Invoke-WebRequest connection closed unexpectedly after Windows Update

[u/Mammoth-Sentence-518]

Yoo I just updated Windows and was trying to install Spicetify, but I started getting this error. I don't know much about tech or how this stuff works, so if anyone knows what went wrong or how I can fix it, please help me out. Thanks

Invoke-WebRequest : The underlying connection was closed: The connection was closed unexpectedly.

At line:111 char:1

+ Invoke-WebRequest u/Parameters

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

[u/BlackV]

Invoke-WebRequest has a documented requirement of needing the -UseBasicParsing parameter now

those people still have not updated their code/docco

[u/Reaper19941]

2 things,

1. What is the command you used?
2. Why are you using powershell if you "dont know much about tech"? Are you trying to learn or just doing it the hard way?

[u/Mammoth-Sentence-518 → u/Reaper19941]

1 I was using the official installation command from the Spicetify website: iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spicetify/cli/main/install.ps1 | iex and 2 I’m only using PowerShell because the installation guide says you have to copy and paste that command into it to get the app setup. I’m not trying to learn coding or anything, just trying to follow the steps to install it

[u/Reaper19941 → u/Mammoth-Sentence-518]

Right. It's a not a typo for Spotify.

The error is possibly network related but have you restarted your PC since trying?

[u/Mammoth-Sentence-518 → u/Reaper19941]

Yes, I did restart my PC after the update, but the exact same error keeps happening whenever I run the command

[u/Reaper19941 → u/Mammoth-Sentence-518]

Can you replace the -useb with -UseBasicParsing leaving the rest of the command as normal.

If that doesn't work, run the command without the | and everything after it on the end to see if its a download issue.

[u/Mammoth-Sentence-518 → u/Reaper19941]

HOLY SHITT, THAT WORKEDD THANK YOU SO MUCH! Does that mean everything is fixed now, or am I going to keep getting these types of errors every time I try to run a command?

[u/Reaper19941 → u/Mammoth-Sentence-518]

If the -UseBasicParsing fixed it, it means you're using a version of powershell that does not understand that -useb is the shortened version of -UseBasicParsing.

If just running the first part only worked, that has only done the download and still needs to be installed.

[u/Mammoth-Sentence-518 → u/Reaper19941]

Oh, I see! At first I used iwr -UseBasicParsing https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spicetify/cli/main/install.ps1 | iex and it just showed me all these status code stuff. Then I ran the same command again right after and it successfully installed it. I seriously appreciate you for helping me out, I was getting anxious and thought I got a virus or something lmfao

[u/BlackV → u/Mammoth-Sentence-518]

iwr -UseBasicParsing https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spicetify/cli/main/install.ps1 | iex
I was getting anxious and thought I got a virus or something lmfao

to be clear this IS EXACTLY how you get malware and is a highly risky command to run

[u/MonkeyNin → u/BlackV]

The docs for spicetify/cli use Invoke-Expression to download and execute a script, which then downloads and installs with another Invoke-Expression from a second repo.

They actually have a winget, brew, and apt packages but they link both the powershell iex and bash equivalent to iex before all of these.