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Quick and dirty function to download VMs from http://Modern.ie and trigger extraction
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<# | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Get the "Batch File Download" address for the (Hyper-V) VM of your choice from https://modern.ie/en-gb/virtualization-tools#downloads | |
PS> $source = "https://az412801.vo.msecnd.net/vhd/VMBuild_20141027/HyperV_2012/IE11/Windows/IE11.Win7.For.Windows.HyperV_2012.txt" | |
PS> $destination = (mkdir "$env:USERPROFILE\downloads\vms" -Force) # or use default | |
PS> Install-IEVM $source $destination -import # Will import to default locations | |
#> | |
Function Install-IEVM { | |
param( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] | |
[string]$source, | |
[string]$destination = (mkdir "$env:USERPROFILE\Virtual Machines" -Force), | |
[switch]$import | |
) | |
# Download | |
$entries = (Invoke-WebRequest $source).content -split [Environment]::NewLine | ? { ![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($_) } | |
$entries | % { | |
Start-BitsTransfer $_ $destination -Description "Downloading - $_" -DisplayName "Downloading Virtual Machine" | |
} | |
# Compose zip | |
$leaves = ($entries | split-path -leaf ) | |
$zipname = $leaves[0] -replace '(.+)\.zip\.001$','$1' | |
Push-Location $destination | |
# Combine the downloads | |
cmd /c "copy /b $($leaves -join ' + ') $zipname.zip" | |
$imported = $null | |
if($import -or $start){ | |
# Extract | |
$shell = new-object -com shell.application | |
$zip = $shell.NameSpace("$destination\$zipname.zip") | |
$extractDest = mkdir $zipname -Force | |
foreach($item in $zip.items()) | |
{ | |
$shell.Namespace($extractDest.FullName).copyhere($item) | |
} | |
# Import into Hyper V | |
$machine = Get-Item "$extractDest\Virtual Machines\*.xml" | select -First 1 | |
if($machine){ | |
# From the Hyper-V module | |
$imported = Import-VM $machine -Copy # Import the virtual machine to the default locations | |
} else { | |
Write-Warning "No virtual machine configuration found - Import cancelled" | |
} | |
} | |
Pop-Location | |
Write-Host Complete | |
if($imported) { return $imported } | |
} |
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