Scripts to automatically update all Chocolatey packages installed on your system

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Below you can find two scripts which will update all Chocolatey packages installed on your system. The main script is UpdateChoclatey.ps1, but for convenience I also add UpdateChocolatey.bat which will call the former Powershell script (place it in the same folder as the .ps1 file).

The script asks for elevation if needed.

Example call:

C:\> UpdateChocolatey.bat

========= Updating chocolatey... =========
Updating 7zip...
Chocolatey v0.9.9.6
Upgrading the following packages:
7zip
By upgrading you accept licenses for the packages.
7zip v15.14 is the latest version available based on your source(s).

Chocolatey upgraded 0/1 package(s). 0 package(s) failed.
 See the log for details (C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log).
Updating 7zip.install...
Chocolatey v0.9.9.6
Upgrading the following packages:
7zip.install
By upgrading you accept licenses for the packages.
7zip.install v15.14 is the latest version available based on your source(s).

...

Press any key to continue...

UpdateChocolatey.bat

@echo off
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File "%~d0%~p0%~n0.ps1"

UpdateChocolatey.ps1

$here = Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$script = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name

$identity = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
$principal = New-Object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($identity)
if (-not $principal.IsInRole([System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) {
    Write-Warning "Not running with administrative rights. Attempting to elevate..."
    $command = "-ExecutionPolicy bypass -File `"$here\$script`""
    Start-Process powershell -verb runas -argumentlist $command
    Exit
}

Write-Host "`n========= Updating chocolatey... ========="
& choco upgrade -y all

Write-Host "Press any key to continue..."
$x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")

Not sure if this is necessary anymore? Looks like you can just call Chocolatey to do it: choco upgrade all -y

@abrookewood , look at the line 14 - this script calls upgrade all -y. The rest is code to relaunch the script as Administrator if it is run by a regular user.

Ahhh ... where is the facepalm emoji when you need it?

Haha, no worries. This script used to be much longer before I discovered upgrade all -y, so I understand the confusion 🙂