Windows 10: Pass command from a PS script to a new PS Window

Just looking for some advice on how to run a command in a new Powershell Window from within an existing Powershell script. Currently I have the following code that clears out any log files older than 21 days and then uses Robocopy to copy any new files from the Q:\ drive to the W:\ drive and while I have no doubt that it could be far more elegant than it currently is it does work: Code: Clear $CurrentDateTime = Get-Date -Format "HH-mm-ss dd-MM-yyyy" # Clean up logs files older than 21 days! Write-Host "Deleting logs files older than 21 days" forfiles /p Q:\logs\ /s /m *.txt /D -21 /C "cmd /c del /q @Path" Write-Host "`n" Write-Host "Done!" Write-Host "`n" Write-Host "Pausing for 5 seconds!" ; Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 # Sync files! cd q:\ Write-Host "`n" Write-Host "Sync files on Q:\ drive" robocopy q:\ W:\ /log:"q:\logs\$CurrentDateTime-robocopy_IMG_backup.txt" /np /s /mir /copyAT /xd '$RECYCLE.BIN' Write-Host "Files copied!" ; Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 While that is running I know that if I manually open a second Powershell window and run the following command I can see the progress as the files are copied across: Code: Get-Content q:\logs\$CurrentDateTime-robocopy_IMG_backup.txt -Tail 5 -wait However what I can't figure out how to do is to add that code to the existing script so I don't need to manually open a second window and run it. From what I have tried so far based on Google searches etc. I think that it will involve the Start-Process and -ArgumentList commands but I am struggling to work out the syntax (assuming of course that I am even on the right track here). Any pointers would be appreciated.

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Using these PS commands in CMD


Hi there,
thank you for this wonderfull tuto
I have a specific demand, because I want to do things in my own way *chuckle

Opening PS without Restricted policy --> Done
Typing Get-AppxPackage *name* | Remove-AppxPackage --> Done. And it works !
Creating a uninstall-apps.ps1 script with many lines and executing it in PS with C:\Users\Govi\uninstall-apps.ps1 --> Done. And it works ! *Biggrin

Now, I would like to execute my uninstall-apps.ps1 script from cmd or from a .bat script (back to old black cmd windows <3)... But it doesn't work...
I tried :
powershell.exe C:\Users\Govi\uninstall-apps.ps1
powershell.exe -noexit C:\Users\Govi\uninstall-apps.ps1
powershell.exe -noexit "& 'C:\Users\Govi\uninstall-apps.ps1'"
powershell.exe -noexit -file "C:\Users\Govi\uninstall-apps.ps1"
and many others...
none of theese line work. *Sad
With other commands in the .ps1 script, such as Write-Host Hello world!, it works... But not the command I want.

Eventually, is there a way to execute this batch PS script from cmd or a .bat script ? *sarc

Thank you very much !

EDIT : I continued trying and it worked from a .bat script ! I don't know why it doesn't work from the cmd directly, but the .bat script with powershell C:\Users\Govi\uninstall-apps.ps1 works perfectly.

 

Running Optimize literally does nothing; in PS it yields an error

After doing a clean install of Windows 10 20H2 (OS Build 19042.906) and fully updating it, and updating all of the Dell drivers from Dell.com, I tried the following Optimize and Defrag options from How to Optimize and Defragment Drives in Windows 10 (tenforums.com/tutorials/8933-optimize-defrag-drives-windows-10-a.html):

• OPTION ONE: To Optimize Drives in Optimize Drives Tool: Steps 2, 3, and 4,
• OPTION TWO: To Optimize Drives in Command Prompt: Step 2, and
• OPTION THREE: To Optimize Drives in PowerShell: Step 3

The four steps attempted from Options 1 and 2 resulted in no notice action; i.e., it appeared as though nothing happened after executing the commands.

When I ran Step 3 of Option 3, I received the following error message.

What does this mean and now what do I do?

Thanks!

 

Can't Completely delete USB printer through PS or command line

Thanks for the info. But I need to be able to do it from a script either in PS or vbs.

I've tried removing the printer driver from PS and vbs but still the printer icon is in the GUI.