Hi @AATester

Thanks for writing and I'm happy to help you today regarding running your power shell script.

In case you want to run powershell.exe -File from the command line, you always have to set paths with spaces in double quotes ("").

Also try using the Grave Accent Character () PowerShell uses the grave accent () character as its escape character. Just add it before each space in the file name. (You’ll find this character above the Tab key and below the Esc key on your keyboard.)

WshShell.Run("powershell -file \"" + pathvar + "\*My `  Tests*\\PickupTest.ps1")  

Here is a helpful page with information about Windows PowerShell

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/powershell

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Would this do what you want?:

& "C:\Windows Services\MyService.exe"

Use &, the call operator, to invoke commands whose names or paths are stored in quoted strings and/or are referenced via variables, as in the accepted answer. Invoke-Expression is not only the wrong tool to use in this particular case, it should generally be avoided.

This worked for me:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned C:\Program Files\My` Scripts\CenterCursor

Note that you will need a ` after each word (before the space) and you don't need the outer ".

Source

this seems to work just fine for me.

$foldername = "d:\ test folder"

$folder1quoted = "$foldername\2021"
$folder2quoted = "$foldername\2022"

if (Test-Path $folder1quoted) {
    icacls $folder1quoted
    
}
 
if (Test-Path $folder2quoted) {
    icacls $folder2quoted
}

d:\ test folder\2021 BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)
                     BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
                     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)
                     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
                     NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(M)
                     NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(M)
                     BUILTIN\Users:(I)(RX)
                     BUILTIN\Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(GR,GE)

Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files
d:\ test folder\2022 BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)
                     BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
                     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)
                     NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(F)
                     NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(M)
                     NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(M)
                     BUILTIN\Users:(I)(RX)
                     BUILTIN\Users:(I)(OI)(CI)(IO)(GR,GE)

Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files

The -File parameter

If you want to run powershell.exe -File from the command line, you always have to set paths with spaces in double quotes ("). Single quotes (') are only recognized by PowerShell. But as powershell.exe is invoked (and hence the file parameter processed) by the command line, you have to use ".

powershell.exe -File "C:\Users\test\Documents\Test Space\test.ps1" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass

The -Command parameter

If you use the -Command parameter, instead of -File, the -Command content is processed by PowerShell. Hence you can - and in this case have to - use ' inside ".

powershell.exe -Command "& 'C:\Users\test\Documents\Test Space\test.ps1'" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass

The double quotes are processed by the command line, and & 'C:\Users\test\Documents\Test Space\test.ps1' is a command that is actually processed by PowerShell.

Solution 1 is obviously simpler.

Note that -Command is also the default parameter that is used, if you do not specify any.

powershell.exe "& 'C:\Users\test\Documents\Test Space\test.ps1'" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass

This would work, too.

The -EncodedCommand parameter

You can encode your command as Base64. This solves many "quoting" issues and is sometimes (but not in your case though) the only possible way.

First you have to create the encoded command

$Command = "& 'C:\Users\test\Documents\Test Space\test.ps1'"
[Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($Command))

And then you can use the the -EncodedCommand parameter like this

powershell.exe -EncodedCommand JgAgACcAQwA6AFwAVQBzAGUAcgBzAFwAdABlAHMAdABcAEQAbwBjAHUAbQBlAG4AdABzAFwAVABlAHMAdAAgAFMAcABhAGMAZQBcAHQAZQBzAHQALgBwAHMAMQAnAA== -ExecutionPolicy Bypass