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    Hi,

    I'm trying to start PowerShell using Start-Process. Task looks simple for sure.

    Start-Process -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ArgumentList "-NoExit","-command `"& { get-date } "

    I can handle variables also,

    Start-Process -FilePath C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ArgumentList "-NoExit","-command `"& { `$date = get-date; `$date } "

    Main problem is that I would like to have "here" strings inside script block.

    $str = @"

    text

    "@

    But I was not able to find how to do this.

    Any help is appreciated.

    Krunoslav

    Tuesday, August 1, 2017 5:06 PM

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    Why?  Just use a file:

    Start-Process powershell.exe -ArgumentList '-NoExit -File .\myscript.s1'

    \_(ツ)_/

    Tuesday, August 1, 2017 5:25 PM
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    In my case file is not a option, but I got hint (thanks to Aleksandar Nikolic) to use encrypted command and it worked like charm.

    $command = @'

    anything

    '@

    $bytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($command)
    $encodedCommand = [Convert]::ToBase64String($bytes)
    $arg = "-NoExit", "-encodedCommand $encodedCommand"


    Start-Process -FilePath C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ArgumentList $arg


    Tuesday, August 1, 2017 5:56 PM
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    Remember that the command line has a length limitation.

    \_(ツ)_/

    Tuesday, August 1, 2017 5:59 PM
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    Hi,
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    Frank

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    Wednesday, September 6, 2017 7:14 AM