From 1d1078798f453b1c619ce459fb1d50ab3c849e1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThioJoe <12518330+ThioJoe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 19:00:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add Install VC Redistributables script

---
 Installer Scripts/Install VC Redist.ps1 | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Installer Scripts/Install VC Redist.ps1

diff --git a/Installer Scripts/Install VC Redist.ps1 b/Installer Scripts/Install VC Redist.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df2d959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Installer Scripts/Install VC Redist.ps1	
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# URLs for the latest Visual C++ Redistributables
+$urls = @(
+    "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe",
+    "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe"
+#	"https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.arm64.exe" # Uncomment if using Arm64 device
+
+)
+
+# Directory to save the downloads
+$downloadPath = "$env:TEMP"
+
+# To improve download performance, the progress bar is suppressed. [2, 6]
+$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
+
+foreach ($url in $urls) {
+    $fileName = $url.Split('/')[-1]
+    $filePath = Join-Path $downloadPath $fileName
+
+    Write-Host "Downloading $fileName..."
+    # Download the file without a progress bar [1, 4]
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $filePath
+
+    if (Test-Path $filePath) {
+        Write-Host "Installing $fileName..."
+        # Silently install the redistributable and wait for it to complete [3, 5, 9]
+        Start-Process -FilePath $filePath -ArgumentList "/install /quiet /norestart" -Wait
+        Write-Host "$fileName has been installed."
+        # Optional: Remove the installer after installation
+        # Remove-Item -Path $filePath
+    } else {
+        Write-Host "Error: Failed to download $fileName."
+    }
+}
+
+# Restore the default progress preference
+$ProgressPreference = 'Continue'
+
+Write-Host "Script execution finished."