PowerShell: run command line application from within powershell

Question

Suppose I have a Windows commandline application (abc.exe) in: C:\test folder. I've put my powershell script file in the same location too.

by using this command I set the current location to the location where my script is launched from:

Set-Location $PSScriptRoot

I need to run abc.exe from within my script so that by pressing Control+C in the execution window of my script, it terminates abc.exe too.

If I use this syntax: C:\test\abc.exe in my script, everything is as what I want. but the problem is that I don't want to hard code the location of abc.exe in my script since user may change it.(note: abc.exe will always be in the same location as my script)

If I just use: abc.exe I will get:

& : The term 'abc.exe' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of 
the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

What should I do?

Update: In windows Batch scripting, pressing Control+C in such situation will easily terminates both the execution of script and commandline application

Checkout: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4724290/powershell-run-command-from-scripts-directory. Also note, use ".\abc.exe" to reference the command in the current directory. — dugas, Dec 10 '15 at 18:26
Check out: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7703.powershell-running-executables.aspx#The_Call_Operator_amp — dugas, Dec 10 '15 at 18:42
`& "$PSScriptRoot\abc.exe"` or, if you're already at $PSScriptRoot, then just `.\abc.exe`. — Bacon Bits, Dec 10 '15 at 18:42
the problem is Control+C will terminate the script not the abc.exe — wiki, Dec 10 '15 at 18:43
Yes, that's how batch files work, too. Remember seeing `^CTerminate batch job (Y/N)?` before? If your command line program doesn't trap Ctrl + C itself then you're stuck. — Bacon Bits, Dec 10 '15 at 18:48

Buxmaniak · Answer 1 · 2015-12-12T11:03:41.313

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Did your try this ...

Start-Process -PSPath "C:\test\abc.exe" -WorkingDirectory "C:\test" -NoNewWindow

Second suggestion:

Start-Process -PSPath "C:\test\abc.exe" -WorkingDirectory "C:\test" -NoNewWindow -Wait

edited Dec 12 '15 at 11:03

answered Dec 11 '15 at 04:23

Buxmaniak

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I want to have the results and interactions of abc.exe from within my script (like in batch scripts) not opening a completely separate window for running abc.exe – wiki Dec 11 '15 at 16:09
See second suggestion at Answer. – Buxmaniak Dec 12 '15 at 11:00

PowerShell: run command line application from within powershell

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