When I run a program on PowerShell it opens a new window and before I can see the output, the window closes. How do I make it so PowerShell keeps this window open?
PowerShell's built-in exit keyword allows you to terminate scripts without closing your PowerShell session.
Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open the Task Manager. Click the File tab on the top-left corner and select Run new task. In the next window, type Powershell and click OK to open the Command prompt.
Try doing:
start-process your.exe -NoNewWindow
Add a -Wait
too if needed.
The OP seemed satisfied with the answer, but it doesn't keep the new window open after executing the program, which is what he seemed to be asking (and the answer I was looking for). So, after some more research, I came up with:
Start-Process cmd "/c `"your.exe & pause `""
I was solving a similar problem few weeks ago. If you don't want to use & (& '.\program.exe'
) then you can use start process and read the output by start process (where you read the output explicitly).
Just put this as separate PS1 file - for example (or to macro):
param (
$name,
$params
)
$process = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$proInfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
$proInfo.CreateNoWindow = $true
$proInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
$proInfo.RedirectStandardError = $true
$proInfo.UseShellExecute = $false
$proInfo.FileName = $name
$proInfo.Arguments = $params
$process.StartInfo = $proInfo
#Register an Action for Error Output Data Received Event
Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $process -EventName ErrorDataReceived -action {
foreach ($s in $EventArgs.data) { Write-Host $s -ForegroundColor Red }
} | Out-Null
#Register an Action for Standard Output Data Received Event
Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $process -EventName OutputDataReceived -action {
foreach ($s in $EventArgs.data) { Write-Host $s -ForegroundColor Blue }
} | Out-Null
$process.Start() | Out-Null
$process.BeginOutputReadLine()
$process.BeginErrorReadLine()
$process.WaitForExit()
And then call it like:
.\startprocess.ps1 "c:\program.exe" "params"
You can also easily redirect output or implement some kind of timeout in case your application can freeze...
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