RunDevNodeClean

1.13

RunDevNodeClean.ps1

                                
<#PSScriptInfo

.VERSION 1.13

.GUID 2f1b0fa1-c184-47e6-b65c-8ed5c92db371

.AUTHOR Jonathan E. Brickman

.COMPANYNAME Ponderworthy Music

.COPYRIGHT (c) 2018 Jonathan E. Brickman

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.LICENSEURI https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause

.PROJECTURI https://github.com/jebofponderworthy/windows-tools

.ICONURI 

.EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES 

.REQUIREDSCRIPTS 

.EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES 

.RELEASENOTES

RunDevNodeClean

Downloads the DevNodeClean package, chooses the binary appropriate to

the bit-width of the current OS, and runs it.  This cleans unused

device nodes in the registry, improving performance.

.PRIVATEDATA 

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<#

.DESCRIPTION 

RunDevNodeClean - cleans unused device nodes in registry, improves performance

#>

Param()

###################################

#  Download and Run DevNodeClean  #

###################################

#

# by Jonathan E. Brickman

#

# Downloads the DevNodeClean package, chooses the binary

# appropriate to the bit-width of the current OS, and runs it.

# This cleans unused device nodes in the registry,

# improving performance

#

# Copyright 2018 Jonathan E. Brickman

# https://notes.ponderworthy.com/

# This script is licensed under the 3-Clause BSD License

# https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause

# and is reprised at the end of this file

#

""

"RunDevNodeClean"

""

$StartupDir = $pwd

# First, set up temporary space and move there.

"Setting up..."

$TempFolderName = -join ((65..90) + (97..122) | Get-Random -Count 10 | ForEach-Object {[char]$_})

$envTEMP = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("TEMP")

$TempPath = "$envTEMP\$TempFolderName"

mkdir $TempPath > $null

# Then download the zip file.

"Downloading the binary from Microsoft..."

$WebClientObj = (New-Object System.Net.WebClient)

$WebClientObj.DownloadFile("https://download.microsoft.com/download/B/C/6/BC670519-7EA1-44BE-8B5C-6FF83A7FF96C/devnodeclean.zip","$TempPath\devnodeclean.zip") > $null

# Now unpack the zip file.

"Unpacking..."

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem

function Unzip {

    param([string]$zipfile, [string]$outpath)

    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($zipfile, $outpath) > $null

    }

Unzip "$TempPath\devnodeclean.zip" "$TempPath"

# Now get the bit-width of the operating system, and

# run the appropriate binary.

if ([System.IntPtr]::Size -eq 4) {

    # 32-bit OS

    "Running 32-bit binary..."

    ""

    Invoke-Expression $TempPath\x86\DevNodeClean.exe

    } else {

    # 64-bit OS

    "Running 64-bit binary..."

    ""

    Invoke-Expression $TempPath\x64\DevNodeClean.exe

    }

""

# Clean up.

"Cleaning up..."

Set-Location $StartupDir

Remove-Item -Path $TempPath -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

"Done!"

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