Download the latest VS Code System install file

gistfile1.txt

$url = "https://update.code.visualstudio.com/latest/win32-x64/stable"
$vsCodePath = "D:\Artifacts\Software\Base\Visual Studio Code\"

# the url is s redirect - get the url with filename
$request = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -MaximumRedirection 0 -ErrorAction Ignore
$location = $request.Headers.Location
$location 

# output path is paht to vs code folder plus the file name
$output = $vsCodePath + $location.SubString($location.LastIndexOf('/') + 1)
$output
if (!(Test-Path $output)) {
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $output
}   
$start = Get-Date
$when = $start.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm-ss")
 
Copy-Item ("$vsCodePath" + "VSCodeSetup-x64.exe") ("$vsCodePath" + "VSCodeSetup-x64-$when.exe")
Copy-Item $output ("$vsCodePath" + "VSCodeSetup-x64.exe") -Force