Improve error handling and reporting when querying vlscppe.microsoft.com

* Also use a better default icon and add a preemptive localized message for future countermeasures from Microsoft.
Work around Microsoft's new ISO download countermeasures
2025-09-16 22:28:02 +02:00 · 2023-01-09 17:32:59 +00:00 · 2023-01-08 22:10:01 +00:00 · 2023-01-06 21:58:20 +00:00 · 2022-12-15 00:20:19 +00:00 · 2022-12-14 17:11:09 +00:00
3 changed files with 74 additions and 50 deletions
--- a/Fido.ps1
+++ b/Fido.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #
-# Fido v1.35 - Feature ISO Downloader, for retail Windows images and UEFI Shell
+# Fido v1.40 - Feature ISO Downloader, for retail Windows images and UEFI Shell
-# Copyright © 2019-2022 Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
+# Copyright © 2019-2023 Pete Batard <pete@akeo.ie>
 # Command line support: Copyright © 2021 flx5
 # ConvertTo-ImageSource: Copyright © 2016 Chris Carter
 #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #region Parameters
 param(
 	# (Optional) The title to display on the application window.
-	[string]$AppTitle = "Fido - Retail Windows ISO Downloader",
+	[string]$AppTitle = "Fido - Feature ISO Downloader",
 	# (Optional) '|' separated UI localization strings.
 	[string]$LocData,
 	# (Optional) Path to a file that should be used for the UI icon.
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ param(
 	# (Optional) Only display the download URL [Toggles commandline mode]
 	[switch]$GetUrl = $False,
 	# (Optional) Increase verbosity
-	[switch]$Verbose = $False
+	[switch]$Verbose = $False,
 	# (Optional) Disable the progress bar
 	[switch]$DisableProgress = $False
 )
 #endregion
@@ -103,11 +105,6 @@ $WindowsVersions = @(
 			@("Windows 11 Home/Pro/Edu", 2370),
 			@("Windows 11 Home China ", ($zh + 2371))
 		),
 		@(
 			"22H2 (Build 22621.382 - 2022.09)",
 			@("Windows 11 Home/Pro/Edu", 2360),
 			@("Windows 11 Home China ", ($zh + 2361))
 		),
 		@(
 			"21H2 v1 (Build 22000.318 - 2021.11)",
 			@("Windows 11 Home/Pro/Edu", 2093),
@@ -121,12 +118,11 @@ $WindowsVersions = @(
 	),
 	@(
 		@("Windows 10", "Windows10ISO"),
-# Not yet enabled by Microsoft...
+		@(
-#		@(
+			"22H2 (Build 19045.2006 - 2022.10)",
-#			"22H2 (Build 1904?.???? - 2022.10)",
+			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro/Edu", 2377),
-#			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro/Edu", 2377),
+			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 2378))
-#			@("Windows 10 Home China ", ($zh + 2378))
+		),
 #		),
 		@(
 			"21H2 (Build 19044.1288 - 2021.11)",
 			@("Windows 10 Home/Pro/Edu", 2084),
@@ -290,6 +286,11 @@ $WindowsVersions = @(
 	),
 	@(
 		@("UEFI Shell 2.2", "UEFI_SHELL 2.2"),
 		@(
 			"22H2 (edk2-stable202211)",
 			@("Release", 0),
 			@("Debug", 1)
 		),
 		@(
 			"22H1 (edk2-stable202205)",
 			@("Release", 0),
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ function ConvertTo-ImageSource
 function Throw-Error([object]$Req, [string]$Alt)
 {
-	$Err = $(GetElementById -Request $r -Id "errorModalMessage").innerText
+	$Err = $(GetElementById -Request $Req -Id "errorModalMessage").innerText -replace "<[^>]+>" -replace "\s+", " "
 	if (-not $Err) {
 		$Err = $Alt
 	} else {
@@ -601,7 +602,7 @@ $RequestData["GetLangs"] = @("a8f8f489-4c7f-463a-9ca6-5cff94d8d041", "getskuinfo
 # This GUID applies to visitors of the en-US download page. Other locales may get a different GUID.
 $RequestData["GetLinks"] = @("6e2a1789-ef16-4f27-a296-74ef7ef5d96b", "GetProductDownloadLinksBySku" )
 # Create a semi-random Linux User-Agent string
-$FirefoxVersion = Get-Random -Minimum 50 -Maximum 90
+$FirefoxVersion = Get-Random -Minimum 90 -Maximum 110
 $FirefoxDate = Get-RandomDate
 $UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i586; rv:$FirefoxVersion.0) Gecko/$FirefoxDate Firefox/$FirefoxVersion.0"
 $Verbosity = 2
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ if ($Cmd) {
 # Localization
 $EnglishMessages = "en-US|Version|Release|Edition|Language|Architecture|Download|Continue|Back|Close|Cancel|Error|Please wait...|" +
-	"Download using a browser|Temporarily banned by Microsoft for requesting too many downloads - Please try again later...|" +
+	"Download using a browser|Download of Windows ISOs is unavailable due to Microsoft having altered their website to prevent it.|" +
 	"PowerShell 3.0 or later is required to run this script.|Do you want to go online and download it?"
 [string[]]$English = $EnglishMessages.Split('|')
 [string[]]$Localized = $null
@@ -709,6 +710,17 @@ function Get-Windows-Languages([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedEdition)
 	} elseif ($WindowsVersions[$SelectedVersion][0][1].StartsWith("UEFI_SHELL")) {
 		$languages += @(New-Object PsObject -Property @{ DisplayLanguage = "English (US)"; Language = "en-us"; Id = 0 })
 	} else {
 		# Microsoft download protection now requires the sessionId to be whitelisted through vlscppe.microsoft.com/tags
 		$url = "https://vlscppe.microsoft.com/tags?org_id=y6jn8c31&session_id=" + $SessionId
 		if ($Verbosity -ge 2) {
 			Write-Host Querying $url
 		}
 		try {
 			Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -MaximumRedirection 0 -UserAgent $UserAgent $url | Out-Null
 		} catch {
 			Error($_.Exception.Message)
 			return @()
 		}
 		$url = "https://www.microsoft.com/" + $QueryLocale + "/api/controls/contentinclude/html"
 		$url += "?pageId=" + $RequestData["GetLangs"][0]
 		$url += "&host=www.microsoft.com"
@@ -723,7 +735,7 @@ function Get-Windows-Languages([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedEdition)
 		$script:SelectedIndex = 0
 		try {
-			$r = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -UserAgent $UserAgent -SessionVariable "Session" $url
+			$r = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -UseBasicParsing -UserAgent $UserAgent -SessionVariable "Session" $url
 			if ($r -match "errorModalMessage") {
 				Throw-Error -Req $r -Alt "Could not retrieve languages from server"
 			}
@@ -810,7 +822,7 @@ function Get-Windows-Download-Links([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedRelease
 		try {
 			$Is64 = [Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem
-			# Must add a referer for POST requests, else Microsoft's servers will deny them
+			# Must add a referer for this request, else Microsoft's servers will deny it
 			$ref = "https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11"
 			$wr = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)
 			# Windows 7 PowerShell doesn't support 'Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{"Referer" = $ref}'
@@ -823,7 +835,15 @@ function Get-Windows-Download-Links([int]$SelectedVersion, [int]$SelectedRelease
 			$sr = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($wr.GetResponse().GetResponseStream())
 			$r = $sr.ReadToEnd()
 			if ($r -match "errorModalMessage") {
-				Throw-Error -Req $r -Alt "Could not retrieve architectures from server"
+				$regex = New-Object Text.RegularExpressions.Regex '<p id="errorModalMessage">(.+?)<\/p>'
 				$m = $regex.Match($r)
 				# Make the typical error message returned by Microsoft's servers more presentable
 				$Alt = $m.Groups[1] -replace "<[^>]+>" -replace "\s+", " "
 				$Alt += " " + $SessionId + "."
 				if (-not $Alt) {
 					$Alt = "Could not retrieve architectures from server"
 				}
 				Throw-Error -Req $r -Alt $Alt
 			}
 			$pattern = '(?s)(<input.*?></input>)'
 			ForEach-Object { [regex]::Matches($r, $pattern) } | ForEach-Object { $html += $_.Groups[1].value }
@@ -871,6 +891,9 @@ function Process-Download-Link([string]$Url)
 				$tmp_size = [uint64]::Parse($str_size)
 				$Size = Size-To-Human-Readable $tmp_size
 				Write-Host "Downloading '$File' ($Size)..."
 				if ($DisableProgress) {
 					$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
 				}
 				Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $Url -OutFile $File
 			} else {
 				Write-Host Download Link: $Url
@@ -952,7 +975,7 @@ if ($Cmd) {
 			if (!$Ed -and $Verbosity -ge 1) {
 				Write-Host "No edition specified (-Ed). Defaulting to '$($edition.Edition)'."
 			}
-			$Selected += "," + $edition.Edition -replace "Windows [0-9\.]*", ""
+			$Selected += "," + $edition.Edition -replace "Windows [0-9\.]*"
 			$winEditionId = $edition.Id
 			break;
 		}
@@ -1050,7 +1073,7 @@ $XMLForm.Title = $AppTitle
 if ($Icon) {
 	$XMLForm.Icon = $Icon
 } else {
-	$XMLForm.Icon = [Gui.Utils]::ExtractIcon("shell32.dll", -41, $true) | ConvertTo-ImageSource
+	$XMLForm.Icon = [Gui.Utils]::ExtractIcon("imageres.dll", -5205, $true) | ConvertTo-ImageSource
 }
 if ($Locale.StartsWith("ar") -or $Locale.StartsWith("fa") -or $Locale.StartsWith("he")) {
 	$XMLForm.FlowDirection = "RightToLeft"
@@ -1188,8 +1211,8 @@ exit $ExitCode
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 # SIG # End signature block
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ The options are:
   architecture as the one from the current system.
 - `GetUrl`: By default, the script attempts to automatically launch the download. But when using the `-GetUrl` switch,
   the script only displays the download URL, which can then be piped into another command or into a file.
 - `DisableProgress`: Disable progress report. This may speed up downloads when using the command line.
 Examples of a commandline download:
--- a/sign.sh
+++ b/sign.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sign_file() {
 }
 # Update the Authenticode signature
-cmd.exe /c '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22000.0\x64\signtool" sign /v /sha1 3dbc3a2a0e9ce8803b422cfdbc60acd33164965d /fd SHA256 /tr http://sha256timestamp.ws.symantec.com/sha256/timestamp /td SHA256 Fido.ps1'
+MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL='*' "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22000.0\x64\signtool" sign /v /sha1 3dbc3a2a0e9ce8803b422cfdbc60acd33164965d /fd SHA256 /tr http://sha256timestamp.ws.symantec.com/sha256/timestamp /td SHA256 Fido.ps1
 read -s -p "Enter pass phrase for `realpath $PRIVATE_KEY`: " PASSWORD
 echo
 # Confirm that the pass phrase is valid by trying to sign a dummy file
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Pete Batard	ad79094c30	Improve error handling and reporting when querying vlscppe.microsoft.com * Also use a better default icon and add a preemptive localized message for future countermeasures from Microsoft.	2023-01-09 17:32:59 +00:00
Pete Batard	8cf4a279ff	Work around Microsoft's new ISO download countermeasures * The Microsoft servers now use session Id whitelisting, so add querying of https://vlscppe.microsoft.com/tags with the session Id. * Closes #52. * Also harmonize/improve -replace calls * Also make sure we use POST for the getskuinformationbyproductedition query (in case Microsoft add some more countermeasures). * Also drop 'cmd /c' invocation in sign.sh since the cygwin people can't seem to get their act together there...	2023-01-08 22:10:01 +00:00
Pete Batard	84f833b067	Improve error reporting * Now return the error message from the Microsoft server where possible (See #52)	2023-01-06 21:58:20 +00:00
Pete Batard	c34a41fe3f	Add UEFI Shell 2.2 22H2 download	2022-12-15 00:20:19 +00:00
Erik Dansbo	6593585ff3	Add an option to disable progress report for commandline * Closes #50	2022-12-14 17:11:09 +00:00
Pete Batard	fac4c49262	Add Windows 10 22H2 builds * And remove Windows 11 22H2 v0 builds since Microsoft removed the ISOs from their servers	2022-10-19 13:48:03 +01:00