Install-PSTools.ps1

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@GitHub Copilot - This code is a PowerShell script that installs PSTools, a suite of command-line tools for managing and troubleshooting Windows systems. The Install-PSTools function is defined on lines 1-8, and it performs the following steps:

1. Downloads the PSTools ZIP archive from the Sysinternals website using the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet and saves it to the local file system with the name pstools.zip.
2. Extracts the contents of the ZIP archive to a temporary directory using the Expand-Archive cmdlet.
3. Creates a new directory named Sysinternals in the C:\Program Files\ directory using the New-Item cmdlet.
4. Copies all files and subdirectories from the temporary directory to the C:\Program Files\Sysinternals directory using the Copy-Item cmdlet.
5. Deletes the temporary directory and all its contents using the Remove-Item cmdlet.

This function is useful for automating the installation of PSTools on multiple systems, or for ensuring that the tools are installed in a consistent location on a single system. The code is well-organized and easy to read, with descriptive function and variable names. One possible improvement would be to add error handling code to handle cases where the download or extraction steps fail. Additionally, the function could be modified to accept a parameter specifying the destination directory for the PSTools files, rather than hard-coding the path to C:\Program Files\Sysinternals.

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function Install-PSTools {
	Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://download.sysinternals.com/files/PSTools.zip' -OutFile 'pstools.zip'
	Expand-Archive -Path 'pstools.zip' -DestinationPath "$env:TEMP\pstools"
	New-Item -Path 'C:\Program Files\' -Name Sysinternals -ItemType Directory
	Copy-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\pstools\*.*" -Destination 'C:\Program Files\Sysinternals'
	Remove-Item -Path "$env:TEMP\pstools" -Recurse -Force
}

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