Patch File Microsoft Office 2016 -

$tempDir = "$env:TEMP\Office2016Patch" New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $tempDir | Out-Null

Write-Host "Latest available version: $latestVersion" -ForegroundColor Green

$currentVersion = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($office2016Path).FileVersion Write-Host "Current Office 2016 version: $currentVersion" -ForegroundColor Cyan $updateUrl = "https://aka.ms/office2016updates" $updateMetadataUrl = "https://officecdn.microsoft.com/pr/492350f6-3a01-4f97-b9c0-c7c6ddf67d60/office/data/office16.cab"

Write-Host "Installing update (silent mode)..." -ForegroundColor Yellow Start-Process -FilePath $patchFile -ArgumentList "/quiet /norestart" -Wait -NoNewWindow patch file microsoft office 2016

if (-not $latestUpdate) Write-Host "Could not parse latest update version." -ForegroundColor Red exit 1

if (-not (Test-Path $office2016Path)) Write-Host "Office 2016 not found in default locations. Exiting." -ForegroundColor Red exit 1

[xml]$manifest = Get-Content $updateXml.FullName $latestUpdate = $manifest.Catalog.Update | Where-Object $ .TargetPlatform -eq "x64" -or $ .TargetPlatform -eq "x86" | Sort-Object -Property @Expression=[version]$_.Version; Descending=$true | Select-Object -First 1 Downloading patch

$cabFile = "$tempDir\office16.cab" $extractDir = "$tempDir\extracted"

$office2016Path = "$env:ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" if (-not (Test-Path $office2016Path)) $office2016Path = "$env:ProgramFiles(x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"

It checks the current Office build, compares it with the latest available update from Microsoft’s official API, and downloads/installs the update if needed. <# .SYNOPSIS Check for and install the latest patch for Microsoft Office 2016 (MSI-based). .DESCRIPTION This script detects the installed version of Office 2016, fetches the latest available update metadata from Microsoft's official Office update API, and downloads/installs the required patch file (.cab or .exe). .NOTES Author: Generated by AI assistant Requires: PowerShell 5.1+, Administrative privileges, Internet access. #> #Requires -RunAsAdministrator Internet access. #&gt

Write-Host "Newer update found. Downloading patch..." -ForegroundColor Yellow $patchFile = "$tempDir\patch.exe" Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $updateFileUrl -OutFile $patchFile -UseBasicParsing

Write-Host "Downloading update catalog..." -ForegroundColor Yellow Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $updateMetadataUrl -OutFile $cabFile -UseBasicParsing Expand-Archive -Path $cabFile -DestinationPath $extractDir -Force

$latestVersion = $latestUpdate.Version $updateFileUrl = $latestUpdate.Location