diff --git a/src/playbook/Executables/SOFTWARE.ps1 b/src/playbook/Executables/SOFTWARE.ps1
index 9397e43c9f..b0a7b50484 100644
--- a/src/playbook/Executables/SOFTWARE.ps1
+++ b/src/playbook/Executables/SOFTWARE.ps1
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ param (
 
 $msiArgs = "/qn /quiet /norestart ALLUSERS=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress"
 $arm = ((Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_ComputerSystem).SystemType -match 'ARM64') -or ($env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE -eq 'ARM64')
-$armString = ('x64', 'arm64')[$arm]
 
 # Create temporary directory
 $tempDir = Join-Path -Path $([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) -ChildPath $([System.Guid]::NewGuid())
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ if ($Brave) {
 	}
 
 	Write-Output "Installing Brave..."
-	& "$tempDir\BraveSetup.exe" /silent /install 2>&1 | Out-Null
+	Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\BraveSetup.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList '/silent /install'
 
 	do {
 		$processesFound = Get-Process | Where-Object { "BraveSetup" -contains $_.Name } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
@@ -45,25 +44,22 @@ if ($Brave) {
 
 # Firefox
 if ($Firefox) {
-	if ($arm) {
-		$firefoxArch = 'win64-aarch64'
-	} else {
-		$firefoxArch = 'win64'
-	}
+	$firefoxArch = ('win64', 'win64-aarch64')[$arm]
 
 	Write-Output "Downloading Firefox..."
 	& curl.exe -LSs "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-latest-ssl&os=$firefoxArch&lang=en-US" -o "$tempDir\firefox.exe"
 	Write-Output "Installing Firefox..."
-	Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\firefox.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList '/S /ALLUSERS=1' -Wait 2>&1 | Out-Null
+	Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\firefox.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList '/S /ALLUSERS=1' -Wait | Out-Null
 	exit
 }
 
 # Chrome
 if ($Chrome) {
 	Write-Output "Downloading Google Chrome..."
-	& curl.exe -LSs "https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi" -o "$tempDir\chrome.msi"
+	$chromeArch = ('64', '_Arm64')[$arm]
+	& curl.exe -LSs "https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise$chromeArch.msi" -o "$tempDir\chrome.msi"
 	Write-Output "Installing Google Chrome..."
-	Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\chrome.msi" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList '/qn' -Wait 2>&1 | Out-Null
+	Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\chrome.msi" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList '/qn' -Wait | Out-Null
 	exit
 }
 
@@ -125,19 +121,20 @@ foreach ($a in $vcredists.GetEnumerator()) {
 
 # 7-Zip
 $website = 'https://7-zip.org/'
-$download = $website + ((Invoke-WebRequest $website -UseBasicParsing).Links.href | Where-Object { $_ -like "a/7z*-$armString.exe" })
+$7zipArch = ('x64', 'arm64')[$arm]
+$download = $website + ((Invoke-WebRequest $website -UseBasicParsing).Links.href | Where-Object { $_ -like "a/7z*-$7zipArch.exe" })
 Write-Output "Downloading 7-Zip..."
 & curl.exe -LSs $download -o "$tempDir\7zip.exe"
 Write-Output "Installing 7-Zip..."
-Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\7zip.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList '/S' -Wait 2>&1 | Out-Null
+Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\7zip.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList '/S' -Wait | Out-Null
 
 # Legacy DirectX runtimes
 & curl.exe -LSs "https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/4/A/84A35BF1-DAFE-4AE8-82AF-AD2AE20B6B14/directx_Jun2010_redist.exe" -o "$tempDir\directx.exe"
 Write-Output "Extracting legacy DirectX runtimes..."
-Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\directx.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList "/q /c /t:`"$tempDir\directx`"" -Wait 2>&1 | Out-Null
+Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\directx.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList "/q /c /t:`"$tempDir\directx`"" -Wait | Out-Null
 Write-Output "Installing legacy DirectX runtimes..."
-Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\directx\dxsetup.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList '/silent' -Wait 2>&1 | Out-Null
+Start-Process -FilePath "$tempDir\directx\dxsetup.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ArgumentList '/silent' -Wait | Out-Null
 
 # Remove temporary directory
 Pop-Location
-Remove-Item -Path $tempDir -Force -Recurse *>$null
+Remove-Item -Path $tempDir -Force -Recurse -EA 0
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