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Disable Epic Games Overlay for the Epic Games Launcher
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| #requires -version 2 | |
| <# | |
| .NOTES | |
| Version: 1.0 | |
| Author: Ryan Stewart | |
| Creation Date: 06/12/22 | |
| Purpose/Change: Disable EpicGames bullshit overlay | |
| #> | |
| #---------------------------------------------------------[Initialisations]-------------------------------------------------------- | |
| #Set Error Action to Silently Continue | |
| $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue" | |
| #----------------------------------------------------------[Declarations]---------------------------------------------------------- | |
| #Script Version | |
| $sScriptVersion = "1.0" | |
| #Log File Info | |
| $sLogPath = "C:\Windows\Temp" | |
| $sLogName = "Disable-EpicGamesOverlay.log" | |
| $sLogFile = Join-Path -Path $sLogPath -ChildPath $sLogName | |
| #global variables | |
| $x86 = ${Env:ProgramFiles(x86)} | |
| $eosDir = "${x86}\Epic Games\Launcher\Portal\Extras\Overlay" | |
| $eosPath_Win32 = "${eosDir}\EOSOverlayRenderer-Win32-Shipping.exe" | |
| $eosPath_Win64 = "${eosDir}\EOSOverlayRenderer-Win64-Shipping.exe" | |
| $eosPath_Win32_NewName = "${eosPath_Win32}.bullshit" | |
| $eosPath_Win64_NewName = "${eosPath_Win64}.bullshit" | |
| # notification variables | |
| $toastTitle = "Disable-EpicGamesOverlay.ps1" | |
| $message = "Epic Games EOSOverlay disabled successfully!" | |
| $alreadyDisabledMessage = "Epic Games EOSOverlay disabled successfully!" | |
| $errorMessage = "Disable-EpicGamesOverlay encountered an error: Check log file -> 'C:\Windows\Temp\Disable-EpicGamesOverlay.log'" | |
| $toastTitle2 = "Enable-EpicGamesOverlay.ps1" | |
| $message2 = "Epic Games EOSOverlay enabled successfully!" | |
| $overlayExisted = 0 | |
| #-----------------------------------------------------------[Functions]------------------------------------------------------------ | |
| # todo | |
| # $Regex = "^((\\\\[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\\[a-zA-Z0-9`~!@#$%^&(){}'._-]+([ ]+[a-zA-Z0-9`~!@#$%^&(){}'._-]+)*)|([a-zA-Z]:))(\\[^ \\/:*?""<>|]+([ ]+[^ \\/:*?""<>|]+)*)*\\?$" | |
| # $Paths = @("\\Server", "\\Server\Share", "C:\Windows", "Some stuff") | |
| # | |
| # foreach ($Path in $Paths) { | |
| # if ($Path -Match $Regex) { | |
| # Write-Host "$Path" | |
| # } | |
| # } | |
| Function Disable-EpicGamesOverlay { | |
| Param() | |
| Begin { | |
| Log-Write -LogPath $sLogFile -LineValue "Renaming 'EOSOverlayRenderer-Win32-Shipping.exe' and 'EOSOverlayRenderer-Win64-Shipping.exe'..." | |
| } | |
| Process { | |
| Try { | |
| if (Test-Path $eosPath_Win32) { | |
| $overlayExisted = 1 | |
| # delete old .bullshit file if exists | |
| if (Test-Path $eosPath_Win32_NewName) { | |
| Remove-Item $eosPath_Win32_NewName | |
| } | |
| # change overlay .exe file extension to .bullshit (prevents epic from running it) | |
| Rename-Item -Path $eosPath_Win32 -NewName $eosPath_Win32_NewName | |
| } | |
| if (Test-Path $eosPath_Win64) { | |
| $overlayExisted = 1 | |
| # delete old .bullshit file if exists | |
| if (Test-Path $eosPath_Win64_NewName) { | |
| Remove-Item $eosPath_Win64_NewName | |
| } | |
| # change overlay .exe file extension to .bullshit (prevents epic from running it) | |
| Rename-Item -Path $eosPath_Win64 -NewName $eosPath_Win64_NewName | |
| } | |
| if ($overlayExisted -eq 1) { | |
| Show-Notification $toastTitle $message | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| Show-Notification $toastTitle $alreadyDisabledMessage | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Catch { | |
| Show-Notification $toastTitle $errorMessage | |
| Log-Error -LogPath $sLogFile -ErrorDesc $_.Exception -ExitGracefully $True | |
| Break | |
| } | |
| } | |
| End { | |
| If ($?) { | |
| Log-Write -LogPath $sLogFile -LineValue $message | |
| Log-Write -LogPath $sLogFile -LineValue " " | |
| # send user toast notification | |
| Show-Notification $toastTitle $message | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Function Enable-EpicGamesOverlay { | |
| Param() | |
| Begin { | |
| Log-Write -LogPath $sLogFile -LineValue "Renaming 'EOSOverlayRenderer-Win32-Shipping.exe.bullshit' and 'EOSOverlayRenderer-Win64-Shipping.exe.bullshit'..." | |
| } | |
| Process { | |
| Try { | |
| if (Test-Path $eosPath_Win32_NewName) { | |
| $overlayExisted = 1 | |
| Rename-Item -Path $eosPath_Win32_NewName -NewName $eosPath_Win32 | |
| } | |
| if (Test-Path $eosPath_Win64_NewName) { | |
| $overlayExisted = 1 | |
| Rename-Item -Path $eosPath_Win64_NewName -NewName $eosPath_Win64 | |
| } | |
| if ($overlayExisted -eq 1) { | |
| Show-Notification $toastTitle2 $message2 | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| Show-Notification $toastTitle $alreadyDisabledMessage | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Catch { | |
| Show-Notification $toastTitle $errorMessage | |
| Log-Error -LogPath $sLogFile -ErrorDesc $_.Exception -ExitGracefully $True | |
| Break | |
| } | |
| } | |
| End { | |
| If ($?) { | |
| Log-Write -LogPath $sLogFile -LineValue $message | |
| Log-Write -LogPath $sLogFile -LineValue " " | |
| # send user toast notification | |
| Show-Notification $toastTitle $message | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| #-------------------------------------------[Logging functions from @9to5IT on GitHub]--------------------------------------------- | |
| Function Log-Start { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Creates log file | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| Creates log file with path and name that is passed. Checks if log file exists, and if it does deletes it and creates a new one. | |
| Once created, writes initial logging data | |
| .PARAMETER LogPath | |
| Mandatory. Path of where log is to be created. Example: C:\Windows\Temp | |
| .PARAMETER LogName | |
| Mandatory. Name of log file to be created. Example: Test_Script.log | |
| .PARAMETER ScriptVersion | |
| Mandatory. Version of the running script which will be written in the log. Example: 1.5 | |
| .INPUTS | |
| Parameters above | |
| .OUTPUTS | |
| Log file created | |
| .NOTES | |
| Version: 1.0 | |
| Author: Luca Sturlese | |
| Creation Date: 10/05/12 | |
| Purpose/Change: Initial function development | |
| Version: 1.1 | |
| Author: Luca Sturlese | |
| Creation Date: 19/05/12 | |
| Purpose/Change: Added debug mode support | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| Log-Start -LogPath "C:\Windows\Temp" -LogName "Test_Script.log" -ScriptVersion "1.5" | |
| #> | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| Param ([Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$LogPath, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$LogName, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$ScriptVersion) | |
| Process { | |
| $sFullPath = $LogPath + "\" + $LogName | |
| #Check if file exists and delete if it does | |
| If ((Test-Path -Path $sFullPath)) { | |
| Remove-Item -Path $sFullPath -Force | |
| } | |
| #Create file and start logging | |
| New-Item -Path $LogPath -Value $LogName -ItemType File | |
| Add-Content -Path $sFullPath -Value "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| Add-Content -Path $sFullPath -Value "Started processing at [$([DateTime]::Now)]." | |
| Add-Content -Path $sFullPath -Value "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| Add-Content -Path $sFullPath -Value "" | |
| Add-Content -Path $sFullPath -Value "Running script version [$ScriptVersion]." | |
| Add-Content -Path $sFullPath -Value "" | |
| Add-Content -Path $sFullPath -Value "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| Add-Content -Path $sFullPath -Value "" | |
| #Write to screen for debug mode | |
| Write-Debug "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| Write-Debug "Started processing at [$([DateTime]::Now)]." | |
| Write-Debug "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| Write-Debug "" | |
| Write-Debug "Running script version [$ScriptVersion]." | |
| Write-Debug "" | |
| Write-Debug "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| Write-Debug "" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Function Log-Write { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Writes to a log file | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| Appends a new line to the end of the specified log file | |
| .PARAMETER LogPath | |
| Mandatory. Full path of the log file you want to write to. Example: C:\Windows\Temp\Test_Script.log | |
| .PARAMETER LineValue | |
| Mandatory. The string that you want to write to the log | |
| .INPUTS | |
| Parameters above | |
| .OUTPUTS | |
| None | |
| .NOTES | |
| Version: 1.0 | |
| Author: Luca Sturlese | |
| Creation Date: 10/05/12 | |
| Purpose/Change: Initial function development | |
| Version: 1.1 | |
| Author: Luca Sturlese | |
| Creation Date: 19/05/12 | |
| Purpose/Change: Added debug mode support | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| Log-Write -LogPath "C:\Windows\Temp\Test_Script.log" -LineValue "This is a new line which I am appending to the end of the log file." | |
| #> | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| Param ([Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$LogPath, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$LineValue) | |
| Process { | |
| Add-Content -Path $LogPath -Value $LineValue | |
| #Write to screen for debug mode | |
| Write-Debug $LineValue | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Function Log-Error { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Writes an error to a log file | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| Writes the passed error to a new line at the end of the specified log file | |
| .PARAMETER LogPath | |
| Mandatory. Full path of the log file you want to write to. Example: C:\Windows\Temp\Test_Script.log | |
| .PARAMETER ErrorDesc | |
| Mandatory. The description of the error you want to pass (use $_.Exception) | |
| .PARAMETER ExitGracefully | |
| Mandatory. Boolean. If set to True, runs Log-Finish and then exits script | |
| .INPUTS | |
| Parameters above | |
| .OUTPUTS | |
| None | |
| .NOTES | |
| Version: 1.0 | |
| Author: Luca Sturlese | |
| Creation Date: 10/05/12 | |
| Purpose/Change: Initial function development | |
| Version: 1.1 | |
| Author: Luca Sturlese | |
| Creation Date: 19/05/12 | |
| Purpose/Change: Added debug mode support. Added -ExitGracefully parameter functionality | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| Log-Error -LogPath "C:\Windows\Temp\Test_Script.log" -ErrorDesc $_.Exception -ExitGracefully $True | |
| #> | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| Param ([Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$LogPath, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$ErrorDesc, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][boolean]$ExitGracefully) | |
| Process { | |
| Add-Content -Path $LogPath -Value "Error: An error has occurred [$ErrorDesc]." | |
| #Write to screen for debug mode | |
| Write-Debug "Error: An error has occurred [$ErrorDesc]." | |
| #If $ExitGracefully = True then run Log-Finish and exit script | |
| If ($ExitGracefully -eq $True) { | |
| Log-Finish -LogPath $LogPath | |
| Break | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Function Log-Finish { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Write closing logging data & exit | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| Writes finishing logging data to specified log and then exits the calling script | |
| .PARAMETER LogPath | |
| Mandatory. Full path of the log file you want to write finishing data to. Example: C:\Windows\Temp\Test_Script.log | |
| .PARAMETER NoExit | |
| Optional. If this is set to True, then the function will not exit the calling script, so that further execution can occur | |
| .INPUTS | |
| Parameters above | |
| .OUTPUTS | |
| None | |
| .NOTES | |
| Version: 1.0 | |
| Author: Luca Sturlese | |
| Creation Date: 10/05/12 | |
| Purpose/Change: Initial function development | |
| Version: 1.1 | |
| Author: Luca Sturlese | |
| Creation Date: 19/05/12 | |
| Purpose/Change: Added debug mode support | |
| Version: 1.2 | |
| Author: Luca Sturlese | |
| Creation Date: 01/08/12 | |
| Purpose/Change: Added option to not exit calling script if required (via optional parameter) | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| Log-Finish -LogPath "C:\Windows\Temp\Test_Script.log" | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| Log-Finish -LogPath "C:\Windows\Temp\Test_Script.log" -NoExit $True | |
| #> | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| Param ([Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$LogPath, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)][string]$NoExit) | |
| Process { | |
| Add-Content -Path $LogPath -Value "" | |
| Add-Content -Path $LogPath -Value "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| Add-Content -Path $LogPath -Value "Finished processing at [$([DateTime]::Now)]." | |
| Add-Content -Path $LogPath -Value "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| #Write to screen for debug mode | |
| Write-Debug "" | |
| Write-Debug "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| Write-Debug "Finished processing at [$([DateTime]::Now)]." | |
| Write-Debug "***************************************************************************************************" | |
| #Exit calling script if NoExit has not been specified or is set to False | |
| If (!($NoExit) -or ($NoExit -eq $False)) { | |
| Exit | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| #--------[Toast Notification Function from @dend on GitHub (https://gist.github.com/dend/5ae8a70678e3a35d02ecd39c12f99110)]-------- | |
| function Show-Notification { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Sends toast notification. From @dend on GitHub (https://gist.github.com/dend/5ae8a70678e3a35d02ecd39c12f99110) | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| Sends toast notification. From @dend on GitHub (https://gist.github.com/dend/5ae8a70678e3a35d02ecd39c12f99110) | |
| .PARAMETER ToastTitle | |
| Title of the toast notification to send | |
| .PARAMETER ToastTitle | |
| Text of the toast notification to send | |
| .INPUTS | |
| Parameters above | |
| .OUTPUTS | |
| <Outputs if any, otherwise state None - example: Log file stored in C:\Windows\Temp\<name>.log> | |
| .NOTES | |
| Version: 1.0 | |
| Author: <Name> | |
| Creation Date: <Date> | |
| Purpose/Change: Initial script development | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| Show-Notification "Example Title" "Example Text" | |
| #> | |
| [cmdletbinding()] | |
| Param ( | |
| [string] | |
| $ToastTitle, | |
| [string] | |
| [parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] | |
| $ToastText | |
| ) | |
| [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager, Windows.UI.Notifications, ContentType = WindowsRuntime] > $null | |
| $Template = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::GetTemplateContent([Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastTemplateType]::ToastText02) | |
| $RawXml = [xml] $Template.GetXml() | |
| ($RawXml.toast.visual.binding.text | where { $_.id -eq "1" }).AppendChild($RawXml.CreateTextNode($ToastTitle)) > $null | |
| ($RawXml.toast.visual.binding.text | where { $_.id -eq "2" }).AppendChild($RawXml.CreateTextNode($ToastText)) > $null | |
| $SerializedXml = New-Object Windows.Data.Xml.Dom.XmlDocument | |
| $SerializedXml.LoadXml($RawXml.OuterXml) | |
| $Toast = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotification]::new($SerializedXml) | |
| $Toast.Tag = "PowerShell" | |
| $Toast.Group = "PowerShell" | |
| $Toast.ExpirationTime = [DateTimeOffset]::Now.AddMinutes(1) | |
| $Notifier = [Windows.UI.Notifications.ToastNotificationManager]::CreateToastNotifier("PowerShell") | |
| $Notifier.Show($Toast); | |
| } | |
| #-----------------------------------------------------------[Execution]------------------------------------------------------------ | |
| Log-Start -LogPath $sLogPath -LogName $sLogName -ScriptVersion $sScriptVersion | |
| Disable-EpicGamesOverlay | |
| # Enable-EpicGamesOverlay | |
| Log-Finish -LogPath $sLogFile |
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