Download and Silently Install Visual Studio Code (VSCode)

Install-VSCode.ps1

 <#
.SYNOPSIS
This script installs Visual Studio Code Silently.

.DESCRIPTION
The script downloads the latest VSCode installer and performs a silent installation.

.NOTES
Run this script on a Windows Server instance.
#>

# Define the URL for the VSCode installer
$installerUrl = "https://aka.ms/win32-x64-user-stable"

# Define the path to save the installer
$installerPath = "$env:TEMP\vscode_installer.exe"

# Download the VSCode installer
Write-Output "Downloading Visual Studio Code..."
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $installerUrl -OutFile $installerPath

# Perform the silent installation
Write-Output "Installing Visual Studio Code..."
Start-Process -FilePath $installerPath -ArgumentList "/silent", "/mergetasks='!runcode,addcontextmenufiles,addcontextmenufolders,associatewithfiles,addtopath'" -NoNewWindow -Wait

# Clean up the installer file
Remove-Item -Path $installerPath -Force 

Thanks for the /mergetasks. I came up with a more robust installer tho:
https://github.com/UNT-CAS/Update-VSCode

What switch enables installation in portable mode?

What switch enables installation in portable mode?

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/portable

Maybe something like (untested)

# Define the URL for the VSCode portable zip file
$zipUrl = "https://update.code.visualstudio.com/latest/win32-x64-archive/stable"

# Define the path to save the zip file and the installation directory
$zipPath = "$env:TEMP\vscode_portable.zip"
$installDir = "C:\VSCodePortable"

# Download the VSCode portable zip file
Write-Output "Downloading Visual Studio Code portable..."
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $zipUrl -OutFile $zipPath

# Create the installation directory if it doesn't exist
if (-not (Test-Path $installDir)) {
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $installDir
}

# Extract the zip file to the installation directory
Write-Output "Extracting Visual Studio Code portable..."
Expand-Archive -Path $zipPath -DestinationPath $installDir -Force

# Create the data folder to enable portable mode
$dataDir = "$installDir\data"
if (-not (Test-Path $dataDir)) {
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $dataDir
}

# Uncomment to Clean up the zip file
# Remove-Item -Path $zipPath -Force