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GSmartControl silent install & uninstall

Hard disk drive and SSD health inspection tool

Alexander Shaduri Disk & USB tools #9 Disk & USB tools

Commands for installing GSmartControl without prompts, removing it again and detecting it from deployment tools. A command is shown only when it is certain: from the manifest or the installer technology’s documented default.

Related guide: Silent install switches: MSI, NSIS, Inno Setup · Uninstall a program with the registry or PowerShell

With winget

PowerShell
winget install --id AlexanderShaduri.GSmartControl -e --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements
winget upgrade --id AlexanderShaduri.GSmartControl -e --silent
winget uninstall --id AlexanderShaduri.GSmartControl -e --silent

By installer

64-bit · EXE (NSIS) · All users

Silent installgsmartcontrol-2.0.2-win64.exe /S
Custom foldergsmartcontrol-2.0.2-win64.exe /S /D=C:\Apps\gsmartcontrol
Uninstall registry key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\gsmartcontrol

32-bit · EXE (NSIS) · All users

Silent installgsmartcontrol-2.0.2-win32.exe /S
Custom foldergsmartcontrol-2.0.2-win32.exe /S /D=C:\Apps\gsmartcontrol
Uninstall registry key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\gsmartcontrol

PowerShell: download, verify, install

Downloads the official file, checks its SHA256 and installs it silently.

install-gsmartcontrol.ps1
$url = 'https://github.com/ashaduri/gsmartcontrol/releases/download/v2.0.2/gsmartcontrol-2.0.2-win64.exe'
$sha256 = 'D0AF33E71CEE0D3E25142B615D673EC93E87D6AD27C78086155D49D971B52C03'
$file = Join-Path $env:TEMP 'gsmartcontrol-2.0.2-win64.exe'
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $file -UseBasicParsing
if ((Get-FileHash $file -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -ne $sha256) { throw 'SHA256 mismatch' }
Start-Process -FilePath $file -ArgumentList '/S' -Wait

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