#Function to configure the preferred scope option as Machine function Add-ScopeMachine { #Get Settings path for system or current user if ([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().IsSystem) { $SettingsPath = "$Env:windir\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Settings\defaultState\settings.json" } else { $SettingsPath = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json" } $ConfigFile = @{} #Check if setting file exist, if not create it if (Test-Path $SettingsPath) { $ConfigFile = Get-Content -Path $SettingsPath | Where-Object { $_ -notmatch '//' } | ConvertFrom-Json } else { New-Item -Path $SettingsPath -Force | Out-Null } if ($ConfigFile.installBehavior.preferences) { Add-Member -InputObject $ConfigFile.installBehavior.preferences -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "scope" -Value "Machine" -Force } else { $Scope = New-Object PSObject -Property $(@{scope = "Machine" }) $Preference = New-Object PSObject -Property $(@{preferences = $Scope }) Add-Member -InputObject $ConfigFile -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "installBehavior" -Value $Preference -Force } $ConfigFile | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100 | Out-File $SettingsPath -Encoding utf8 -Force }