Upgrade with Winget being able to select list of software to skip

WingetUpgrade.ps1

class Software {
    [string]$Name
    [string]$Id
    [string]$Version
    [string]$AvailableVersion
}

$upgradeResult = winget upgrade | Out-String

$lines = $upgradeResult.Split([Environment]::NewLine)


# Find the line that starts with Name, it contains the header
$fl = 0
while (-not $lines[$fl].StartsWith("Name"))
{
    $fl++
}

# Line $i has the header, we can find char where we find ID and Version
$idStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Id")
$versionStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Version")
$availableStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Available")
$sourceStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Source")

# Now cycle in real package and split accordingly
$upgradeList = @()
For ($i = $fl + 1; $i -le $lines.Length; $i++) 
{
    $line = $lines[$i]
    if ($line.Length -gt ($availableStart + 1) -and -not $line.StartsWith('-'))
    {
        $name = $line.Substring(0, $idStart).TrimEnd()
        $id = $line.Substring($idStart, $versionStart - $idStart).TrimEnd()
        $version = $line.Substring($versionStart, $availableStart - $versionStart).TrimEnd()
        $available = $line.Substring($availableStart, $sourceStart - $availableStart).TrimEnd()
        $software = [Software]::new()
        $software.Name = $name;
        $software.Id = $id;
        $software.Version = $version
        $software.AvailableVersion = $available;

        $upgradeList += $software
    }
}


$upgradeList | Format-Table

$toSkip = @(
'ArtifexSoftware.GhostScript',
'Microsoft.VC++2013Redist-x64',
'MongoDB.Server',
"Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x64",
"Microsoft.VC++2015-2019Redist-x86",
"Microsoft.VC++2013Redist-x86",
"Microsoft.OneDrive")

foreach ($package in $upgradeList) 
{
    if (-not ($toSkip -contains $package.Id)) 
    {
        Write-Host "Going to upgrade package $($package.id)"
        & winget upgrade $package.id
    }
    else 
    {    
        Write-Host "Skipped upgrade to package $($package.id)"
    }
}

Executing script retuned the error below. Could you please check where the problem lies. Thanks

Exception calling "Substring" with 2 argument(s): "The length cannot be less than 0 (zero).
Parameter name: length"
In C:\Users\Gerald\Desktop\HH\winget.ps1:34 characters:9

• $name = $name.Substring(0, $idStart).TrimEnd()

•    + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentOutOfRangeException
  
  

Exception when calling "Substring" with 2 argument(s): "StartIndex must not be less than zero.
Parameter name: startIndex"
In C:\Users\Gerald\Desktop\HH\winget.ps1:35 characters:9

• $id = $line.Substring($idStart, $versionStart - $idStart).Tri ...

•    + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentOutOfRangeException
  
  

Exception calling "Substring" with 2 argument(s): "The length cannot be less than 0 (zero).
Parameter name: length"
In C:\Users\Gerald\Desktop\HH\winget.ps1:36 characters:9

• $version = $line.Substring($versionStart, $availableStart - $ ...

•    + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentOutOfRangeException
  

I also get a similar error as @geraldodinukwe80. Also I am getting some encoding issue with packages from Microsoft, they also fail to update, seems to be related to this issue

 .\WingetUpgrade.ps1
Exception calling "Substring" with "2" argument(s): "Index and length must refer to a location within the string.
Parameter name: length"
At C:\Users\cyber\Downloads\WingetUpgrade.ps1:45 char:9
+         $available = $line.Substring($availableStart, $sourceStart -  ...
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentOutOfRangeException


Name                                        Id                                      Version           AvailableVersion
----                                        --                                      -------           ----------------
TechPowerUp GPU-Z                           TechPowerUp.GPU-Z                       2.46.0            2.52.0
Visual Studio Build Tools 2017              Microsoft.VisualStudio.2017.BuildTools  > 15.8.9          15.9.51
Windows Software Development Kit - WindowΓÇ ª Microsoft.WindowsSDK                    < 10.0.22000.83 2 10.0.22621.2
VMware Workstation                          VMware.WorkstationPro                   16.1.0            17.0.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 RedistribuΓÇ ª Microsoft.VCRedist.2015+.x64            14.34.31823.3     14.34.31931.
Windows Software Development Kit - WindowΓÇ ª Microsoft.WindowsSDK                    10.0.22621.1      10.0.22621.2
2 packages have version numbers that cannot  be determined. Using "--include-unknow n" may show more    10.0.22621.2


Going to upgrade package TechPowerUp.GPU-Z
No installed package found matching input **criteria.**

@geraldodinukwe80 fixed the errors in my fork.

@alkampfergit the substring error is because I had an extra line at the end of my winget upgrade command, I suspect the other user had similar output.

Example: 2 packages have version numbers that cannot be determined. Using "--include-unknown" may show more results.

Hi @cybersholt,
I already found why I was having the error
This is because my powershell returns some of the output of winget upgrade in German. So I already adjusted the variables used here to suit my enviroment.
Below is the part of the code where I needed to adjust the variables

$availableStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Available")
$sourceStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Source")

Available is returned by winget in german as "Verfügbar"
Source is returned by winget in german as "Quelle"

So I had to adjust them to suit my enviroment

Regards

Thanks so much @geraldodinukwe80, I'll come up with a more universal solution, I think we can just check that the current line has ID and current version, and that those values aren't empty.

Feel free to post modification here I'll update the script.

Hi

I did add language support and logging.
Now it works on both English and German.

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Company

Winget with exclusions

Name

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###==================================================================================================================================

Variables

class Software {
[string]$Name
[string]$Id
[string]$Version
[string]$AvailableVersion
}

==============================================

Apps to exclude

$AppstoSkip = @("Microsoft.Office")

$AppstoSkip = @("Microsoft.Office","Google.Chrome")

###==================================================================================================================================

Log File

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

$LogFile = "Winget.txt"
$Dir = "C:_Logs\Winget"
IF(!(Test-Path $Dir)){mkdir $Dir}
$PathLogFile = $Dir + "" + $LogFile
$PathLogFile

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Functions

###==============================================

LogEvent

###==============================================
Function LogEvent([string]$strLOGStatus, [string]$strLogMessage)
{
$GD = get-Date
"$GD-$strLOGStatus-$strLogMessage" | out-file $PathLogFile -append
switch($strLOGStatus)
{
"LOGInfo" {Write-Host $strLogMessage -ForegroundColor "green"}
"LOGError" {Write-Host $strLogMessage -ForegroundColor "red"}
"LOGWarning" {Write-Host $strLogMessage -ForegroundColor "Yellow"}
}
}

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DATA Gathering Section

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LogEvent "LOGInfo" ("--------------------------------------------------")
LogEvent "LOGInfo" ("--------- Starting Winget Upgrade Script - gathering DATA")

==============================================

Getting the winget list

$upgradeResult = winget upgrade | Out-String
$lines = $upgradeResult.Split([Environment]::NewLine)

==============================================

Find the line that starts with Name, it contains the header

$fl = 0
while (-not $lines[$fl].StartsWith("Name"))
{
$fl++
}

==============================================

Get languge

$Lang = Get-WinSystemLocale | select -ExpandProperty name

IF( $lang -eq "en-US"){

English

Write-Host ("Language is English - " + $lang)

# $Lines has the header, where we can find the character Id, Available, Version and Source

$idStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Id")
$versionStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Version")
$availableStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Available")
$sourceStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Source")
}

IF( $lang -eq "de-DE"){

German

Write-Host ("Sprache ist Deutsch - " + $lang)

# $Lines has the header, where we can find the GERMAN character ID, Version, Verfügbar and Quelle

$idStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("ID")
$versionStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Version")
$availableStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Verfügbar")
$sourceStart = $lines[$fl].IndexOf("Quelle")

}

==============================================

Now cycle in real package and split accordingly

$upgradeList = @()
For ($i = $fl + 1; $i -le $lines.Length; $i++)
{
$line = $lines[$i]
if ($line.Length -gt ($availableStart + 1) -and -not $line.StartsWith('-'))
{
$name = $line.Substring(0, $idStart).TrimEnd()
$id = $line.Substring($idStart, $versionStart - $idStart).TrimEnd()
$version = $line.Substring($versionStart, $availableStart - $versionStart).TrimEnd()
$available = $line.Substring($availableStart, $sourceStart - $availableStart).TrimEnd()
$software = [Software]::new()
$software.Name = $name;
$software.Id = $id;
$software.Version = $version
$software.AvailableVersion = $available;

    $upgradeList += $software
}

}

==============================================

Winget Upgrade List

LogEvent "LOGInfo" ("Winget Upgrade List: ")
$upgradeList | Format-Table

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RUN Section

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###==============================================

Upgrading Software

###==============================================
Foreach ($package in $upgradeList)
{
IF (-not ($AppstoSkip -contains $package.Id))
{
LogEvent "LOGInfo" ("--------------------------------------------------")
LogEvent "LOGInfo" ("--------- Going to upgrade package $($package.id)")
& winget upgrade $package.id
}
else
{
LogEvent "LOGInfo" ("Skipped upgrade to package $($package.id)")
}
}

i've edited the script. It should work no matter the language and also is bit shorter

https://gist.github.com/nouseforname/a8b7ebcb9d0c05e380c7e3c81c300923

I have just discovered that there is a gist for this.. Oh well.. anyhow, i've modified it a bit, fixing that truncation issue & added grid view for package selection https://gist.github.com/inxomnyaa/0ee29d68a6b4c92ba53810828dbc0f4a