PowerShell script ONLY runs from within PowerShell, not as an argument to powershell.exe

Question

Quite simply:

> powershell.exe -command "& '\\RemoteServer\c$\My Script.ps1'"

does not work at all. My Script.ps1 opens in Notepad, nothing more. Meanwhile,

> powershell
PS > &"\\RemoteServer\c$\My Script.ps1"

works just fine (the script executes).

I did have to use the caspol tool, since my script relies on a binary module, but I don't see how that could be the issue.

Any thoughts as to the cause of this issue?

Thanks!

Michael Fredrickson · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-31 15:54:00Z

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Try...

powershell.exe . '\\RemoteServer\c$\My Script.ps1'

answered Mar 31, 2011 at 15:54

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nimizen · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-31 16:09:43Z

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Try...

powershell.exe -nologo -command "&{\\RemoteServer\c$\My Script.ps1}"

answered Mar 31, 2011 at 15:56

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JPBlanc · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-31 18:55:24Z

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Perhaps your problem is the white space in your script name, here is a solution if you want to call from cmd.exe :

C:\>powershell.exe -nologo -command "&{$a=\"\\RemoteServer\c$\My Script.ps1\";& $a}"

\" prevent cmd.exe from interpreting " character

If you want to execute it into a powershell.exe command prompt :

PS C:\>powershell.exe -nologo -command "&{`$a='\\WM2008R2ENT\c$\temp\Aff le loup.ps1';& `$a}"

$ prevent powershell.exe from interpreting$` character

Hope it helps

JP

answered Mar 31, 2011 at 18:49

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