This script is used to keep ProcMon.exe, ProcExp.exe and Wireshark up to date and available as tools we can use to troubleshoot our vDisks. We store them within a folder on the C:Swinst.
Update_Tools.ps1:
#Update_Tools.ps1
# by Trentent Tye
# Updates processor monitor and processor explorer and wireshark
mkdir c:\swinst\Sysinternals
Set-Location c:\swinst\Sysinternals
$SysInternals=@()
$SysInternals+=ls \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\procmon.exe
$SysInternals+=ls \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\procexp.exe
foreach ($File in $SysInternals) {
if (Test-Path $File.Name) {
if ($File.LastWriteTime -ne (get-Item $File.Name).LastWriteTime) {
Write-Host $File.Name "is out of date. Downloading new version"
Copy-Item $file -Force
} #end If LastWriteTime
else {
Write-Host $File.Name "is up to date."
} #end If LastWriteTime
} #end Test-Path
else {
Write-Host $File.Name "is new. Downloading"
Copy-Item $file -Force
} #end else Test-Path
} #end foreach $file
#remove current wireshark
$oldWireshark = dir "C:\swinst\wire*"
remove-item $oldWireshark -force
#download newest wireshark
$link = Invoke-WebRequest https://2.na.dl.wireshark.org/win32/
$wiresharkver = $link.links.innerText | select-string "Wire*" | select -last 1
$Source = "https://2.na.dl.wireshark.org/win32/" + $wiresharkver
$Destination = "c:\swinst\" + $wiresharkver
Invoke-WebRequest -uri $Source -OutFile $Destination
Unblock-File $Destination