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PowerShell: the preference variable $progressPreference

The value of the preference variable $progressPreference controls the behavior of the write-progress.
The possible values that the variable can be set to some of the System.Management.Automation.ActionPreference enumeration.

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Setting the value of $progressPreference to silentlyContinue when using invoke-webRequest to download (large) files makes it significantly faster.

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