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Get-StartApps : The term 'Get-StartApps' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script
I have a command such as
(Get-StartApps | Where-Object name -eq 'Notepad').AppId
or just simply
Get-StartApps
which works just fine via PowerShell ISE.
I, on the other h...
The only suggestion I have now is replacing your "powershell.exe" statement with a full path alternative of:
C:\Windows\SysNative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exeCheers,
Lain
No one?
Get-StartApps is part of the StartLayout module; you could try to import-module StartLayout first.?
Something like this: (Added -noprofile for possible faster loading)
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run "powershell -executionpolicy RemoteSigned -noprofile -command ""Import-Module StartLayout ; Get-StartApps | Where-Object name -eq 'Notepad';Start-Sleep -Seconds 8;""", 1, True
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- Adding the Import now generates the following error
Import-Module : The specified module 'StartLayout' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module
directory.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module StartLayout;$ToastHeader = New-BTHeader -Title 'Plannin ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (StartLayout:String) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
Get-StartApps : The term 'Get-StartApps' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:225
+ ... \Databases\icons\agenda-153555_640.png' -AppId (Get-StartApps | Where ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-StartApps:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException- Try this?
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run "powershell -executionpolicy RemoteSigned -noprofile -command ""Install-Module StartLayout; Install-Module StartLayout ; Get-StartApps | Where-Object name -eq 'Notepad';Start-Sleep -Seconds 8;""", 1, True- but then that requires Admin rights, so that's a no go.
Really odd, that it works fine in the ISE, but not run from cmd...
