# we want more secure TLS 1.2 for most things [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; # VS16.x is 2019 $msvc_2019_url = 'https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vs_buildtools.exe' Get-Date Write-Host "Downloading Visual Studio 2019 build tools" Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $msvc_2019_url -OutFile C:\vs_buildtools.exe Get-Date Write-Host "Installing Visual Studio 2019" Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait C:\vs_buildtools.exe -ArgumentList '--wait --quiet --norestart --nocache --installPath C:\BuildTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATLMFC --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Graphics.Tools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.18362 --includeRecommended' if (!$?) { Write-Host "Failed to install Visual Studio tools" Exit 1 } Remove-Item C:\vs_buildtools.exe -Force