How to call a powershell script from resources on windows form

Question

I am making a Windows Form app in Visual Studio using C#, I loaded my PowerShell script into a folder in my resources, but I don't know how to call the script when a button is clicked on the main form.

This is what I have:

private void buttonDebloater_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Runs Windows Debloater

    }

Answer 1

Hi JonathanWood-6554,
First, you need to add a reference to the System.Management.Automation assembly.
Then, add the following 'using' statements to import the required types:

using System.Management.Automation;  
using System.Management.Automation.Runspaces;  

Here is code example about running PowerShell scripts from winforms you can refer to.

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)  
{  
    // create Powershell runspace  
    Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace();  
    // open it  
    runspace.Open();  
  
    // create a pipeline and feed it the script   
  
    Pipeline pipeline = runspace.CreatePipeline();  
  
    pipeline.Commands.AddScript(File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\Desktop\MyScript.ps1"));//change to your PowerShell script file path  
  
    // execute the script  
  
    Collection<PSObject> results = pipeline.Invoke();  
  
    // close the runspace  
  
    runspace.Close();  
  
    // convert the script result into a single string  
  
    StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();  
    foreach (PSObject obj in results)  
    {  
        stringBuilder.AppendLine(obj.ToString());  
    }  
   Console.WriteLine(stringBuilder.ToString());  

Best Regards,
Daniel Zhang

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