i would like to copy the license folder and overwrite the existing folder, since it is program file (x86), i have to run the elevated powershell, i am able to copy it when i launch it manually, just wonder is it possible to get all run at one line (all at once) ? really appreicated
$net = new-object -ComObject WScript.Network
$net.MapNetworkDrive("R:", "\\roa\smdd\Software\Mest", $false)
Start-process Powershell.exe -ArgumentList " Copy-Item "R:\Licenses\" "C:\Program Files `(x86`)\Mest Research S.L\Mest\licenses"" -force -recurse -wait
You don't need to map a drive or invoke powershell.exe. The code is PowerShell, so you don't need to spin up a new copy of PowerShell to run the Copy-Item cmdlet to copy files. You only need one PowerShell command:
Copy-Item "\\roa\smdd\Software\Mest\Licenses\*" "${Env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Mest Research S.L\Mest\licenses" -Force -Recurse
Note that you will likely need to open PowerShell as administrator (elevated) to be able to copy items into that directory.
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I have to find and then execute a .exe file from a script deployed by our asset management software. Currently it looks like this:
Set-Location $PSScriptRoot
$proc = (Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Program Files (x86)\software\software name\Uninstall.exe" -ArgumentList "/S /qn" -Wait -PassThru)
$proc.WaitForExit()
$ExitCode = $proc.ExitCode
Exit($ExitCode)
As far as I understand the location for the location for the file is set and some users do not have it there hence why it fails.
So I understand that you can search for a program with
Get-ChildItem C:\Program Files (x86)\software\
And execute with Start-process -Filepath
But do I simply combine that with a | or is there an easier way/will it even work.
As commenter suggested, you can use Test-Path to test if a path exists:
$uninstallPath = Join-Path ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} 'software\software name\Uninstall.exe'
if( Test-Path $uninstallPath ) {
$proc = Start-Process -FilePath $uninstallPath -ArgumentList '/S /qn' -Wait -PassThru
$proc.WaitForExit()
$ExitCode = $proc.ExitCode
Exit $ExitCode
}
I've also made the code more robust by avoiding the hardcoded "Program Files (x86)" directory, using an environment variable. Because of the parentheses in the name of the env var, it must be enclosed in curly braces.
For added robustness, you may read the path of the uninstall program from the registry, as detailed by this Q&A. If you are lucky, the program even stores a QuietUninstallString in the registry, which gives you the full command line for silent uninstall.
Every time I run a script, I need to remove the curl alias from PowerShell in order to use the actual curl which is installed on my machine.
From PowerShell, I can remove the alias perfectly fine by using: Remove-Item alias:curl
But for some reason, when I put this code into a ps1 script and run that script, the alias is not removed.
Does anyone know why this is the case?
You can also update your profile to remove the alias each time PowerShell starts; $profile is an automatic variable that stores the paths to the PowerShell profiles that are available in the current session.
if (!(Test-Path -Path $profile)) {
New-Item -Path $profile -Force
}
Add-Content -Path $profile -Value "Remove-Item alias:curl"
. $profile
I have a script that we use that is in Powershell however I need the script to be able to find the files that it needs to install an application dynamically as users can copy the folder to any folder on their computer. Currently I have the below code set, I guess my question is, if the script is in the same folder as the install files. How do I tell powershell to just look in the directory that its being ran from for the install files?
$Install = "C:\Other Folder\File.msi"
$InstallArg = "/quite /norestart"
Start-Process '
-FilePath $Install '
-ArgumentList $InstallArg '
-PassThru | Wait-Process
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Update, I found that I have to be in the directory the script is in. However since we have to run ISE with admin credentials it automatically defaults to C:\Windows\System32 as the directory powershell is looking in regardless if I tell it to open the script. If that is the case how can I tell it to look where the script is located so that it can find the files that it needs?
I have found my answer below is how I got it to work with our current situation. Thank you Thomas for the help!
$ScriptLocation = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users -Filter Untitled2.ps1 -Recurse | Select Directory
cd $ScriptLocation.Directory
$Install = ".\Install.msi"
$InstallArg = "/quite /norestart"
Start-Process '
-FilePath $Install '
-ArgumentList $InstallArg '
-PassThru | Wait-Process
Define a relative path:
$Install = ".\File.msi"
If you are not running the script inside the directory, where the script itself and the executable are stored, you will have to determine the absolute path to it. With PowerShell 3+ you can easily determine the directory, where your script is stored, using the $PSScriptRoot variable. You could define your $Install variable like this:
$Install = Join-Path -Path $PSScriptRoot -ChildPath "File.msi"
Thank you so much for your help everyone! I accidentally stumbled upon the perfect solution.
# Set active path to script-location:
$path = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
if (!$path) {
$path = $psISE.CurrentFile.Fullpath
}
if ($path) {
$path = Split-Path $path -Parent
}
Set-Location $path
I've got 4,000 shares to go through with the readinessreportcreator, which works when I run it locally, however I put together a command with a foreach loop to read a csv of all the DFS shares, however I need to go deeper into the folder structure, normally I would use the -recurse switch, but that doesn't seem to be working.
The site I got the command from
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/use-the-readiness-toolkit-to-assess-application-compatibility-for-office-365-pro
The powershell I have put together is:
$shares = import-csv -path 'C:\temp\dfs.csv'
$shs = ($shares).share
foreach ($sh in $shs)
{
Start-Process -NoNewWindow -FilePath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Readiness Toolkit for Office\ReadinessReportCreator.exe" "$sh" Out-File "C:\temp"
write-host "share=" $sh
}
The command the site suggest from a command line is:
ReadinessReportCreator.exe -p c:\officefiles\ -r -output \\server01\finance
I was thinking if I could just use the foreach loop and change c:\officefiles\ with the variable of the share it would run through each folder and subfolder, but it doesn't like the -p, -r or the -output. Porbably because they're not powershell cmdlets, so -p should be -path and -r should be -recurse and -output should be out-file, but onlu out-file is recognised.
Excel file si:
share
\\vmshare\share
\\vm3share\share1
\\vm2share\share2
\\vm2share\share3
Hope this makes sense
Thanks in advance
1)Info from site above:
ReadinessReportCreator.exe -p c:\officefiles\ -r -output \\server01\finance -silent
The following is an example of a command line that you can run to scan a folder, and all its subfolders, and save the results to a network share for the Finance department. This only scans for VBA macros.
2)Can't see structure your csv file, but i have doubt about this rows of code(not sure what in $shs):
$shares = import-csv -path 'C:\temp\dfs.csv'
$shs = ($shares).share
3)When you run command Start-Process you must pass parameters via key -ArgumentList,
-Wait — Wait for the process to be finished before accepting any more inputs.
Start-Process .\DeploymentServer.UI.CommandLine.exe -ArgumentList "register --estNumber $Number --postcode `"$PostCode`" --password $Password" -Wait -NoNewWindow
4)For more about Start-Process enter in cli Get-Help Start-Process -Online
I'm a desktop support tech for my company, and we often have a good bit of repetitive troubleshooting we perform such as clearing temp files and cache from C\windows\temp, local appdata temp folder, as well as google and IE cache/cookies. I was writing a powershell script to do this all in one go, and it does what it is supposed to. The only problem is that when I am on a user's computer, I have to actually access the windows temp and local appdata folders first and then run the script for it to work. I believe this is because those two folders require admin access to get into. Since I'm an admin I can put my creds in to access the folders just fine, but I'm having trouble finding some code to insert in order to allow the powershell script to gain access to those folders. Note: I do have a command at the beginning of the script that launches powershell as admin, but that seems to not be enough. My code is below, any insight on this would be terrific. (Looks like my comment hashtags in the code turned the comments bold, apologies)
# Runs the below script with PowerShell in Admin mode
Start-Process "$psHome\powershell.exe" -verb runas -ArgumentList "-file fullpathofthescript"
# Clears google chrome cache
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\*" -verb runas -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# Clears IE cookies
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\*" -verb runas -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# Clears the "windows\temp" folder
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Windows\Temp\*" -verb runas -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# Clears the user's local temp folder
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\*" -verb runas -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
You can use the -Credential parameter to prompt for the local admin credentials which should allow you to delete in the C:\Windows\* location, assuming ACLs have not be messed with.
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Windows\Temp\*" -Credential (Get-Credential) -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Putting in the ErrorAction is stopping you from seeing the below error as well.
Remove-Item : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'runas'.