Launches Google Chrome configured with US country overrides to enable AI feature with automate OpenVPN  setup, connection to a US VPN Gate node with split-tunneling (route-nopull),     dynamically…

A developer published a PowerShell script that automates access to Google's Gemini AI features on Windows by installing OpenVPN Connect V3, connecting to a US VPN Gate node with split-tunneling, and launching Chrome with US country overrides and Glic/Gemini flags. The script dynamically resolves Gemini-related domains, adds static OS routes through the VPN interface, and requires administrator privileges to run.

| | < | | | .SYNOPSIS | | | Launches Google Chrome configured with US country overrides to enable AI features, | | | Automates OpenVPN Connect V3 setup, connects to a US VPN Gate node with split-tunneling route-nopull , | | | dynamically resolves target Gemini domains, adds static OS routes through the VPN interface, | | | and launches Chrome with Glic/Gemini flags. | | | | | | | | | $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop" | | | | | | --- Domain Configuration --- | | | $targetDomains = @ | | | "gemini.google.com", | | | "generativelanguage.googleapis.com", | | | "cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com", | | | "alkalimodelfrontend-pa.googleapis.com", | | | "clients4.google.com" | | | | | | | | | --- 1. Administrator Privilege Check --- | | | Write-Host "Verifying Administrator privileges..." -ForegroundColor Cyan | | | $isAdmin = Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity ::GetCurrent .IsInRole Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole ::Administrator | | | if -not $isAdmin { | | | if string ::IsNullOrWhiteSpace $PSCommandPath { | | | Write-Error "Cannot auto-elevate in interactive mode. Please run this console as Administrator or save as a .ps1 file." | | | exit 1 | | | } | | | Write-Warning "Administrator privileges required. Relaunching with UAC..." | | | Start-Process powershell.exe -ArgumentList "-NoExit -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$PSCommandPath "" -Verb RunAs | | | exit | | | } | | | | | | --- 2. Search and Install OpenVPN Connect V3 --- | | | $openVpnPaths = @ | | | "$env:ProgramFiles\OpenVPN Connect\OpenVPNConnect.exe", | | | "${env:ProgramFiles x86 }\OpenVPN Connect\OpenVPNConnect.exe" | | | | | | $openVpnExe = $openVpnPaths \| Where-Object { -not string ::IsNullOrWhiteSpace $ -and Test-Path $ } \| Select-Object -First 1 | | | | | | if -not $openVpnExe { | | | Write-Host "OpenVPN Connect V3 not found. Installing the latest official version..." -ForegroundColor Yellow | | | | | | $openVpnUrl = "https://openvpn.net/downloads/openvpn-connect-v3-windows.msi" | | | $installerPath = Join-Path $env:TEMP "openvpn-connect-latest.msi" | | | | | | try { | | | Write-Host "Downloading OpenVPN Connect..." -ForegroundColor Cyan | | | Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $openVpnUrl -OutFile $installerPath -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction Stop | | | } catch { | | | Write-Error "Critical Error: Failed to download the OpenVPN Connect installer from official URL." | | | exit 1 | | | } | | | | | | if Test-Path $installerPath { | | | Write-Host "Running silent installation for MSI package..." -ForegroundColor Cyan | | | Start-Process -FilePath "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList "/i "$installerPath " /qn /norestart" -Wait -PassThru | | | Remove-Item -Path $installerPath -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | | | } | | | | | | $openVpnExe = $openVpnPaths \| Where-Object { -not string ::IsNullOrWhiteSpace $ -and Test-Path $ } \| Select-Object -First 1 | | | if -not $openVpnExe { | | | Write-Error "Critical Failure: OpenVPNConnect.exe not located post-installation." | | | exit 1 | | | } | | | Write-Host "OpenVPN Connect V3 installed successfully at: $openVpnExe" -ForegroundColor Green | | | } else { | | | Write-Host "OpenVPN Connect V3 is already installed: $openVpnExe" -ForegroundColor Green | | | } | | | | | | --- 3. Fetch US Nodes from VPN Gate API Integrated OVfinder logic --- | | | $ovpnPath = Join-Path $env:TEMP "vpngate us.ovpn" | | | Write-Host "Querying VPN Gate API for US nodes..." -ForegroundColor Cyan | | | try { | | | $rawApiData = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://www.vpngate.net/api/iphone/" -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction Stop | | | } catch { | | | Write-Error "VPN Gate API is unreachable." | | | exit 1 | | | } | | | | | | Raw data processing: removes unnecessary lines and fixes the header | | | $validLines = @ | | | $isHeader = $true | | | | | | foreach $line in $rawApiData -split "\r?\n" { | | | Skip empty lines or VPN Gate structural metadata e.g., vpn servers | | | if string ::IsNullOrWhiteSpace $line -or $line.StartsWith " " { | | | continue | | | } | | | | | | Remove initial ' ' character exclusively from the header line | | | if $line.StartsWith " " -and $isHeader { | | | $line = $line.Substring 1 | | | $isHeader = $false | | | } | | | | | | $validLines += $line | | | } | | | | | | Parse CSV now correctly formatted with real headers | | | $usNodes = $validLines \| ConvertFrom-Csv \| Where-Object { | | | $ .CountryShort -eq "US" -and -not string ::IsNullOrWhiteSpace $ .OpenVPN ConfigData Base64 | | | } \| Sort-Object -Property { long $ .Speed } -Descending \| Select-Object -First 3 | | | | | | --- 4. Profile Import and Connection --- | | | $tunnelEstablished = $false | | | $interfaceIndex = $null | | | | | | foreach $node in $usNodes { | | | Write-Host "Testing US Node: $ $node.HostName - $ math ::Round $node.Speed / 1Mb, 2 Mbps" -ForegroundColor Cyan | | | | | | $ovpnBytes = System.Convert ::FromBase64String $node.OpenVPN ConfigData Base64 | | | $ovpnConfig = System.Text.Encoding ::UTF8.GetString $ovpnBytes | | | | | | if $ovpnConfig -notmatch "route-nopull" { | | | $ovpnConfig += " nroute-nopull n" | | | } | | | Set-Content -Path $ovpnPath -Value $ovpnConfig -Encoding UTF8 | | | | | | Write-Host "Importing profile into OpenVPN Connect V3..." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan | | | try { | | | Start-Process -FilePath $openVpnExe -ArgumentList "--import-profile= "$ovpnPath "" -Wait -ErrorAction Stop | | | } catch { | | | Write-Warning "Failed to import profile for node $ $node.HostName . Trying next..." | | | continue | | | } | | | | | | Write-Host "Initiating VPN connection..." -ForegroundColor DarkCyan | | | Start-Process -FilePath $openVpnExe -ArgumentList "--connect= "$ovpnPath "" -WindowStyle Hidden | | | | | | Write-Host "Waiting for network adapter initialization..." -ForegroundColor Gray | | | $retryCount = 0 | | | while $retryCount -lt 10 { | | | Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 | | | $tapAdapter = Get-NetAdapter \| Where-Object { $ .InterfaceDescription -match "OpenVPN\|TAP\|TUN" -and $ .Status -eq "Up" } \| Select-Object -First 1 | | | | | | if $tapAdapter { | | | $interfaceIndex = $tapAdapter.ifIndex | | | $tunnelEstablished = $true | | | break | | | } | | | $retryCount++ | | | } | | | | | | if $tunnelEstablished { | | | Write-Host "OpenVPN connection established on Interface Index: $interfaceIndex" -ForegroundColor Green | | | break | | | } else { | | | Write-Warning "Connection timed out for node $ $node.HostName . Attempting next node..." | | | } | | | } | | | | | | if -not $tunnelEstablished { | | | Write-Error "Failed to establish OpenVPN connection with any US node." | | | exit 1 | | | } | | | | | | --- 5. Domain IP Resolution and Static Routing --- | | | Write-Host "Resolving target domains and configuring static split routes..." -ForegroundColor Cyan | | | Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 | | | | | | if $interfaceIndex { | | | foreach $domain in $targetDomains { | | | try { | | | $ips = System.Net.Dns ::GetHostAddresses $domain | | | foreach $ip in $ips { | | | if $ip.AddressFamily -eq System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily ::InterNetwork { | | | route add $ip.IPAddress mask 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0 IF $interfaceIndex /METRIC 5 2 &1 \| Out-Null | | | Write-Host "Routed $domain $ $ip.IPAddress via OpenVPN adapter." -ForegroundColor DarkGreen | | | } | | | } | | | } catch { | | | Write-Warning "Could not resolve domain: $domain" | | | } | | | } | | | } else { | | | Write-Warning "OpenVPN network adapter index missing. Traffic routing bypassed." | | | } | | | | | | --- 6. Google Chrome Configuration and Launch --- | | | $chromePaths = @ | | | "$env:ProgramFiles\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", | | | "${env:ProgramFiles x86 }\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", | | | "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe", | | | Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\chrome.exe" -Name "" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue .' default ' | | | | | | $chromePath = $chromePaths \| Where-Object { -not string ::IsNullOrWhiteSpace $ -and Test-Path $ } \| Select-Object -First 1 | | | | | | if -not $chromePath { | | | Write-Error "Google Chrome executable not found." | | | exit 1 | | | } | | | | | | $featuresList = @ | | | "Glic","GlicSidePanel","GlicActor","GlicUnifiedFreScreen","GlicEntrypointVariations", | | | "GlicActorAutofill","GlicActorCursor","GlicActorScriptTools","GlicCaptureRegion", | | | "GlicDefaultToLastActiveConversation","GlicExperimentalTriggering","GlicPdfSummarize", | | | "GlicSelectionPrompt","GlicTabGroups","GlicZeroStateSuggestions","SyncAiThreads", | | | "SyncGeminiThreads","ContextualTasksSidePanel","PromptAPI","PromptAPIMultimodalInput", | | | "SummarizerAPI","WriterAPI","RewriterAPI","ProofreaderAPI" | | | -join "," | | | | | | $arguments = @ | | | "--variations-override-country=us", | | | "--lang=en-US", | | | "--enable-features=$featuresList", | | | "--disable-session-crashed-bubble" | | | | | | | | | Get-Process -Name "chrome" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue \| Stop-Process -Force | | | Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 | | | | | | Write-Host "Launching Google Chrome with domain-specific split-routing..." -ForegroundColor Green | | | Start-Process -FilePath $chromePath -ArgumentList $arguments | | | Write-Host "Setup Complete " -ForegroundColor Green | | | | | | --- 7. Final prompt to keep the window open --- | | | Write-Host "" | | | Write-Host "=====================================================" -ForegroundColor Cyan | | | Write-Host "Operations completed. Check the log above if there are any warnings." -ForegroundColor Yellow | | | Read-Host "Press ENTER to close this window" |