[RESOLVED] VB.net execute powershell script

[luckydead]

Hello can someone help me how i can make from my .net winform to execute the powershell script as admin

here is what i try, but also when open the window of powershell to display results what the code does.

Dim FileNamePath As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath & "\Script.ps1"
    Dim processStartInfo As New ProcessStartInfo("powershell.exe") With {
        .Arguments = "-NoProfile -noexit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File " & FileNamePath,
        .UseShellExecute = False,
        .CreateNoWindow = False,
        .RedirectStandardError = True,
        .RedirectStandardOutput = True,
        .Verb = "runas",
        .WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
    }

    Using p As New Process()
        p.StartInfo = processStartInfo
        p.Start()
        p.WaitForExit()
    End Using

[Peter Swinkels]

Could you rephrase your question? Also, use Path.Combine to append a filename to a path. Also, if you must concatenate strings, you should use string interpolation.

[luckydead]

yeah i will clear more my question.
So basically i have a file at some folder.
So i need to execute the PowerShell to read that file and do his things what is inside the file .ps1.
But i want to show in PowerShell window (Visible - Normal) and to display the results that are doing from the code.
To run the PowerShell as administrator privilege's.
As i read topics i understand that arguments should have "-NoProfile -noexit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass" to not have issue with running the command. (but the script will be run on administrator account on windows server 2019, so maybe i will not need them?? )
that's it.

even if i try directly to put path only in powershell start give me errors like:
Install-WindowsFeature : The term 'Install-WindowsFeature' is not recognized as the name of a
cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.

[luckydead]

found a small solution to my issue:

Dim combined As String = Path.Combine(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath, Path.GetFileName("\Script.ps1"))
        Dim powerShellPath = "C:\Windows\SysNative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
        Process.Start(powerShellPath, "-noexit -file " & "" & combined & "" & " -Verb RunAs""")

[Peter Swinkels]

You should try to avoid hardcoding the path for Windows. While it will usually be "C:\Windows", that doesn't have to be case. To be sure you use the correct path use https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/do...e?view=net-7.0 to retrieve the "windir" environment variable.

Also:
"Dim powerShellPath" should be "Dim powerShellPath As String". Unless you really need it, I would turn "Option Infer" off.
-"Process.Start(powerShellPath, $"-noexit -file ""{combined}"" -Verb RunAs""")" - See the difference? That's string interpolation.

[luckydead]

great hint advice for the start