The start-process cmdlet of powershell will fail with -PassThru argument when trying to launch Edge browser

Question

In my test script by powershell, I'd start an Edge browser and get it's main process's ID. Simply like this:

$edge = Start-Process microsoft-edge: www.ted.com -PassThru

but instead of able to get the process id from $edge.Id, I've got error message like this:

Start-Process : This command cannot be run completely because the system cannot find all the information required.
At line:1 char:7
+ $edge=Start-Process microsoft-edge: www.ted.com -PassThru
+       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand

Is there any simple and straightforward way to really doing this without enumerate and check the process list?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I try to test your script and I am getting a similar error as yours.

Based on my search result, passthru is not one of the common parameters, and it does not exist everywhere.

Reference:

Use the PowerShell Passthru Parameter and Get Back Objects

I think it is not available for the MS Edge browser and that's why the script gives an error.

I try to search for an alternative command for PassThru but I did not get any helpful information about it.

In this situation, it is better to enumerate and check the process list