PowerShell Scripting - The Basics

f14tomcat · 14 Sep 2020

I will not let my simple request turn into a senseless argument. I am done. Do as you please.

Kari · 14 Sep 2020

Matthew Wai said:

Call PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -file "D:\Folder_name\File_name.ps1"

f14tomcat said:

To all members, no one in particular..... please refrain from posting in all bold bright colors, like all bold red. It is not as easy to read, particularly if more than one sentence. Also, may not render well or at all in certain TF themes. I believe John has mentioned this in the past. Thanks.

Matthew Wai said:

I used red and boldface because it was a line of commands. I always do so when posting commands.

I fully agree with @Dick. Nothing personal, Matthew, in my books you are a good geek, an asset to our forums. Just expressing my sincere, personal opinion.

Using various colours and fonts is something I do not understand. In my opinion, the best option is just use bold font in [C] or [CODE] tags.

C tags:

Call PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -file "D:\Folder_name\File_name.ps1"

CODE tags:

Code:

Call PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -file "D:\Folder_name\File_name.ps1"

In fact, I have a rule which I have followed all my years here on these forums: I will absolutely not reply to any OPs, who post their request for help in any other font and colour than the forum default. I hate to read these posts, and want nothing to do with an OP who feels that he / she needs some cosmetics to make the post understood.

Kari

jbooze · 16 Sep 2020

Thank you, that worked great. Do you know of a tutorial I can go to to learn how I could make this short little program, for example, run for a user by just clicking an icon?

Matthew Wai · 16 Sep 2020

Create a shortcut with the following target:

RunAs /user:jbooze "CMD /C PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -file D:\ABC.ps1"

Change the username, file path, and shortcut icon accordingly.

jbooze · 18 Sep 2020

This is what I entered in the shortcut target box:

RunAs.exe /user:John B "CMD /C PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -file C:\Scripts\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1"

When I select Apply it adds this to the shortcut target box and does not work:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\

I tried to add an image, that feature won't work for me. Is it supposed to accept a maximum of 5 per reply?
Thank you.

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Matthew Wai · 18 Sep 2020

jbooze said:

RunAs.exe /user:John B "CMD /C PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -file C:\Scripts\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1"

Your username John B contains a space, possibly the culprit. Try putting quotation marks around it.

Code:

RunAs.exe /user:"John B" "CMD /C PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -file C:\Scripts\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1"

jbooze · 19 Sep 2020

I entered: Powershell.exe -noexit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\Scripts\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1 as the target. It then added C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\ in front of this to make: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noexit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\Scripts\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1
Then when I double-clicked it it opened PS and ran the program. Thanks for your help.

Matthew Wai · 19 Sep 2020

You are most welcome.

ICIT2LOL · 03 Jul 2023

Ok Kari I am not savvy enough to follow through with any work using the PowerShell command as I am not intelligent to use scripting or coding languages but a good tutorial for those who do

PowerShell Scripting - The Basics

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