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PowerShell script for setting up Parsec Portable on Windows
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parsec-setup.ps1
# Download Parsec portable app
$client = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$client.DownloadFile("https://builds.parsecgaming.com/package/parsec-flat-windows32.zip", "$HOME\Downloads\parsec-flat-windows32.zip")
# Extract the zip file
$ParsecDir = "$HOME\Downloads\parsec-portable"
Expand-Archive "$HOME\Downloads\parsec-flat-windows32.zip" -DestinationPath $ParsecDir
# Clean up
Remove-Item "$HOME\Downloads\parsec-flat-windows32.zip"
# Create a desktop shortcut
$SourceFilePath = "$ParsecDir\parsecd.exe"
$ShortcutPath = "$HOME\Desktop\Parsec.lnk"
$WScriptObj = New-Object -ComObject ("WScript.Shell")
$shortcut = $WscriptObj.CreateShortcut($ShortcutPath)
$shortcut.TargetPath = $SourceFilePath
$shortcut.WorkingDirectory = $ParsecDir
$shortcut.Save()
# Run Parsec
Invoke-Item "$HOME\Desktop\Parsec.lnk"
# Close PowerShell
Stop-Process -Id $PID
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