joshuah345 / bd-launcher

A script to install and (re)launch (Better)Discord on Windows

BDLauncher

A script to install and (re)launch (Better)Discord on Windows

Usage (Command Line)

bdlauncher.ps1 [{-Install|-Repair|-Uninject|-Status}] [-Release {stable|ptb|canary}] [-DiscordPath <path>] [-skipDownload] [-LaunchDiscord]

-Install

Pass this to download and inject BetterDiscord

-Repair

Same as -Install but also disables plugins and themes before re-injecting to Discord.

-Uninject

Self-explanatory

-Status

Returns installation status for selected release.

Note: The previous 4 options cannot be combined, use only one of them when running the script.

-Release

Use this to select your Discord release. Expected values are stable, ptb and canary The script will default to stable if this is omitted

-DiscordPath

Use this to specify the path to a Discord installation. This is only needed if you're not using the default install directories. Must be combined with -Release to work.

-skipDownload

Skips downloading betterdiscord.asar if one already exists.

-LaunchDiscord

Launches the appropriate Discord release after the command completes.

Usage (Recommended)

1. Create a Shortcut with the target being "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe" \path\to\bdlauncher.ps1 and your desired arguments.

• Note that Windows includes legacy versions of PowerShell that this script will fail to run in. The powershell command points to version 1 at the time of writing.Older versions of Windows may have Version 6 instead of 7, so change the number in the target depending on what's present in the folder.

2. Add -LaunchDiscord as an argument for it to always launch Discord.
3. Add to Start Menu or your desktop for your convenience.