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June 22, 2020 06:06
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Launches a target script in a new process, passing through all parameters.
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function Start-Script { | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Launches a target script in a new process, passing through all parameters. | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Launches a target script in a new process, passing through all parameters. | |
Uses dynamic parameters to offer the same signature as the script itself. | |
Uses the same powershell hosting application that executes Start-Script to start the new process. | |
.PARAMETER ScriptPath | |
Path to the scriptfile to launch. | |
.EXAMPLE | |
PS C:\> Start-Script .\newuser.ps1 -GivenName Max -Surname Mustermann | |
Launches the script "newuser.ps1" with the parameters passed through. | |
#> | |
[Alias('ss')] | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
param ( | |
[string] | |
$ScriptPath | |
) | |
DynamicParam { | |
$common = 'Verbose','Debug','ErrorAction','WarningAction','InformationAction','ErrorVariable','WarningVariable','InformationVariable','OutVariable','OutBuffer','PipelineVariable' | |
if (($ScriptPath) -and (Test-Path $ScriptPath) -and (Get-Command $ScriptPath -ErrorAction Ignore)) | |
{ | |
$parameters = (Get-Command $ScriptPath).Parameters.Values | Where-Object Name -notin $common | |
$paramDictionary = [System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary]::new() | |
foreach ($parameterObject in $parameters) { | |
$param = [System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter]::new($parameterObject.Name, $parameterObject.ParameterType, $parameterObject.Attributes) | |
$paramDictionary.Add($parameterObject.Name, $param) | |
} | |
return $paramDictionary | |
} | |
} | |
process { | |
$stringParams = $PSBoundParameters | ConvertTo-PSFHashtable -Exclude ScriptPath | ConvertTo-PSFClixml | |
$code = { | |
$path = '{0}' | |
$parameters = '{1}' | ConvertFrom-PSFClixml | |
& $path @parameters | |
}.ToString() -f $ScriptPath, $stringParams | |
$encodedCommand = [convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($code)) | |
$powershell = (Get-Process -Id $pid).Path | |
Start-Process -FilePath $powershell -ArgumentList '-NoExit','-NoProfile', '-EncodedCommand', $encodedCommand | |
} | |
} |
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