need help with script

Question

Hello,

I have the following script that will look up the computer model (based on a folder structures with computer models) and copy the executable from the folder to the script directory.
Old Dell computers have a different name for the BIOS executable comparing to newer Dell computers, therefore I'm copying the name of the file from the executable.

         New-PSDrive -Name "A" -Root $scriptDirectory -Persist -PSProvider "FileSystem"  

        #Create Model Variable  
        $ComputerModel = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_computersystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Model  
          
        #Copy Bios Installer to the root of the package  
        Copy-Item -Path "$scriptDirectory\Files\$ComputerModel\*.exe" -Destination "$Scriptdirectory\Files"  
  
        #Get Bios File Name (Uses the Bios EXE file in the same folder)  
        $BiosFileName = Get-ChildItem -Path "$scriptDirectory\Files\$ComputerModel\" -Filter *.exe -Recurse -Verbose | Select -ExpandProperty Name  
  
        #Get Bios File Name  
        $BiosLogFileName = Get-ChildItem -Path "$scriptDirectory\Files\$ComputerModel\" -Filter *.exe -Verbose | Select -ExpandProperty BaseName  
  
        #Set Command Arguments for Bios Update  
        $cmds = "/s /l=$LogPath\$BiosLogFileName"  
  
        $Process = Start-Process "$scriptDirectory\Files\$BiosFileName" "$cmds" -Wait -PassThru   
     
          

When the scripts run I can see from the script directory it has succeeded with the copying, but it fails to start the process. I tried with a numerous ways to execute this, like:

 Execute-Process "$scriptDirectory\Files\$BiosFileName" "$cmds" -Wait  
   
$Process = Start-Process "$scriptDirectory\Files\$BiosFileName.exe" "$cmds" -Wait -PassThru   
   
Execute-Process -Path "$scriptDirectory\Files\$BiosFileName" "$cmds" -Wait -PassThru  
          
 Execute-Process -Path "$scriptDirectory\Files\$BiosFileName.exe" "$cmds" -Wait -PassThru  
   
$Process = Start-Process -FilePath "$scriptDirectory\Files\$BiosFileName" "$cmds" -Wait -PassThru   
          
 $Process = Start-Process "$scriptDirectory\Files\$BiosFileName" -Filter *.exe "$cmds" -Wait -PassThru  

The BDD.log tells me "returned an unexpected return code: 60002 (and continues with the rest of the things)

Or an error pops up with "FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperatonException,Microsoft.Powershell.Commands,StartProcessCommand and points me to $Process = Start-Process

How shall I type this?

Thaaank you!

Answer 1

Hello @lupinlicious

The script is failiing because you're trying to pass the argument of the process alongside the FilePath.
You must separate one from another with the parameter -ArgumentList

Please try the following cmdlet in your script

$Process = Start-Process -FilePath "$scriptDirectory\Files\$BiosFileName"  -ArgumentList $cmds -Wait -PassThru