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I would like to run new powershell window with parameters. I was trying to run following:

powershell -Command "get-date"

but everything happens in same console. Is there a simple way to do this?

Possible duplicate of [PowerShell launch script in new instance](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23237473/powershell-launch-script-in-new-instance) — cbp, Apr 25 '18 at 10:51

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '18 at 20:56

To open a new PowerShell Window from PowerShell:

Start-Process PowerShell

Or my personal favorite:

Start-Process PowerShell -WindowStyle Maximized

Then you could typeGet-Datewithout having to deal with the -ArgumentList's tendency to close itself. I still haven't found a way to open a new PowerShell process with the -ArgumentList Parameter, without it immediately closing after it runs. For Instance:

Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList "Get-Date"

or simply

Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList Get-Date

Will Close Immediately after running the process.

In order to get it to wait before closing you could add:

Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList 'Get-Date; Read-Host "Press Enter"'

Since the -Wait Parameter seems to do nothing at all in this case.

FYI - PowerShell Suggested Syntax is actually:

Start-Process -FilePath "powershell.exe"

But since PowerShell is a standard Windows Application in the %SystemRoot%\system32 Environment Variables the command line(s) should recognize a simple

Powershell

Command

This's more simple answer that I hope from the community. Thanks for sharing! — Benyamin Limanto, Apr 03 '19 at 08:53
@t-fred, I was able to get the window to stay open by basically combining your two suggestions. Start a powershell process which runs powershell with the `-NoExit` arg: `Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList "PowerShell -NoExit 'get-date'"` #janky — th3coop, Aug 24 '21 at 04:15

vonPryz · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-09T09:57:16.513

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Use the start command. In a CMD prompt, try:

start powershell -noexit -command "get-date"

For Start/Run (or Win+r) prompt, try:

cmd /c start powershell -noexit -command "get-date"

The -noexit will tell Powershell to, well, not to exit. If you omit this parameter, the command will be executed and you are likely to just see a glimpse of a Powershell window. For interactive use, this is a must. For scripts it is not needed.

Edit:

start is an internal command for CMD. In Powershell it is an alias for Start-Process. These are not the same thing.

As for why the window is black, that's because the shortcut for Powershell.exe is configured to set the background blue.

edited Aug 09 '13 at 09:57

answered Aug 09 '13 at 09:31

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I run second command from powershell (first one does not work), but new powershell is black. Why this happened? – Piotr Stapp Aug 09 '13 at 09:39
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Works, but does assume you already have powershell in your path. – James Woolfenden Aug 09 '13 at 10:10

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 07 '22 at 16:53

To call a PowerShell (PS) script in a second terminal window without exiting, you can use a script similar to:

Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList "-noexit", "get-date"

or if you need to run another script from a specific location:

Start-Process PowerShell -ArgumentList "-noexit", "-command .\local_path\start_server.ps1"

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