Scheduling powershell.exe

Scheduling ...

Powershell.exe -PSConsoleFile q.psc1 -NonInteractive -NoProfile -command ....

brings up the interactive window.

I dont want the interactive window in the desktop.
I tried
set-executionpolicy unrestrictd
but that does not seem to make any difference .

I am wondering if any one has hit an issue like this one. I am really stuck
here .
Any information will greatly helpful ....

powershell.exe -?

reveals the following parameter

-Noninteractive
Does not present an interactive prompt to the user.

haven't played with it myself yet, but enjoy

Karl

Unfortunately, -NonInteractive does not seem to mean "don't show the window
at all".

Andrew Webb

Even this doesn't manage to *not* show the window...

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;

namespace WindowsApplication21
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Thread thread = new Thread (new ThreadStart (Start));
thread.IsBackground = true;
thread.Start ();
}

public void Start ()
{
try
{
Process process = new Process ();
process.StartInfo.FileName = "powershell.exe";
process.StartInfo.Arguments = "-Noninteractive -NoLogo -command \"cd
'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Andrew Webb\\Desktop'; ./test.ps1\"";
process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
process.Start ();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine (ex.Message);
}
}
}
}

Consider writing a program with no window that hosts a PowerShell runspace;
execute your commands/script in that runspace. Lee Holmes has an example of
how to do this on his PowerShell blog:

http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/MSHLog...tionality.aspx

This will *definitely* not show any window.

Andrew Webb

I got it! Finally!

The following C# code shows how:-

Process process = new Process ();
process.StartInfo.FileName = "powershell.exe";
process.StartInfo.Arguments = "-Noninteractive -NoLogo -command \"cd
'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Andrew Webb\\Desktop'; ./test.ps1\"";
process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
process.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
process.Start ();


Andrew Webb

For the ultimate solution, see my new post: "PSScriptRunner - run a PS script
with no window flashing on screen".

Andrew Webb

Andrew...
I ll check your solution yet ... I think it should do it ...
BTW ..Is there any other way to do accomplish this ...
I ave developed a couple of cmdlets and it will be scheduled using NT
scheduler ..thanks





"Andrew Webb" wrote:

> For the ultimate solution, see my new post: "PSScriptRunner - run a PS script
> with no window flashing on screen".
>
> Andrew Webb

> BTW ..Is there any other way to do accomplish this ...

In your scheduled task, you are launching an executable (PowerShell.exe) -
but as you've seen, this brings up a window that is on screen for as long as
the script takes to execute. And as you've also seen, no command-line switch
makes the window be hidden.

With my solution:-
http://www.databatcher.com/freestuff/PSScriptRunner.zip
you are also running an executable, but my exe a) creates no window for
itself and b) forks PowerShell such that its window is hidden. Very basic
stuff. Of course the command line arguments that you pass to my exe are
passed along to PowerShell.

So... is there another way to accomplish the same thing? Not that I've
found. And even if there is, I think my way is the simplest. If you're a
programmer you're free to take my technique and build it into a program of
your own making of course.

Andrew