getuta.blogg.se - Powershell run batch file

They are written using a different syntax than PowerShell and works on the Windows Operating system. Start-Process "cmd.exe " "/c Batch File Path" How does the batch file work in PowerShell?īatch files are the series of commands that we write in the command prompt or cmd.exe individually. To call the batch file from the PowerShell script, Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -command "PowerShell file path" To call the PowerShell script from the Batch file we can use the below syntax in the Batch file. Run the Batch file from Uipath by using Start process activity.Hadoop, Data Science, Statistics & others Alternativley, you can try to pass the Powershell script file name as a parameter to batch file. Note: Use same name for batch file and powershell file as per bat file logic. You can add or remove the parameters as per need.) (The batch file supports up to 9 parameters.

The arguments names ‘StopService’ and ‘GetServiceStatus’ should match to the ones used in Powershell script. %1 and %2 are input arguments to batch file and this will be passed as parameters to Powershell script. Save the powershell script as PSScript.ps1 The first one will be stopped and second one’s status will be saved to text file. StopService and GetServiceStatus are the input parameters to this script. The user will then create a powershell script and pass the two service names as parameters.

Get the info about a windows service and save it to text file (This does not require to run as administrator, but added for parameters example).

Start a windows service (Requires to be run as Administrator).

Let’s consider an example where user needs to work on two different windows services. The solution below uses a batch file to run powershell with administrator privileges. However, some scripts need to be run as Administrator and so it gets difficult to run the script via Uipath.

I had created an article earlier for running powershell script from Uipath.