Commands for changing the directory, using cd, are the same in PowerShell as in cmd.
However, the problem occurred when I wanted to move to the root directory.
If I'm on disk C, just write
cd C:\
However, in cmd it was possible to use a simpler command.
cd...
But, it is only possible in cmd. It does not work in PowerShell.
cd... : The term 'cd...' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check t
he spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
Is there any alternative to this command in PowerShell, please?
Thank you
Is this what your after?
PS C:\Windows\system32> cd\
PS C:\>
Or do you want to move from 'C:\Windows\system32>' to 'D:\' which would just be >D:
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I am on a 64bit Windows 10. I installed Win64 OpenSSL v1.1.0f and added the install directory C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin to my system PATH.
Upon running it in cmd or Powershell, I get:
openssl : The term 'openssl' is not recognized as the name of a
cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling
of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is
correct and try again.
What else am I missing?
If you're running it in Powershell, check $env:path to be sure "C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin" is in there. Previous comments all reference the PATH variable in in cmd.exe, which your error message suggests you are not using.
If it is not, run the following command in Powershell:
$env:path = $env:path + ";C:\OpenSSL-Win64\bin"
May be you need to close the session and open a new powershell, whenever you make changes to env variable it does not work on current session.
I'm trying to have a few scripts that I can map to run from my keyboard for quickly changing the monitor/screen brightness. After some searching on the internet, I found this script which works when I enter it into Powershell.
$monitor=#(gwmi WmiMonitorBrightnessMethods -ns root/wmi)[0]
$monitor.WmiSetBrightness(50,0)
After I saved it as a .ps1 file and tried running it from the file, powershell tells me: The term "path of the file" is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function... and so on.
I'm not familiar with Powershell at all, can someone help with what I need to add in order for the script to run properly?
By default you can't run a PowerShell script that is in the current directory without putting .\ in front of the script name, or calling the full path of the script.
This is a security feature.
If you are in the directory that contains the script, run it by executing in a PowerShell window:
.\yourscript.ps1
Where yourscript is the name of your script.
See here for more information: https://ss64.com/ps/syntax-run.html
You may also see this error if your script has spaces in its name. If that is the case, enclose the path in quotes:
.\'your script.ps1'
Im struggling with a PowerShell challenge, the setup is as follows:
In the C:\update folder I have ReInstall.ps1 powershell script, that will try to run a script in a folder on another drive:
q:\test\install.ps1
In the q:\test folder, I have a Powershell file callled Install.ps1 that tries to include another ps file called InstallFunctions.ps1
. .\installfunctions.ps1
The two Install ps files works nicely when executed from the q:\test\folder.
But if I try to run the ReInstall.ps1 script from the c:\Update folder, it nicely starts the q:\install.ps1, but then fails because it can't find the Installfunctions.ps1.
It tries to find the InstallFunctions.ps1 in the c:\update folder, instead of the q:\test folder.
The term '.\installfunctions.ps1' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, >function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path >is correct and try again.
Since the Install ps files are inside a ISO file, and must work in any scenario, I can't change them. So I have to figure out a way to make the Install.ps1 believe it runs from q:\test folder.
You have to retrieve the script folder like this (PS 2.0):
$scriptPath = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
. "$scriptPath\installfunctions.ps1"
#or . (Join-Path $scriptPath "installfunctions.ps1")
In PS 3.0 $PSScriptRoot holds the info you need:
. "$PSScriptRoot\installfunctions.ps1"
#or . (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "installfunctions.ps1")
We are trying to run a Poweshell Script that uses the OnTap PS Modules, from SSIS, when we do, an error is issued:
Error: The term 'Connect-NaController' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
But when we run the same script from the Powershell Command Line, then the script runs just fine. So I think the scripts are fine.
So I'm wondering if the security context is different or we have to do something more explicitly in our call from SSIS?
When we call the script from SSIS we use: -ExecutionPolicy ByPass
Thanks!
In SSIS i had to set the FULL PATH of the script instead of ./scriptfile
PowerShell runs programs such as IpConfig and WhoAmI just as cmd would. However, I am stumped trying to run MpCmdRun.exe
Clear-Host
Set-Location "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender"
Get-ChildItem
mpcmdrun.exe
Result
Error:
mpcmdrun.exe : The term 'mpcmdrun.exe' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program.
You are doing mpcmdrun.exe. You have to do .\mpcmdrun.exe as the current folder . is not in PATH in Powershell unlike in cmd.
PS:
I wonder if you read the entire message that Powershell would have spit out when you did as you said:
Suggestion [3,General]: The command MpCmdRun.exe was not found, but
does exist in the current location. Windows PowerShell does not load
commands from the current location by default. If you trust this
command, instead type ".\MpCmdRun.exe". See "get-help
about_Command_Precedence" for more details.
PPS:
The other commands ran because they were in PATH.