Every time I run an application (.exe) in PowerShell, instead of executing it as it does with scripts, the program gets run in Command Prompt.
Invoke-Item MyProgram.exe
I thought PowerShell was supposed to replace the Command Prompt but instead PowerShell opens Command Prompt which then runs the program. Is there some way I can get PowerShell to completely replace the Command Prompt?
I thought PowerShell was supposed to replace the Command Prompt
It is, so why don't you just do MyProgram.exe
Your question is pretty vague, and in short, it will depend on the program because Invoke-Item uses the Windows default file association stuff by default.
I'm betting that using & MyProgram.exe instead of Invoke-Item MyProgram.exe will work though.
Did you try Start-Process Program.exe -NoNewWindow
I got the answer from another question:
Start-Process .\MyProgram.exe -NoNewWindow -Wait
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I know it is possible to use a batch file, but due to a suggestion I switched a lot of my script over to PowerShell. The problem I ran into is that PowerShell is still missing some commands from CMD and has lower permissions when run as an Admin. Below is the current line I have been using.
powershell -Command "Start-Process 'cmd' -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList 'del /s "C:\Users\*.mp3"'"
I ran it in both 5.1 and 7.
It works with a simple command like opening the calculator or sending a ping, but I can't get the del command to work. The goal is to open a CMD window which will then delete all mp3 files. I know there are probably better ways to do this, but I more so want to know if it's possible than efficient. Thank you for your time!
This works somewhat
Start-Process cmd "/c del /S C:\Users\*.mp3"
Trying to start a new process in a separate command prompt on Windows 10, but can't find how to execute commands in opened prompt. With Powershell, I could use -Command:
Start-Process PowerShell "-Command tasklist"
But how to do that in Command Prompt window? This, obviously, doesnt work:
Start-Process cmd '-Command tasklist'
You're using the PowerShell arguments for cmd.exe. cmd /? will give you the usage, but what you want is cmd /c COMMAND [ARGUMENTS]:
Start-Process cmd "/c ping -n 4 google.com"
#Jeff Zeitlin was kind enough to provide a link to the SS64 CMD usage.
Worth mentioning, you don't need to use Start-Process when running external commands unless:
You are running a GUI application and wait to use the -Wait parameter to wait until the program exits
You want to run something in a different process asynchronously and check the result later
In this case don't forget to use -PassThru and assign the process to a variable, so you can check the result when ready
We are migrating perl script to powershell script.
In Perl the code is as shown below
$rc='D:\\EmailConnector\\run.bat> $EmailConnector_log;';
I tried as shown below but not working
StartProcess "cmd.exe" "/c D:\EmailConnector\run.bat> $EmailConnector_log"
When I tried as shown below the .bat script ran, but I want to update the log file. Could you help me on this.
StartProcess run.bat -workingdirectory "D:\EmailConnector"
The .bat file consist of jar file for email functionality. But we want to get log in log file.
Use the call operator (&), like this:
& 'D:\EmailConnector\run.bat' > $EmailConnector_log
The return value of the batch script is automatically put into the variable $LastExitCode.
Is that what you mean?
Start-Process "cmd" -ArgumentList '/c','D:\EmailConnector\run.bat' -WorkingDirectory "D:\EmailConnector"
or this one if you need another argument for logfile
Start-Process "cmd" -ArgumentList '/c','D:\EmailConnector\run.bat','EmailConnector_log' -WorkingDirectory "D:\EmailConnector"
Or, since there are no spaces in the path, you can just execute the batch file directly from PowerShell:
D:\EmailConnector\run.bat > $EmailConnector_log
This is one of the advantages of PowerShell being both a "shell" and a "scripting language". Execution of batch, cmd, vbs, exe files is straightforward - usually. Parameter passing can be an issue but these days that is easily solved with the stop parsing operator: --%.
I am writing a script to use multiple plink (PuTTY) sessions as a Windows version of clusterssh. I am stuck however because I want to open multiple Powershell windows from powershell. When I type the command for powershell, it opens a new session. This is similar to typing bash in bash. I want multiple physical windows opening.
I tried -windowstyle as well as the other args to no avail. I was wondering if there is a way you know of. I really appreciate your help. I looked and didn't find anything already here. Thanks for your time.
This will open a new window.
Either:
start-process powershell
Or:
start powershell
if you are trying to open a new window and launch a new script:
start powershell {.\scriptInNewPSWindow.ps1}
This will do it:
Invoke-Item C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
This works for me:
$argList = "-file `"$Location\script.ps1`""
Start-Process powershell -argumentlist $argList
(The backticks are necessary. This can be copied outright.) Variables can be used in the "-file" parameter (such as one set at the beginning of the script to reflect the location of the file) and spaces can appear in the variable due to the backticks.
Edited to use a two-line solution (the "$argList" variable) because PowerShell can mangle things otherwise.
To start Powershell 6 from a PS console start pwsh might do the trick.
It starts in the same folder.
(I haven't delved into it but I guess PS6's pwsh.exe has to be in the path for it to work.)
I am trying to invoke a command-line .exe tool (x264 to convert some videos) and print its output in PowerShell host.
There are a lot of parameters that need to be passed to the x264. So far I couldn't run it with the Invoke-Item cmdlet so I tried
[diagnostics.process]::start($com, $args).WaitForExit()
This works fine but it opens the old cmd window to show the output. Just out of curiosity I was wondering how can I show the output in the host.
I might be completely off, no PowerShell guru, but can't you just run the following?
$args = #("list", "of", "args", "here")
& x264.exe $args
When the cmd window opens, does it show the output? If so, maybe this can help.
Start-Process c:\x264.exe -ArgumentList $args -Wait -NoNewWindow