Powershell wildcard for path with different language in Windows\System32\ Folder-CodePudding

The original location to run the cscript is here for en-US Windows devices:

cscript "C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prndrvr.vbs"

What I need is to allow any other languages where xx-xx could be en-US, en-GB, de-DE, nl-NL, etc

"C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\xx-xx\Prndrvr.vbs"

I've tried using * in different ways but I guess I'm not getting the right combo.

The script is executing the .vbs file to install the printer.

Thanks!

CodePudding user response：

Start by seeing if you can locate the version that corresponds to the current UI locale:

$UIlocale = Get-UICulture
$localizedPath = 'C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\{0}\Prndrvr.vbs' -f $UIlocale.Name

if(Test-Path $localizedPath){
  & cscript $localizedPath
}
elseif(Test-Path 'C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prndrvr.vbs') {
  # fallback to en-US version
  & cscript 'C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US\Prndrvr.vbs'
}
else {
  # attempt to find _any_ version of the script, select the first one found
  $printScript = Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\??-??\*' -Filter Prndrvr.vbs |Select -First 1
  if($printScript){
    & cscript $printScript.FullName
  }
  else {
    Write-Error "Unable to locate print management script!"
  }
}

CodePudding user response：

I did something different.

I created a variable before the command runs declared as $Printerscript

Then I used Resolve-Path so it looks something like:

$PrndrvrVBS = Resolve-Path "C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\*\Prndrvr.vbs"

So the final outcome is

#VBScript Prndrvr Path
$PrndrvrVBS = Resolve-Path "C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\*\Prndrvr.vbs" 

cscript "$PrndrvrVBS"