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This will hide the irritating bing desktop application in windows update. (May require the batch file to be run as administrator)
::-------------------------
:: Name: bingHide.cmd
:: Author: Josh Teeter
:: Date: 2013-06-26
:: Version: 1.0.0.0
:: Purpose: This will hide bing desktop
::-------------------------
powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy bypass
powershell -File "%~dp0\bingHide.ps1"
powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted
timeout 1
#----------------------------
# Filename: bingHide.ps1
# Author: Josh Teeter
# Date: 2013-06-26
# Version: 1.0.0.5
# Purpose: This will hide the "bing desktop" applications in their various forms.
#----------------------------
#
# Create a windows update session, and an update searcher. Then use the searcher
# to generate a list of not hidden or installed updates on windows.
# See if any of the updates contain the word *Bing*.
#
function getBing{
$bing = $null
write-host "Searching for bing..."
$UpdateSession = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session
$UpdateSearcher = $UpdateSession.CreateUpdateSearcher()
$SearchResult = $UpdateSearcher.Search("IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=0")
$bing = $SearchResult.updates | where { $_.Title -like "*Bing*" }
return $bing
}
function hideBing{
#
# Loop through the updates and hide them.
#
$bing = getBing
try{
while ($bing) {
write-host "Found:" $bing.Title
$bing.IsHidden = 1
write-host $bing.Title "has been hidden."
$bing = getBing
}
}catch{
"Searching for bing desktop has died."
}
}
function main{
write-host "Josh Teeter 2013"
write-host "----------------"
write-host ""
write-host ""
write-host "This script will hide Bing updates from Windows Update"
Write-host ""
hideBing
}
main
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