Zune

Zune software Chocolatey package source.

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About Zune

Zune is a discontinued media management software for Microsoft Windows that functions as a full media player application with a library, an interface to the Zune Marketplace, and as a media streaming server. The software is used to sync with all devices with Zune functionality including the Zune 4, 8, 16, 30, 80, 120, Zune HD, Windows Phone 7, and Microsoft Kin. Zune devices work exclusively with the Zune software, which applies many design principles of Microsoft’s Metro design language.

You can read more about Zune on Wikipedia.

Requirements

1. Chocolatey
   • You can read more about installing Chocolatey here

Install

To install the Zune desktop application, run the following PowerShell command (as admin):

choco install zunesoftware 
--
version
=
4.8
.
2345.0

Manual Install

The files used to install Zune are hosted on archive.org in the zunepackage project. You can view and download individual files on the project’s download page here.

Uninstall

choco uninstall zunesoftware

Manual Uninstall

This package uses the Chocolatey auto uninstaller and as such does not contain a chocolateyuninstall.ps1 file. The auto uninstaller functions the same way as the Programs and Features does in the Control Panel. You can read more about the automatic uninstaller here.

For Zune, the UninstallString can be found in the registry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Zune. If you wish to uninstall the Zune software manually, you can run the following command:

"
C:\Program Files\Zune\ZuneSetup.exe
"
 
/
x

Build

To create a new Chocolatey package (*.nupkg), run the following command in the .\tools directory. The pack command will generate a .nupkg based on the .nuspec file.

choco pack

You can install the package locally using this command:

choco install zunesoftware 
-
dv 
-
s .

If you want to re-install without uninstalling, you can use the --force switch:

choco install zunesoftware 
-
dv 
-
s 
.
 
--
force

If you are making changes to the chocolateyinstall.ps1 file, you can import the Chocolatey Installer module using:

Import-Module
 
"
$
env:
ChocolateyInstall\helpers\chocolateyInstaller.psm1
"

File Verification

By default, the chocolateyinstall.ps1 script used by Chocolatey during the install will calculate the downloaded file’s SHA256 and compare it with the expected value.

File
Algorithm
Hash

ZunePackage.exe
MD5
24B08564E74BF19F10E1BBE47FAD3FA7
ZunePackage.exe
SHA1
31E0B5114D71B545B8199A458F776009F7898B4D
ZunePackage.exe
SHA256
EF5E5DEBD76CA7DF2F7B6BF7095E1354EE4F9BAFDBBD29C96CB1CA87695FDDEE