TASK Names for Visual Studio Code for Windows System Installer script in Powershell

Question

Looking for some help on writing a PowerShell script to install Visual Studio Code. I have downloaded the Windows 64 System installer: VSCodeSetup-x64-1.56.2

My script so far:

$fullPath = <<Installer location>>
$vscApp = "VSCodeSetup-x64-1.56.2"
$appPath = join-path $fullPath $vscApp
Write-Host "App Path" $appPath
$arguments = '/SILENT /ALLUSERS /mergetasks="!runcode,????, ????, ???? ,????"'
Start-Process $appPath $arguments -Verb RunAs -Wait

I need the list of internal names for all of the check box items on the "Select Additional Tasks" Select Additional Tasks GUI Screenshot

I want to turn on all four other tasks, both Add Open, Register code, and Add to Path. Only 1 of which seems to be default. While I do not need the desktop icon, from the Inno Setup docs, https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=setupcmdline , I can see the desktop Icon name is desktopicon . How and where would I find this list?

Thanks for any and all help!

Answer 1

Continuing from my comment. There are several pre-built scripts, in several GitHub Repos for silent installs:

Example:

#Install-VSCode

# Download URL, you may need to update this if it changes
$downloadUrl = "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=623230"

# What to name the file and where to put it
$installerFile = "vscode-install.exe"
$installerPath = (Join-Path $env:TEMP $installerFile)

# Install Options
# Reference:
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/42582230/how-to-install-visual-studio-code-silently-without-auto-open-when-installation
# http://www.jrsoftware.org/ishelp/
# I'm using /silent, use /verysilent for no UI

# Install with the context menu, file association, and add to path options (and don't run code after install: 
$installerArguments = "/silent /mergetasks='!runcode,addcontextmenufiles,addcontextmenufolders,associatewithfiles,addtopath'"

#Install with default options, and don't run code after install.
#$installerArguments = "/silent /mergetasks='!runcode'"

Write-Verbose "Downloading $installerFile..."
Invoke-Webrequest $downloadUrl -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $installerPath

Write-Verbose "Installing $installerPath..."
Start-Process $installerPath -ArgumentList $installerArguments -Wait

Write-Verbose "Cleanup the downloaded file."
Remove-Item $installerPath -Force

You can also automate installing VSCode extensions.

Example:

Visual Studio Code: Getting Started with PowerShell https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/35780.visual-studio-code-getting-started-with-powershell.aspx

code --install-extension ms-vscode.powershell