Display Add-AppxPackage progressbar at bottom console window

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This is just an update of the code, with @Santiago Squarzon's workaround applied:

# --------------------------------------------- ## AppX Automated Package Installer - by Elektro ## --------------------------------------------- ## This script will find any AppX package files within the current directory (without recursion),# print info about the package, print a message in case of the package is already installed,# and install the package in case of it is not installed, handling errors during installation.# ---------------------------------------------------------------------# Takes a string argument that points to an AppX package name or file,# then it uses a regular expression to match the package string pattern# and returns a custom object with the Name, Version, Architecture,# PublisherId and other properties.## Parameters:# -PackageString: A string that points to the file name# or full path of an AppX package file.## Returns:# A PSCustomObject object with these properties defined:# [String] Name# [String] Version# [String] Architecture# [String] PublisherId# [String] FullNamefunction Get-AppXPackageInfo {param ([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$PackageString)#$dirname = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($PackageString)#if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($dirname)) {# $dirname = $PWD#}$filename = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($PackageString) -replace "(?i)\.Appx$", ""$regex = '^(?<Name>.+?)_(?<Version>.+?)_(?<Architecture>.+?)__(?<PublisherId>.+)$'$match = $filename -match $regexif (!$match) {throw "Unable to parse the string package: '$PackageString'"}[string]$packageName = $matches['Name'][string]$packageVersion = $matches['Version'][string]$packageArchitecture = $matches['Architecture'][string]$packagePublisherId = $matches['PublisherId'][string]$packageFullName = "${packageName}_${packageVersion}_${packageArchitecture}__${packagePublisherId}"#[string]$packageFullPath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($dirname, "$filename.Appx")[PSCustomObject]@{Name = $packageNameVersion = $packageVersionArchitecture = $packageArchitecturePublisherId = $packagePublisherIdFullName = $packageFullName#FullPath = $packageFullPath}}# Determines whether an Appx package matching the specified# name, version and architecture is installed in the system.## Parameters:# -Name........: The package name.# -Version.....: The package version.# -Architecture: The package architecture ("x86", "x64").## Returns:# $true if the AppX package is installed in the system,# $false otherwise.function IsAppxPackageInstalled() { param ([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$name,[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$version,[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$architecture)$packages = Get-AppxPackage "$($name)*" -ErrorAction Stop | Where-Object { $_.Name.ToLower() -eq $name.ToLower() -and $_.Version.ToLower() -eq $version.ToLower() -and "$($_.Architecture)".ToLower() -eq $architecture.ToLower()}return ($packages.Count -gt 0)}# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------$host.ui.RawUI.WindowTitle = "AppX Automated Package Installer - by Elektro"# Hides the progress-bar of 'Add-AppxPackage' cmdlet for this script.# Thanks to @Santiago Squarzon for the tip: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75716867$ProgressPreference = "Ignore"Do {Clear-HostWrite-Output " * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Write-Output ""Write-Output " AppX Automated Package Installer - by Elektro "Write-Output ""Write-Output " * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Write-Output ""Write-Output " This script will find any AppX package files within the current directory (without recursion),"Write-Output " print info about the package, print a message in case of the package is already installed,"Write-Output " and install the package in case of it is not installed, handling errors during installation."Write-Output " _________________________________________________________________"Write-Output ""Write-Host "-Continue? (Y/N)"$key = $Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")$char = $key.Character.ToString().ToUpper()} while ($char -ne "Y" -and $char -ne "N")if ($char -eq "N") {Exit 1} Clear-Host$appxFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path "$PWD" -Filter "*.appx"if ($appxFiles.Count -eq 0) {Write-Warning "No Appx files were found in the current directory."Write-Output ""$LastExitCode = 2} else {$appxFiles | ForEach-Object {# The AppX package string. It can be a file name (with or without extension), or a full path.$packageString = $_.FullName$packageInfo = Get-AppXPackageInfo -PackageString $packageString$nameVerArch = "$($packageInfo.Name) v$($packageInfo.Version) ($($packageInfo.Architecture))"Write-Host "Package Info.:" -ForegroundColor GrayWrite-Host ($packageInfo | Format-List | Out-String).Trim() -ForegroundColor DarkGrayWrite-Output ""$isInstalled = IsAppxPackageInstalled -Name $packageInfo.Name -Version $packageInfo.Version -Architecture $packageInfo.Architectureif ($isInstalled) {Write-Warning "Package $nameVerArch is already installed."Write-Warning "Installation is not needed."} else {Write-Output "Package $nameVerArch is ready to install."Write-Output "Installing package..."try {Add-AppxPackage -Path "$($_.FullName)" -ErrorAction StopWrite-Host "Package $nameVerArch has been successfully installed." -BackgroundColor Black -ForegroundColor Green } catch {Write-Host "Error installing package $nameVerArch" -BackgroundColor Black -ForegroundColor RedWrite-Output ""Write-Error -Message ($_.Exception | Format-List * -Force | Out-String)$LastExitCode = 1Break}}Write-Output ""$LastExitCode = 0}}Write-Output "Program will terminate now with exit code $LastExitCode. Press any key to exit..."$Host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")Exit $LastExitCode