PowerShell comand in CMD script

[SamuelJE]

Hey Guys,

So the dealio is this. I'm trying to run a powershell command in a cmd script of mine.

My power shell knowledge is very limited, so I understand this may just be a simple fix to some you

This is what I am attempting to run:

powershell -command Import-StartLayout –LayoutPath C:\Windows\Temp\Startmenudef.xml -MountPath $env:SystemDrive

The error I get back is attached...

I have googled and tried all sorts of different quotation marks and parameter definers, but I can't seem to get it to work. The command itself runs fine in admin mode powershell, I will also attach a screenshot of this... 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

- Samuel

[kasugatei]

On 6/20/2017 at 9:35 AM, SamuelJE said:

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can you please post the contents of the Startmenudef.xml file so I can try to reproduce your issue. Also in the meantime try to put C:\Windows\Temp\Startmenudef.xml in quotations like this:

 

powershell -command Import-StartLayout –LayoutPath "C:\Windows\Temp\Startmenudef.xml" -MountPath $env:SystemDrive

 

And the final question is, are you running this command as admin? If not try doing that.

[SamuelJE]

Thanks!

Yep I'll attach the file. I have tried quotation marks but to no avail, and the script requires admin rights to run, so it is always started in admin (it actually requests it).

What I since have found to work how ever is this

powershell -command "& {Import-StartLayout -layoutpath C:\Windows\Temp\Startmenudef.xml -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\}"

But it comes back with a slightly less strange error and still doesn't produce the results I'd like.

 

Thanks again.

Regards,

 Samuel

LayoutDef.xml