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This seem to be working A-OK Write-Host "To close this window press either:" Write-Host " Enter" Write-Host " Space" Write-Host " Esc" function Wait_For_Pressing_Of_A_Specified_Key { do { $keyInfo = [Console]::ReadKey($true) } while ($keyInfo.Key -notin @( [Co...

I have this script - but it only closes the PS window when I press Enter [thus ignoring addition of being able to use also Space and Esc ]: Write-Host "To close this window press either:" Write-Host " Enter" Write-Host " Space" Write-Host " Esc" do { $key = $H...

Is there a way to put PS1 file or LNK leading to it in the Tray notification area of Windows 10, so that it would be executable like some pinned EXE to Taskbar?

Or any other script file format for that matter?

SS##66 wrote: ↑2023-Aug-03, 9:47 am [...]
So is there a way to eat a cake and have it - i.e. to really see a countdown at the bottom of window but also at any time to be able to scroll up not have my view thrown down every second?

Any ideas about how can this be done?

The problem all along has been an active countdown in CMD window [used it my test files]- it was making any CMD window with it being immune to being closed with PowerShell Even as simple BAT as this one @echo off timeout /t 10 pause will not be closed until the timeout in it is finished, even if PS1...

This (Get-Process notepad.Kill() close both files opened in Notepad and an empty Notepad window opened by executing of C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe But this (Get-Process cmd).Kill() closes only this CMD windows that were opened by going to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe or C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.ex...

I have this A-OK working script Write-Host "Line of text at the very top" Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-Host Write-H...

Is there way to close all CMD windows [including hidden ones] using strictly PowerShell code?

These two do not work even when executed with privileges

You are right

Kudos

Oh, come on...

Do you really expect power users to turn informative system sound for blockade due to some unknown and only sometimes occurring glitch somehow related to PowerShell? And you assume they do not know how to do that?


But once again: I do appreciate the time spent by you on this issue