Create a cmd prompt for a URL then set that URL as $URL in a powershell script

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Using a series of scripts to build a signage PC that opens Chrome and displays a specific URL. I have been manually setting the URL withing the powershell script that opens Chrome and displays the page. Since a batch is used to do some setting up of the unit, I'd like to set the $URL variable in the PS1 via a prompt during the setup bat.

I have tried a few things from other threads with no luck. I have little experience with batch or powershell. Not a task I was given but figured it may be nice to improve what I have been given as the current standard procedure.

Thanks in advance.

stackoverflow.com/questions/23156707/… would that be what you are looking for? — xxVanHelsingxx
– xxVanHelsingxx, Commented Dec 15, 2023 at 20:44

Darin · Accepted Answer · 2023-12-16 15:51:56Z

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In my experience, the best way to transfer info from Batch to PowerShell is to use environment variables.

For example, if you have a PowerShell script named MyPowerShellScript.ps1, having the following content:

$URL = $Env:URL
Write-Host "[URL=$URL]"

And call it with the following batch file:

@ECHO OFF
REM As per mklement0's comment, SETLOCAL limits environment changes to batch file
SETLOCAL
SET "URL=https://stackoverflow.com/"
PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -file MyPowerShellScript.ps1

Will give this output:

[URL=https://stackoverflow.com/]

edited Dec 16, 2023 at 15:51

answered Dec 15, 2023 at 21:15

Darin

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mklement0 Over a year ago

setlocal is need for .cmd files too (just tried it), so I don't think the extension matters here. You definitely want this to be an explicit feature, otherwise you wouldn't be able to set process-level environment variables.

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