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Source code for disablelanguagepackupdates.vbs

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  1. Option Explicit
  2.  
  3. Dim i, intCount, intSkipped
  4. Dim objRE, objSearchResult, objWUpdate, objWUSearcher, objWUSession
  5. Dim strException
  6.  
  7. strException = Null
  8.  
  9. With WScript.Arguments
  10. 	If .Unnamed.Count > 0 Then Syntax
  11. 	If .Named.Count   > 1 Then Syntax
  12. 	If .Named.Count   = 1 Then
  13. 		If .Named.Exists( "X" ) Then
  14. 			strException = .Named.Item( "X" )
  15. 		Else
  16. 			Syntax
  17. 		End If
  18. 	End If
  19. End With
  20.  
  21. Set objWUSession  = CreateObject( "Microsoft.Update.Session" )
  22. Set objWUSearcher = objWUSession.CreateUpdateSearcher( )
  23. objWUSearcher.Online = False
  24.  
  25. If Not IsNull( strException ) Then
  26. 	Set objRE = New RegExp
  27. 	objRE.Global     = True
  28. 	objRE.IgnoreCase = True
  29. 	objRE.Pattern    = strException
  30. End If
  31.  
  32. intCount   = 0
  33. intSkipped = 0
  34. WScript.Echo( "Searching..." )
  35. Set objSearchResult = objWUSearcher.Search( "IsHidden=0 And IsInstalled=0" )
  36. For i = 0 To objSearchResult.Updates.Count - 1
  37. 	Set objWUpdate = objSearchResult.Updates.Item(i)
  38. 	If InStr( objWUpdate.Title, "Language Pack" ) > 0 Then
  39. 		If IsNull( strException ) Then
  40. 			WScript.Echo "Hiding " & objWUpdate.Title
  41. 			objWUpdate.IsHidden = 1
  42. 			intCount = intCount + 1
  43. 		Else
  44. 			If objRE.Test( objWUpdate.Title ) Then
  45. 				WScript.Echo "Skipping " & objWUpdate.Title
  46. 				intSkipped = intSkipped + 1
  47. 			Else
  48. 				WScript.Echo "Hiding " & objWUpdate.Title
  49. 				objWUpdate.IsHidden = 1
  50. 				intCount = intCount + 1
  51. 			End If
  52. 		End If
  53. 	End If
  54. 	Set objWUpdate = Nothing
  55. Next
  56. Set objSearchResult = Nothing
  57.  
  58. If Not IsNull( strException ) Then Set objRE = Nothing
  59. Set objWUSearcher = Nothing
  60. Set objWUSession  = Nothing
  61.  
  62. Select Case intCount
  63. 	Case 0:
  64. 		WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "All optional Language Pack updates were either" _
  65. 		           & vbCrLf & "installed or hidden already, no change required"
  66. 	Case 1:
  67. 		WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "Hidden 1 optional Language Pack update"
  68. 	Case Else:
  69. 		WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "Hidden " & intCount & " optional Language Pack updates"
  70. End Select
  71.  
  72. 	If intSkipped = 1 Then
  73. 		WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "Skipped l Language Pack update"
  74. 	ElseIf intSkipped > 1 Then
  75. 		WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "Skipped " & intSkipped & " Language Pack updates"
  76. 	End If
  77.  
  78. WScript.Quit intCount
  79.  
  80.  
  81. Sub Syntax
  82. 	Dim strMsg
  83. 	strMsg = vbCrLf _
  84. 	       & "DisableLanguagePackUpdates.vbs,  version 1.00" _
  85. 	       & vbCrLf _
  86. 	       & "Hide all Language Pack updates in Windows Update" _
  87. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  88. 	       & "Usage:  DisableSilverlightUpdates.vbs  /X:pattern" _
  89. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  90. 	       & "Where:  /X:pattern   specifies the eXceptions, i.e. the updates NOT to be" _
  91. 	       & vbCrLf _
  92. 	       & "                     hidden, as a regular expression pattern to test against" _
  93. 	       & vbCrLf _
  94. 	       & "                     the Language Pack title (e.g. /X:Czech)" _
  95. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  96. 	       & "Notes:  Even if you do not wish to install Language Packs, Windows Update" _
  97. 	       & vbCrLf _
  98. 	       & "        will offer 33 Language Packs as optional update. You can hide each" _
  99. 	       & vbCrLf _
  100. 	       & "        of these manually, but why not let this script automate that for you?" _
  101. 	       & vbCrLf _
  102. 	       & "        Based on a script written in JScript by Tony Marques" _
  103. 	       & vbCrLf _
  104. 	       & "        (https://superuser.com/a/1009947)" _
  105. 	       & vbCrLf _
  106. 	       & "        This script's return code is the number of Language Pack updates" _
  107. 	       & vbCrLf _
  108. 	       & "        hidden by this script, or -1 in case of command line errors." _
  109. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  110. 	       & "Written by Rob van der Woude" _
  111. 	       & vbCrLf _
  112. 	       & "http://www.robvanderwoude.com"
  113. 	WScript.Echo strMsg
  114. 	WScript.Quit -1
  115. End Sub
  116.  

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