Install Windows Terminal on Windows Server

Terminal_WinSrv.ps1

Write-Information "This script needs be run on Windows Server 2019 or 2022"
If ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 7){ Write-Error "This script needs be run by version of PowerShell prior to 7.0" }

# Define environment variables
$downloadDir = "C:\WinTerminal"
$gitRepo = "microsoft/terminal"
$filenamePattern = "*.msixbundle"
$framworkPkgUrl = "https://aka.ms/Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx"
$framworkPkgPath = "$downloadDir\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.Desktop.appx"
$msiPath = "$downloadDir\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal.msixbundle"
$releasesUri = "https://api.github.com/repos/$gitRepo/releases/latest"
$downloadUri = ((Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri $releasesUri).assets | Where-Object name -like $filenamePattern ).browser_download_url | Select-Object -SkipLast 1

# Download C++ Runtime framework packages for Desktop Bridge and Windows Terminal latest release msixbundle
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $framworkPkgUrl -OutFile ( New-Item -Path $framworkPkgPath -Force )
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $downloadUri -OutFile ( New-Item -Path $msiPath -Force )

# Install C++ Runtime framework packages for Desktop Bridge and Windows Terminal latest release
Add-AppxPackage -Path $framworkPkgPath
Add-AppxPackage -Path $msiPath

# Cleanup
Remove-Item $downloadDir -Recurse -Force

I think that the | Select-Object -SkipLast 1 bit needs to be removed now. Perhaps something has changed recently in the output of that command.

I tried to run this on Windows Server 2019, but the build number was too small. So I ran it on Windows Server 2022, and now it just won't launch. I am weeping, bitterly, without even slicing any onions. Any ideas as to why this might happen?

Sorry, I should have given the error message:

PS C:\Windows\system32> wt.exe; $error[0]
Program 'wt.exe' failed to run: The file cannot be accessed by the systemAt line:1 char:1
+ wt.exe; $error[0]
+ ~~~~~~.
At line:1 char:1
+ wt.exe; $error[0]
+ ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [], ApplicationFailedException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandFailed

Program 'wt.exe' failed to run: The file cannot be accessed by the systemAt line:1 char:1
+ wt.exe; $error[0]
+ ~~~~~~.
At line:1 char:1
+ wt.exe; $error[0]
+ ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [], ApplicationFailedException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandFailed