To open a typical URL like http://www.google.com from PowerShell, we can use something like:
start http://www.google.com
However, to automate imacros, sometimes I need open URLs like imacros://run/?m=my_saved_macro.iim. You can go to here if you want the details.
When I try the PowerShell code start imacros://run/?m=my_saved_macro.iim, I got the following error:
start : This command cannot be run due to the error: Unknown error (0x80041002).
At c:\temp\test.ps1:51 char:5
+ start "imacros://run/?m=$macro_file_name";
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand
I want to know how to open this kind of URL in the default browser from PowerShell.
Thanks.
You should be able to use the Start-Process cmdlet like so:
Start-Process $URI
If you need even more control, you can go into the .NET API for Process and use one of the modifications of this:
[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($URI)
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In my test script by powershell, I'd start an Edge browser and get it's main process's ID. Simply like this:
$edge = Start-Process microsoft-edge: www.ted.com -PassThru
but instead of able to get the process id from $edge.Id, I've got error message like this:
Start-Process : This command cannot be run completely because the system cannot find all the information required.
At line:1 char:7
+ $edge=Start-Process microsoft-edge: www.ted.com -PassThru
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand
Is there any simple and straightforward way to really doing this without enumerate and check the process list?
Thanks!
I try to test your script and I am getting a similar error as yours.
Based on my search result, passthru is not one of the common parameters, and it does not exist everywhere.
Reference:
Use the PowerShell Passthru Parameter and Get Back Objects
I think it is not available for the MS Edge browser and that's why the script gives an error.
I try to search for an alternative command for PassThru but I did not get any helpful information about it.
In this situation, it is better to enumerate and check the process list
I created a PowerShell automation script and I gave it to my friend when he run it, it said
Method invocation failed because [mshtml.HTMLBodyClass] does not contain a method
named 'getElementsByClassName'.
At C:\Users\עמית\Documents\asaf.ps1:22 char:3
+ $a=$docs.body.getElementsByClassName("FadeOut-Scroll")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
why is that happened?
We both have IE11, .net 4.5, Visual studio, but I have that function and he not.
And it looks like here in his computer the IE console have the function:
but PowerShell does not:
How to update PowerShell?
Found after alot of time:
the missing want microsoft core xml
I'm working on an Azure Automation script where I need to retrieve an access token to call the AAD Graph API. I wanted to use ADAL to do this so I zipped up Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.dll and uploaded it as a module. When I run from the test blade, it sometimes works, and sometimes fails with this error:
New-Object : Cannot find type [Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.ClientCredential]: verify that the
assembly containing this type is loaded.
At line:22 char:9
+ $cred = New-Object Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.ClientCredent ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidType: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand
When it fails I just run it again and it works. Now I've published and scheduled this runbook as a daily job 3 days ago. So far it has failed every day with this same error.
Has any one else seen this? Any suggestions on next steps?
I fixed this by adding the following line to my script:
Add-Type -Path "C:\Modules\User\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory.dll"
Still not sure why it was working intermittently before. I guess depending on what else was going on ADAL may or may not have been loaded?
I am currently using the following sequence of commands in a Windows 7 PowerShell window.
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\AWS SDK for .NET\bin\Net35\AWSSDK.dll"
$secretKeyID="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS"
$secretAccessKeyID="LONGKEYBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLABLAH"
$AWSclient=[Amazon.AWSClientFactory]::CreateAmazonS3Client($secretKeyID,$secretAccessKeyID)
However, I get this exception below. Please let me know what Im doing wrong. This is what I see most people using successfully.
Exception calling "CreateAmazonS3Client" with "2" argument(s): "No RegionEndpoint or ServiceURL configured"
At line:1 char:1
+ $oAWSclient=[Amazon.AWSClientFactory]::CreateAmazonS3Client($secretKeyID,$secret ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmazonClientException
One thing that I think is a problem is that my bucket is not checked for 'enable website hosting'. Does this need to be set to true? I just want to upload a file to the bucked via powershell script.
Duh... I realized that I need to use the AWS Powershell because it has all the settings built into it. Im not exactly sure how to properly refer to this version of powershell, but it is available after installing the AWS SDK.
Since the error specifically states that you're missing the RegionEndpoint or ServiceURL, you could also just include one of them. Since you're connecting to S3, all you need is to include the RegionEndpoint.
Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\AWS SDK for .NET\bin\Net35\AWSSDK.dll"
$secretKeyID="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS"
$secretAccessKeyID="LONGKEYBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLABLAH"
$client = [Amazon.AWSClientFactory]::CreateAmazonS3Client($secretKeyID, $secretAccessKeyID, [Amazon.RegionEndpoint]::USEast1)
(Replace USEast1 with the value configured with your S3 Bucket)
I'm trying to automate the process of opening a solution from source control.
I have VS12 open, but no solution or project open. Is it possible to change directories and then open a solution from the Package Manager Console?
(This is kind of beside the point, but in case there is a better way overall to do this) I'm trying to script this so that a powershell module installed via nuget could be run:
PM> Get-MyProject 'SomeName'
The module would then from pwd get the latest source cd into it and open the solution. My module can already get the source, but I'm not able to figure out how to open the solution in powershell. It seems like $dte should be able to do it, but I tried:
PM> $dte.Solution.Open('NugetTest.sln')
I get back the error
Exception calling "Open" with "1" argument(s): " could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80030002 (STG_E_FILENOTFOUND))"
At line:1 char:1
+ $dte.Solution.Open('NugetTest.sln')
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : COMException
The default directory for the package manager console (unless you have defined a profile where you change it) is %userprofile%. Probably not the place where your solution sits. If you write a powershell script and place it in your solution directory, then execute it from the Power Shell Console, you can get the path of your solution doing this:
$path = Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
You can create a solution like this:
$solution = $dte.Solution
$solution.Create("C:\Temp", "MySolution.sln")
The first argument indicates the directory where you want to create the solution, the second one is the name of the solution itself.
To open an existing solution:
$solution = $dte.Solution
$solution.Open("<path to your solution>")
If it doesn't work, your path is probably incorrect.