]

Thanks Peter. Removing the trailing backslash from the from the log path got rid of the 1622 error, but now I'm getting a 1203 error. Which appears to be:

 

ERROR_NO_NET_OR_BAD_PATH

The network path was either typed incorrectly, does not exist, or the network provider is not currently available. Please try retyping the path or contact your network administrator.

1203 (0x4B3)

[P@docIT]

Ended up using VBS, works well.

Option Explicit
Dim objWMIService, objItem, colItems, strComputer, fso, WshShell, oExec
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select DriveType from Win32_LogicalDisk Where DeviceID = 'E:'")

Set fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

If Not fso.DriveExists("E:") Then
	Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
		Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("setup.exe /s /v""/l*voicewarmup \""%temp%\besclientinstall.log\"" INSTALLDIR=\""C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\"" /qn""")
		x = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine
		'Wscript.Echo x
 Else
	For Each objItem in colItems
	'Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
        'Wscript.Echo "DeviceID: " & objItem.DeviceID
        'Wscript.Echo "DriveType: " & objItem.DriveType
If objItem.DriveType = 3 Then
	Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
		Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("setup.exe /s /v""/l*voicewarmup \""%temp%\besclientinstall.log\"" INSTALLDIR=\""E:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\"" /qn""")
		x = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine
		'Wscript.Echo x
Else
	Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
		Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("setup.exe /s /v""/l*voicewarmup \""%temp%\besclientinstall.log\"" INSTALLDIR=\""C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\"" /qn""")
		x = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine
		'Wscript.Echo x
End If

	Next
  
End If