From bb036aff632c8812a5b894c11c5dd393c9a8b452 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zachary Gorman <zgorman@samhealth.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:07:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updated apps lists to use text files instead of json objects

---
 Get-PC/Data/AppsToIgnore.json |  56 ----------------------------------
 Get-PC/Data/ExpectedApps.json | Bin 4010 -> 0 bytes
 Get-PC/Private/AppDiff.ps1    |  12 ++++----
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 Get-PC/Data/AppsToIgnore.json
 delete mode 100644 Get-PC/Data/ExpectedApps.json

diff --git a/Get-PC/Data/AppsToIgnore.json b/Get-PC/Data/AppsToIgnore.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a0825f..0000000
--- a/Get-PC/Data/AppsToIgnore.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-[
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Hyland Web ActiveX Controls"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Intel(R) Processor Graphics"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Microsoft Visual Studio Setup WMI Provider (default)"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "NetSupport Manager"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Realtek Audio COM Components"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Realtek High Definition Audio Driver"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Vulkan Run Time Libraries"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Documentation Manager"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "64 Bit HP CIO Components Installer"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Teams Machine-Wide Installer"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName": "Google Legacy Browser Support"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName": "Maxx Audio Installer"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName": "Visage 7.1 (64 bit)"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Microsoft Edge Update"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Npcap OEM"
-    },
-    {
-        "DisplayName":  "Dell PointStick Driver"
-    }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Get-PC/Data/ExpectedApps.json b/Get-PC/Data/ExpectedApps.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 49089f3299675e36dd7b26906372d7eee732f374..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
GIT binary patch
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diff --git a/Get-PC/Private/AppDiff.ps1 b/Get-PC/Private/AppDiff.ps1
index 2f09de2..38002d5 100644
--- a/Get-PC/Private/AppDiff.ps1
+++ b/Get-PC/Private/AppDiff.ps1
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ function Get-AppDiff {
     Write-Progress -Activity "Filtering out standard apps from $pc" -Status 'Removing version numbers and loading reference' -PercentComplete 10 -ParentId 1
     $apps = Remove-Version $apps
     # Open example file
-    $lookupTablePath = Join-Path (get-item $PSScriptRoot).Parent.FullName 'Data\ExpectedApps.json'
-    $example = get-content $lookupTablePath | ConvertFrom-Json
+    $lookupTablePath = Join-Path (get-item $PSScriptRoot).Parent.FullName 'Data\ExpectedApps.txt'
+    $example = get-content $lookupTablePath 
     # Open file with manually added apps to ignore
-    $lookupTablePath = Join-Path (get-item $PSScriptRoot).Parent.FullName 'Data\AppsToIgnore.json'
-    $ignore = get-content $lookupTablePath | ConvertFrom-Json
+    $lookupTablePath = Join-Path (get-item $PSScriptRoot).Parent.FullName 'Data\AppsToIgnore.txt'
+    $ignore = get-content $lookupTablePath 
     $exclude = $example + $ignore
     $output = @()
     # Finds each app that isn't in the example
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function Get-AppDiff {
                 break
             }
         }
-        if ($skip -or $exclude.DisplayName -contains $app.DisplayName) { continue }
+        if ($skip -or $exclude -contains $app.DisplayName) { continue }
 
         $output += $app
     }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function Get-ExampleApps {
     $lookupTablePath = Join-Path (get-item $PSScriptRoot).Parent.FullName 'Data\ExpectedApps.json'
     Copy-FileNoDestruct $lookupTablePath $($lookupTablePath + ".bak")
     Write-Host "Writing expected apps to" $lookupTablePath
-    $apps | ConvertTo-Json | Out-File $lookupTablePath
+    $apps | Out-File $lookupTablePath
 }
 
 if ($examplePC) {