command passing to PowerShell

[Dan Bromberg]

Jean,

Would it be possible to pass a command to PowerShell thru QAP?

Specifically, I would like QAP to open PowerShell as an Administrator and have this command waiting for me to press ENTER:

I'm able to get the Admin PowerShell window to open in QAP but cannot get the command to automatically fill in after the ( ...\system32>) prompt.

Thanks,

Dan

[Jean Lalonde]

Hi Dan,

I don't see t feasible as-is. But you may try to put your command in a batch file (e.g. "ps.bat"), for example, and launch this batch from QAP in admin mode :

@echo off

echo OK to launch command set-MpPreference? (Control-C to cancel)

pause

set-MpPreference etc...

See below how to set your "Application" favorite:

[Francisco Oldani (Peni)]

You can try with -Command. Ex: -Command Clear-RecycleBin -Force in the parameters box

It works for me

[Dan Bromberg]

Jean,

  Thanks for your suggestion but when I go through QAP and put:

Set-MpPreference -EnableControlledFolderAccess Enabled

pause

into its own 'bat' file and point to it through the QAP PARAMETERS panel, I got this error from PowerShell:

but if I execute Set-MpPreference -EnableControlledFolderAccess Enabled

directly in PowerShell there is no problem.

Thanks again,

Dan

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:20 AM Francisco Oldani (Peni) <pen...@gmail.com> wrote:

You can try with -Command. Ex: -Command Clear-RecycleBin -Force in the parameters box

It works for me

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[Dan Bromberg]

Francisco,

   Thanks, but I need to use PowerShell, not Command.

Dan

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 12:20 AM Francisco Oldani (Peni) <pen...@gmail.com> wrote:

You can try with -Command. Ex: -Command Clear-RecycleBin -Force in the parameters box

It works for me

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[Horst Epp]

That can of course not work as the command processor doesn't know a command Set-MpPreference.

You have to start Powershell and not Set-MpPreference

As parameter you have to give the powershell cmd-let with its parameters. 

[Dan Bromberg]

Horst Epp'

:

Sorry, but I do not understand your reply.

There is no problem running the command (Set-MpPreference -EnableControlledFolderAccess Enabled) in Powershell

which is all I want to do through QAP.

Dan

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[Horst Epp]

You try to start directly Set-MpPreference in a batch command which can't work of course.

Powershell commands can only work as parameters to Powershell.exe or inside of scripts.

So you have to create a Powershell script which fetches its arguments provided by QAP or from batch.

[Dan Bromberg]

Horst Epp:

   Agreed! This is precisely the question I posed to Jean.

   Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, but I want to pass this command to PS through QAP...so how do I do it?

   I put the command into a bat file as Jean suggested but for some reason PS did not understand it the same way as when I enter the command directly into PS.

Dan

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[Jean Lalonde]

Of course, PowerShell commands cannot be called from a bat file. It has to be in a Powershell script. My bad.

>    Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, but I want to pass this command to PS through QAP...so how do I do it?

Create a PowerShelp script, including, for example:

Set-MpPreference etc.

write-host " #!# Press any key to continue..."

[void][System.Console]::ReadKey($true)

Save it under c:\temp\MyScript.ps1 in this example. In QAP, create an Application favorite with

Basic Settings - Path:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Advanced Settings - Parameters (including the quotes)

"C:\Temp\MyScript.ps1"

Advanced Settings - Elevate application...

Checked if admin right is required

[Dan Bromberg]

Jean,

   PowerShell is new for me so I never would have caught that it requires a script, so thanks.

   However, when I followed your directions it does not work (QAP starts PS but it terminates immediately).

   In fact, when this is the only line in the script: 

       write-host " #!# Press any key to continue..."

 QAP starts up PS but immediately the screen disappears (err message and all, so I cannot even read the error message).

 So apparently PS is not understanding what is being passed to it. 

 Can you run the same test to verify?

Thanks,

Dan

  

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[Jean Lalonde]

This is probably because your system is not allowing PowerShell script execution. See:

https://superuser.com/questions/106360/how-to-enable-execution-of-powershell-scripts

[Dan Bromberg]

Jean:

You were right on the money, I had to give myself permission so thanks for that PS tidbit. 

I did get the script to work within QAP but what I really want is for QAP to:

1) start PS in admin mode (which it does) 

2) after the prompt, just populate with the Set-MpPreference... command

3) and just sit there, waiting for me to either hit ENTER or modify a parameter and then hit ENTER

Can that be done?

Thanks so much for your timely replies,

Dan

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[Jean Lalonde]

This brings us back to your original post. I don't think it is feasible. This is why I suggested a batch/script with a pause allowing you to cancel if you do not want to proceed with the command. But you could not edit or add to the command before pressing Enter. Maybe some scripting with AutoHotkey would allow this. But this is beyond the scope of this group. You coud see here: http://www.autohotkey.com

[Francisco Oldani (Peni)]

Sorry, is to hard for me explain me in english, in application C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe and in parameters section  -Command <etc>

[Horst Epp]

Why don't you specify parameters and fetch them in your PS script.

There are many ways to handle script arguments in Powershell.

[Dan Bromberg]

Jean,

  I set up 2 PS scripts within QAP: one to turn OFF the command and one to turn it back ON. This suits my needs, so no need to beat this to death any further - thanks very much for your guidance.

  But that led me to wonder, rather than take up precious real estate on your GUI, is there a way I can request the ">" (like you have with "MY SPECIAL FOLDERS")

which would open up my 'sub items' when I hover over it?

Thanks!
Dan

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[Jean Lalonde]

Hi Dan,

Since this is off-topic, I'll follow-up with you privately to clarify your suggestion.

Jean

[jm]

Hi,

just upgraded to 9.2.1 (aslo upgraded TC to 9.21, how cute), and I noticed the TC Dir Hotlist submenu just contains 'Close this menu', not all my entries.

I have TC configured in the settings with the right path to wincmd.ini. This was working at some point (though I do not know for sure it broke with the upgrades)

thanks!

[Horst Epp]

I also have TC 9.21a and QAP 9.2.1 and there is no problem to see the TC Dir Hotlist for me.

So there is at least no general problem with this combination.

[Jean Lalonde]

> just upgraded to 9.2.1 (aslo upgraded TC to 9.21, how cute)

:-)

> I have TC configured in the settings with the right path to wincmd.ini.

To be sure it is the correct ini file, please open the file you see in the Options and check if there is a [DirMenu] section with your favorites under it?

@Horst: Thanks for checking this.

[jm]

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 2:26 PM Jean Lalonde <jlalo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> just upgraded to 9.2.1 (aslo upgraded TC to 9.21, how cute)

:-)

> I have TC configured in the settings with the right path to wincmd.ini.

To be sure it is the correct ini file, please open the file you see in the Options and check if there is a [DirMenu] section with your favorites under it?

I have this

[DirMenu] 

RedirectSection=hotlist.ini

This used to work before. Aslo tested with a full path to hotlist.ini in wincmd.ini, same issue.

thanks

@Horst: Thanks for checking this.

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[Jean Lalonde]

QAP supports the Total Commander parameter "AlternateUserIni" in [Configuration] section of wincmd.ini. But I was not aware of this possibilitity.

I assume the hotlist.ini file is in the same folder as wincmd.ini. Correct ?

[jm]

you sure you didn't support RedirectSection=hotlist.ini ?

see https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45434

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 2:50 PM Jean Lalonde <jlalo...@gmail.com> wrote:

QAP supports the Total Commander parameter "AlternateUserIni" in [Configuration] section of wincmd.ini. But I was not aware of this possibilitity.

I assume the hotlist.ini file is in the same folder as wincmd.ini. Correct ?

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[Jean Lalonde]

My error. I just found that this was discussed in 2016

https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/how-do-i-enable-total-commander-support-in-quick-access-popup/#comment-11716

There is a work around described in this comment. Is this what you tried? At that time, it was reported as a working solution.

[jm]

ok, just tried that, it works. But for clarity, what it means is just setting in QAP:

TotalCommanderWinCmd=C:\Users\...\hotlist.ini

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[Jean Lalonde]

I'll follow up with you in private.

Thanks for reporting this, jm.