Powershell scrip to launch Visual Studio

launch_vs.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Launch Visual Studio

.DESCRIPTION
    Use this script to launch Visual Studio.

.PARAMETER release
    Which release of VS to use - takes values 16 and 17. Defaults to 17 which is VS 2022.

.PARAMETER targetArch
    Target architecture - takes values 'x64' and 'x86'. Defaults to x64.

.PARAMETER onlyProd
    Boolean value that decides whether to launch only production VS. Defaults to false which enables loading preview versions too.

.EXAMPLE
    launch_vs.ps1 -release 17 -targetArch x64 -onlyProd

.EXAMPLE
    launch_vs.ps1 16
    Launches VS 2019 for targeting x64.
#>

Param(
    [Parameter(Position=0)]
    [ValidateSet('16', '17')]
    [String]
    $release = 17,

    [Parameter(Position=1)]
    [ValidateSet('x64', 'x86')]
    [String]
    $targetArch = 'x64',

    [Parameter(Position=2)]
    [switch]
    $onlyProd = $false
)

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

Write-Host("Launching Visual Studio version ${release} targeting ${targetArch}.")
if($onlyProd)
{
    Write-Host("Limiting to production version.")
}

switch -Exact ($release)
{
    '16'
    {
        $vsVersion = '[16.0,17.0)'
    }
    default
    {
        $vsVersion = '[17.0,18.0)'
    }
}

Push-Location .
$vsPath = &(Join-Path ${Env:\ProgramFiles(x86)} '\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe') `
    $($onlyProd ? '' : '-prerelease') `
    -latest `
    -version ${vsVersion} `
    -property installationpath;

Write-Host($vsPath)
Import-Module (Join-Path $vsPath 'Common7\Tools\Microsoft.VisualStudio.DevShell.dll');
Enter-VsDevShell `
    -VsInstallPath $vsPath `
    -SkipAutomaticLocation `
    -DevCmdArguments "-arch=${targetArch} -host_arch=x64";
Pop-Location

$Env:WindowsSdkDir = `Get-ChildItem 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Kits\' `
    | Get-ItemPropertyValue -Name KitsRoot10