How to execute powershell commands from a batch file

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I have a PowerShell script to add a website to a Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer   set-location  HKCU  Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Internet Settings  set-location ZoneMap Domains new-item TESTSERVERNAME set-location TESTSERVERNAME new-itemproperty   -Name http -Value 2 -Type DWORD   I want to execute these PowerShell commands from a batch file  It seems simple when I have to run a single command  BUT in this case I have a sequence of related commands  I want to avoid creating a separate file for the PS script to be called from the batch - everything must be in the batch file   The question is  How to execute powershell commands  or statements  from a batch file

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This solution is similar to walid2mi  thank you for inspiration   but allows the standard console input by the Read-Host cmdlet   pros    can be run like standard  cmd file  only one file for batch and powershell script powershell script may be multi-line  easy to read script  allows the standard console input  use the Read-Host cmdlet by standard way    cons    requires powershell version 2 0    Commented and runable example of batch-ps-script cmd    lt     Begin batch  batch script is in commentary of powershell v2 0    echo off   Use local variables setlocal   Change current directory to script location - useful for including  ps1 files cd   dp0   Invoke this file as powershell expression powershell -executionpolicy remotesigned -Command  Invoke-Expression    System IO File   ReadAllText    f0       Restore environment variables present before setlocal and restore current directory endlocal   End batch - go to end of file goto eof   gt    here start your powershell script    example  include another  ps1 scripts  commented  for quick copy-paste and test run        anotherScript ps1     example  standard input from console  variableInput   Read-Host  Continue   Y N   if   variableInput -ne  Y         Write-Host  Exit script         break      example  call standard powershell command Get-Item     Snippet for  cmd file    lt     batch script  echo off setlocal cd   dp0 powershell -executionpolicy remotesigned -Command  Invoke-Expression    System IO File   ReadAllText    f0     endlocal goto eof   gt    here write your powershell commands

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untested cmd    echo off  Findstr -rbv    0   powershell -c -   goto sCode  set-location  HKCU  Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Internet Settings  set-location ZoneMap Domains new-item TESTSERVERNAME set-location TESTSERVERNAME new-itemproperty   -Name http -Value 2 -Type DWORD    sCode   echo done  pause  amp  goto  eof

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Type in cmd exe Powershell -Help and see the examples

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Looking for the possibility to put a powershell script into a batch file  I found this thread  The idea of walid2mi did not worked 100  for my script  But via a temporary file  containing the script it worked out  Here is the skeleton of the batch file     echo off  setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS  rem make from X bat a X ps1 by removing all lines starting with       Findstr -rbv         0  gt    dpn0 ps1   powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File   dpn0 ps1     del   dpn0 ps1  endlocal  goto  EOF  rem Here start your power shell script  param        switch  help

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This is what the code would look like in a batch file tested  works    powershell -Command   amp   set-location  HKCU  Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Internet Settings   set-location ZoneMap Domains  new-item SERVERNAME  set-location SERVERNAME  new-itemproperty   -Name http -Value 2 -Type DWORD      Based on the information from   http   dmitrysotnikov wordpress com 2008 06 27 powershell-script-in-a-bat-file

[powershell] How to execute powershell commands from a batch file?

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