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Source code for disablesilverlightupdates.vbs

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  1. Option Explicit
  2.  
  3. Dim blnFoundOne
  4. Dim i, intCount
  5. Dim objSearchResult, objWUpdate, objWUSearcher, objWUSession
  6.  
  7. If WScript.Arguments.Count > 0 Then Syntax
  8.  
  9. Set objWUSession  = CreateObject( "Microsoft.Update.Session" )
  10. Set objWUSearcher = objWUSession.CreateUpdateSearcher( )
  11. objWUSearcher.Online = False
  12.  
  13. blnFoundOne = True
  14. intCount    = 0
  15. While blnFoundOne
  16. 	WScript.Echo( "Searching..." )
  17. 	blnFoundOne = False
  18. 	Set objSearchResult = objWUSearcher.Search( "IsHidden=0 And IsInstalled=0" )
  19. 	For i = 0 To objSearchResult.Updates.Count - 1
  20. 		Set objWUpdate = objSearchResult.Updates.Item(i)
  21. 		If InStr( objWUpdate.Title, "Microsoft Silverlight" ) > 0 Then
  22. 			WScript.Echo "Hiding " & objWUpdate.Title
  23. 			objWUpdate.IsHidden = 1
  24. 			blnFoundOne = True
  25. 			intCount    = intCount + 1
  26. 		End If
  27. 		Set objWUpdate = Nothing
  28. 	Next
  29. 	Set objSearchResult = Nothing
  30. Wend
  31.  
  32. Set objWUSearcher = Nothing
  33. Set objWUSession  = Nothing
  34.  
  35. Select Case intCount
  36. 	Case 0:
  37. 		WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "All optional Microsoft Silverlight updates were" _
  38. 		           & vbCrLf & "either installed or hidden already, no change required"
  39. 	Case 1:
  40. 		WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "Hidden 1 optional Microsoft Silverlight update"
  41. 	Case Else:
  42. 		WScript.Echo vbCrLf & "Hidden " & intCount & " optional Microsoft Silverlight updates"
  43. End Select
  44.  
  45. WScript.Quit intCount
  46.  
  47.  
  48. Sub Syntax
  49. 	Dim strMsg
  50. 	strMsg = vbCrLf _
  51. 	       & "DisableSilverlightUpdates.vbs,  version 1.00" _
  52. 	       & vbCrLf _
  53. 	       & "Hide all Silverlight updates in Windows Update" _
  54. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  55. 	       & "Usage:  DisableSilverlightUpdates.vbs" _
  56. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  57. 	       & "Notes:  If you do not wish to install Microsoft Silverlight, Windows" _
  58. 	       & vbCrLf _
  59. 	       & "        Update will nag about 16 times to install it as an optional" _
  60. 	       & vbCrLf _
  61. 	       & "        update; hiding each of these 16 optional updates manually is" _
  62. 	       & vbCrLf _
  63. 	       & "        possible, but why not let this script automate that for you?" _
  64. 	       & vbCrLf _
  65. 	       & "        This script was originally written in JScript by Tony Marques" _
  66. 	       & vbCrLf _
  67. 	       & "        (https://superuser.com/a/1009947)" _
  68. 	       & vbCrLf _
  69. 	       & "        I only ""translated"" it into VBScript and added the counter." _
  70. 	       & vbCrLf _
  71. 	       & "        This script's return code is the number of Silverlight updates" _
  72. 	       & vbCrLf _
  73. 	       & "        hidden by this script, or -1 in case of command line errors." _
  74. 	       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf _
  75. 	       & "Translated by Rob van der Woude" _
  76. 	       & vbCrLf _
  77. 	       & "http://www.robvanderwoude.com"
  78. 	WScript.Echo strMsg
  79. 	WScript.Quit -1
  80. End Sub
  81.  

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