vmtools.ps1

$software = "VMware Tools";
$installed = (Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Where { $_.DisplayName -eq $software }) -ne $null
If ((-Not $installed) -And (Test-Path "C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-vm*")) {
    Write-Output "VMware Tools does not appear to be installed. Attempting to install now..."
    Write-Output "First, downloading and installing 7z..."
    if (!( Test-Path "C:\Windows\Temp\7z2102-x64.msi")) {
        [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2102-x64.msi', 'C:\Windows\Temp\7z2102-x64.msi')
    }
    if (!(Test-Path "C:\Windows\Temp\7z2102-x64.msi")) {
        Start-Sleep 5; [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2102-x64.msi', 'C:\Windows\Temp\7z2102-x64.msi')
    }
    cmd /c msiexec /qb /i C:\Windows\Temp\7z2102-x64.msi
    Try {
        # Disabling the progress bar speeds up IWR https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/2138
        $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
        $pageContentLinks = (Invoke-WebRequest('https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws') -UseBasicParsing).Links | where-object { $_.href -Match "[0-9]" } | Select-Object href | % { $_.href.Trim('/') }
        $versionObject = $pageContentLinks | % { new-object System.Version ($_) } | sort-object -Descending | select-object -First 1 -Property:Major, Minor, Build
        $newestVersion = $versionObject.Major.ToString() + "." + $versionObject.Minor.ToString() + "." + $versionObject.Build.ToString() | out-string
        $newestVersion = $newestVersion.TrimEnd("`r?`n")

        $nextURISubdirectoryObject = (Invoke-WebRequest("https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/$newestVersion/") -UseBasicParsing).Links | where-object { $_.href -Match "[0-9]" } | Select-Object href | where-object { $_.href -Match "[0-9]" }
        $nextUriSubdirectory = $nextURISubdirectoryObject.href | Out-String
        $nextUriSubdirectory = $nextUriSubdirectory.TrimEnd("`r?`n") 
        $newestVMwareToolsURL = "https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/$newestVersion/$nextURISubdirectory/windows/packages/tools-windows.tar"
        Write-Host "The latest version of VMware tools has been determined to be downloadable from $newestVMwareToolsURL"
        [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("$newestVMwareToolsURL", 'C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-tools.tar')
    }
    Catch {
        Write-Host "Unable to determine the latest version of VMware tools. Falling back to hardcoded URL."
            (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/ws/15.5.5/16285975/windows/packages/tools-windows.tar', 'C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-tools.tar')
    }
    cmd /c "C:\PROGRA~1\7-Zip\7z.exe" x C:\Windows\Temp\vmware-tools.tar -oC:\Windows\Temp 
    Move-Item c:\windows\temp\VMware-tools-windows-*.iso c:\windows\temp\windows.iso
    Try { Remove-Item "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMWare" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction Stop } Catch { Write-Host "Directory didn't exist to be removed." }

    cmd /c "C:\PROGRA~1\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "C:\Windows\Temp\windows.iso" -oC:\Windows\Temp\VMWare
    cmd /c C:\Windows\Temp\VMWare\setup.exe /S /v "/qn REBOOT=R"

    Write-Output "Checking if VMware tools installation was successful..."
    $installed = (Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Where { $_.DisplayName -eq $software }) -ne $null
    if ($installed) {
        Write-Output "VMware tools successfully installed!"
    }
    Else {
        Write-Output "VMware tools installation failed. You should probably file an issue on Github to report this"
    }
}