Powershell run program wait for completion

Some programs can't process output stream very well, using pipe to Out-Null may not block it. And Start-Process needs the -ArgumentList switch to pass arguments, not so convenient. There is also another approach. Including the option -NoNewWindow gives me an error: Start-Process : This command cannot be executed due to the error: Access is denied.

There's always cmd. It may be less annoying if you have trouble quoting arguments to start-process:. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. How to tell PowerShell to wait for each command to end before starting the next? Ask Question. Asked 12 years, 2 months ago.

Active 5 months ago. Viewed k times. CJBS 14k 5 5 gold badges 81 81 silver badges bronze badges. John Mee John Mee Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. The first trick is to pipeline to Out-Null like so: Notepad. Cristian Ciupitu Keith Hill Keith Hill k 37 37 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. My bad. Start-Process -Wait works great, but now I see it this is not what I was looking for I'm actually seeking to wait until the vm to finishes booting.

I imagine that's going to be tough. I suppose I'll have to find a new thread for that. Thanks but. Click Sign In to add the tip, solution, correction or comment that will help other users. Report inappropriate content using these instructions. PowerShell: Running Executables. How do you know which one to use for the job? Here is an outline of the methods with examples and general use. Table of Contents. Runs a ping, no. A test app that is run from the local folder but must be prefixed with the.

Runs Get-Process. This will return the directory listing as a string but returns much faster than a GCI. Michael Goldshteyn Michael Goldshteyn Works fine - and have you got any solution for finding application? I don't know of any quick hack for this, but if I find one, I'll add it. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Making Agile work for data science.

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