How to install Service Bus Explorer

I am using Chocolatey (a package manager for Windows) because this is the easiest way to install Service Bus Explorer. If you already have Chocolatey installed on your computer, you can skip step 1.

Step 1: install Chocolatey

From the Start menu, run the Windows PowerShell application using the Run as adminstrator privileges.

Paste the PowerShell commands shown below in the into the PowerShell window and press Enter. Wait until the installation is finished.

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Step 2: install Service Bus Explorer

From the Start menu, start a Command Prompt. Paste the commands shown below in the into the Command Prompt window and press Enter. Wait until the installation is finished and close the Command Prompt window.

choco install ServiceBusExplorer

Step 3: create Start menu shortcut

Service Bus Explorer is now installed but lacks a shortcut to the executable. In this step the shortcut is created and added to the Start menu.

From the Start menu, run the Windows PowerShell application using the Run as adminstrator privileges or re-use the PowerShell window from step 1.

Paste the PowerShell commands shown below in the into the PowerShell window and press Enter. Wait until the installation is finished and close the PowerShell window.

$objShell = New-Object -ComObject ("WScript.Shell")
$objShortCut = $objShell.CreateShortcut($env:ProgramData + "\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Service Bus Explorer.lnk")
$objShortCut.TargetPath = $env:ChocolateyInstall + "\lib\ServiceBusExplorer\tools\ServiceBusExplorer.exe"
$objShortCut.Save()

That’s it! Service Bus Explorer is now ready for use and can be started using a shortcut on the Start menu.