Powershell - Wait for process from current user

After much searching online I couldn't find a way to do this without WMI and a bunch of extra work... So I figured this out. Tested and working in Windows 10 at least.

$user = "$env:USERDOMAIN\$env:USERNAME"
$proc = Get-Process -Name notepad -IncludeUserName | where {$_.UserName -eq $user}
Wait-Process -InputObject $proc


That will look for all instances of notepad running under the current user, and wait for all of them to terminate before continuing.

Super useful when waiting for something like msiexec

Windows Updates via Powershell

This requires Powershell V5. The powershell script to install the module is:

$psversion = $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major

if ($psversion -ge 5){

Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force

Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate -Force -Scope AllUsers

Get-WUServiceManager

}else{
echo "Error, PS is out of date"
}



Then, to run it simple use:

"Get-WuInstall -AcceptAll -IgnoreUserInput -AutoReboot -Confirm:$false -nottitle 'preview' -updatecount 30" 

(Update count just limits the amount it does at once, so if there is an error with one it doesn't undo them all. Good for computers very out of date.)



The github for this module is located at:

https://github.com/joeypiccola/PSWindowsUpdate

Apt-get upgrade in Powershell V5 oneget

After much playing around, the closest I could get to apt-get upgrade in the preview of Powershell V5 using OneGet is the following:

Get-Package | Select-Object -ExpandProperty name | Find-Package | Install-Package -Force