Running a PS script with elevated privilages

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as a workaround found here you might [re]set you're $PATH in a script inside ~/.kde/env/ to see if that takes affect for KRunner
my link wrote:If you would like to affect the global environment of your KDE session, and are not using a custom session, you can place files in ~/.kde/env. Files ending in ".sh" are read and executed in the same shell that is reading and executing the startkde script.

Run several scripts with one master script or an automator workflow?

I have several scripts that I need to run all at once...
Could I make a script that would run all the other scripts, then bundle everything into an application( or something similar) so all my scripts would run with just a double click...
Any ideas?

Yes, this is possible. Save your master script as either an application or a script bundle (whichever is most convenient). Then, save all of your subscripts inside the bundle.
You can then load and run the scripts from your master script. The following code does that:
set aScriptFile to load script file (path to me as string) & "Any additional subfolders" & "Script File Name.scpt"
run aScriptFile
Note that "path to me" will not work properly when the script is run from within script editor. It will, however, work when run from the script menu. See the following for a discussion of that:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2789538

Is it possible to have a keyboard shortcut run a script with CS6?

I see there is an option for it to go to "other scripts" with a keyboard shortcut, but that really doesn't help much. I want it to play a specific script that is already loaded. Thanks in advance!!

I'm working on something very similar right now.
Written in AHK.
so win only sorry Macsters...
Scans a folder of your scripts and displays them in a panel (see above)
you can click any one like a button.
or you can eg. 3 enter.
Panel can be dragged to where ever you want it.
Still playing with the finishing touches and will post the finished result once I am done.
That will be next year some time, as I am finished work for the year.
Run, % "[Full path to]\Illustrator.exe " Scriptlocation JSName
this is my AHK line to run the script.
any reason for the cmd.exe section

Powershell: how to run vbs script with switches.

Background: To remove a specific service, I usually log into a server, go to path c$\Program files\HP... find a specific vbs, and run it using CMD.exe.
Now, I'm new to powershell, so I'm looking into automating this job. When I use CMD, I run cscript path\serviceinstall.vbs
-r.
How do I add cscript switches to powershell?
IF
((test-path -path "servername\C$\Program Files\...") -eq "true")
invoke-command -scriptblock ""servername\C$\Program Files\...\serviceinstall.vbs -r?

1. You cannot run VBS as a scriptblock.
2. If youactually were to have read the full help ypu would have seen how to use the command.
3. Given you initial questin and the vague answers you gave there is nothing any could do to help you.
If you do not give accurate information you will not likely get answers that are helpful.
I recommend starting at the beginning and learning PowerShell basics. If you had done that you would know that a script block is not a quoted string with vbscript in it or the path to a file.
When working with any technology it is important to read the instructions carefully. It is also useful to knowhow to do basic research on the technology you are trying to learn.
There are 15 examples in PowerShell V2 for Invoke-Command. Here they are as captured directly from PowerShell V2. (The is no update-help on V2. All help is built in.)
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
C:\PS>invoke-command -filepath c:\scripts\test.ps1 -computerName Server01
Disks: C:, D:, E:
Status: Warning, Normal, Normal
Description
This command runs the Test.ps1 script on the Server01 computer.
The command uses the FilePath parameter to specify a script that is located on the local computer. The script runs
on the remote computer and the results are returned to the local computer.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
C:\PS>invoke-command -computername server01 -credential domain01\user01 -scriptblock {get-culture}
Description
This command runs a Get-Culture command on the Server01 remote computer.
It uses the ComputerName parameter to specify the computer name and the Credential parameter to run the command in
the security context of "Domain01\User01," a user with permission to run commands. It uses the ScriptBlock paramete
r to specify the command to be run on the remote computer.
In response, Windows PowerShell displays a dialog box that requests the password and an authentication method for t
he User01 account. It then runs the command on the Server01 computer and returns the result.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------
C:\PS>$s = new-pssession -computername server02 -credential domain01\user01
C:\PS> invoke-command -session $s -scriptblock {get-culture}
Description
This example runs the same "Get-Culture" command in a session (a persistent connection) on the Server02 remote comp
uter. Typically, you create a session only when you are running a series of commands on the remote computer.
The first command uses the New-PSSession cmdlet to create a session on the Server02 remote computer. Then, it saves
the session in the $s variable.
The second command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run the Get-Culture command on Server02. It uses the Session p
arameter to specify the session saved in the $s variable.
In response, Windows PowerShell runs the command in the session on the Server02 computer.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------
C:\PS>invoke-command -computername Server02 -scriptblock {$p = get-process powershell}
C:\PS> invoke-command -computername Server02 -scriptblock {$p.virtualmemorysize}
C:\PS>
C:\PS> $s = new-pssession -computername Server02
C:\PS> invoke-command -session $s -scriptblock {$p = get-process powershell}
C:\PS> invoke-command -session $s -scriptblock {$p.virtualmemorysize}
17930240
Description
This example compares the effects of using ComputerName and Session parameters of Invoke-Command. It shows how to u
se a session to run a series of commands that share the same data.
The first two commands use the ComputerName parameter of Invoke-Command to run commands on the Server02 remote comp
uter. The first command uses the Get-Process command to get the PowerShell process on the remote computer and to sa
ve it in the $p variable. The second command gets the value of the VirtualMemorySize property of the PowerShell pro
cess.
The first command succeeds. But, the second command fails because when you use the ComputerName parameter, Windows
PowerShell creates a connection just to run the command. Then, it closes the connection when the command is complet
e. The $p variable was created in one connection, but it does not exist in the connection created for the second co
mmand.
The problem is solved by creating a session (a persistent connection) on the remote computer and by running both of
the related commands in the same session.
The third command uses the New-PSSession cmdlet to create a session on the Server02 computer. Then it saves the ses
sion in the $s variable. The fourth and fifth commands repeat the series of commands used in the first set, but in
this case, the Invoke-Command command uses the Session parameter to run both of the commands in the same session.
In this case, because both commands run in the same session, the commands succeed, and the $p value remains active
in the $s session for later use.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 5 --------------------------
C:\PS>$command = { get-eventlog -log "windows powershell" | where {$_.message -like "*certificate*"} }
C:\PS> invoke-command -computername S1, S2 -scriptblock $command
Description
This example shows how to enter a command that is saved in a local variable.
When the entire command is saved in a local variable, you can specify the variable as the value of the ScriptBlock
parameter. You do not have to use the "param" keyword or the ArgumentList variable to submit the value of the local
variable.
The first command saves a Get-Eventlog command in the $command variable. The command is formatted as a script block
The second command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run the command in $command on the S1 and S2 remote computers.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 6 --------------------------
C:\PS>invoke-command -computername server01, server02, TST-0143, localhost -configurationname MySession.PowerShell
-scriptblock {get-eventlog "windows powershell"}
Description
This example demonstrates how to use the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a single command on multiple computers.
The command uses the ComputerName parameter to specify the computers. The computer names are presented in a comma-s
eparated list. The list of computers includes the "localhost" value, which represents the local computer.
The command uses the ConfigurationName parameter to specify an alternate session configuration for Windows PowerShe
ll and the ScriptBlock parameter to specify the command.
In this example, the command in the script block gets the events in the Windows PowerShell event log on each remote
computer.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 7 --------------------------
C:\PS>$version = invoke-command -computername (get-content machines.txt) -scriptblock {(get-host).version}
Description
This command gets the version of the Windows PowerShell host running on 200 remote computers.
Because only one command is run, it is not necessary to create persistent connections (sessions) to each of the com
puters. Instead, the command uses the ComputerName parameter to indicate the computers.
The command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a Get-Host command. It uses dot notation to get the Version prope
rty of the Windows PowerShell host.
To specify the computers, it uses the Get-Content cmdlet to get the contents of the Machine.txt file, a file of com
puter names.
These commands run synchronously (one at a time). When the commands complete, the output of the commands from all o
f the computers is saved in the $version variable. The output includes the name of the computer from which the data
originated.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 8 --------------------------
C:\PS>$s = new-pssession -computername Server01, Server02
C:\PS> invoke-command -session $s -scriptblock {get-eventlog system} -AsJob
Id Name State HasMoreData Location Command
1 Job1 Running True Server01,Server02 get-eventlog system
C:\PS> $j = Get-Job
C:\PS> $j | format-list -property *
HasMoreData : True
StatusMessage :
Location : Server01,Server02
Command : get-eventlog system
JobStateInfo : Running
Finished : System.Threading.ManualResetEvent
InstanceId : e124bb59-8cb2-498b-a0d2-2e07d4e030ca
Id : 1
Name : Job1
ChildJobs : {Job2, Job3}
Output : {}
Error : {}
Progress : {}
Verbose : {}
Debug : {}
Warning : {}
StateChanged :
C:\PS> $results = $j | Receive-Job
Description
These commands run a background job on two remote computers. Because the Invoke-Command command uses the AsJob para
meter, the commands run on the remote computers, but the job actually resides on the local computer and the results
are transmitted to the local computer.
The first command uses the New-PSSession cmdlet to create sessions on the Server01 and Server02 remote computers.
The second command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a background job in each of the sessions. The command uses
the AsJob parameter to run the command as a background job. This command returns a job object that contains two ch
ild job objects, one for each of the jobs run on the two remote computers.
The third command uses a Get-Job command to save the job object in the $j variable.
The fourth command uses a pipeline operator (|) to send the value of the $j variable to the Format-List cmdlet, whi
ch displays all properties of the job object in a list.
The fifth command gets the results of the jobs. It pipes the job object in $j to the Receive-Job cmdlet and stores
the results in the $results variable.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 9 --------------------------
C:\PS>$MWFO-LOg = Microsoft-Windows-Forwarding/Operational
C:\PS> invoke-command -computername server01 -scriptblock {param($log, $num) get-eventlog -logname $log -newest $nu
m} -ArgumentList $MWFO-log, 10
Description
This example shows how to include the values of local variables in a command run on a remote computer.
The first command saves the name of the Microsoft-Windows-Forwarding/Operational event log in the $MWFO-Log variabl
e.
The second command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a Get-EventLog command on the Server01 remote computer tha
t gets the 10 newest events from the Microsoft-Windows-Forwarding/Operational event log on Server01.
This command uses the "param" keyword to create two variables, $log and $num, that are used as placeholders in the
Get-EventLog command. These placeholders have arbitrary names that do not need to match the names of the local vari
ables that supply their values.
The values of the ArgumentList parameter demonstrate the two different ways to specify values in the argument list.
The value of the $log placeholder is the $MFWO-Log variable, which is defined in the first command. The value of t
he $num variable is 10.
Before the command is sent to the remote computer, the variables are replaced with the specified values.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 10 --------------------------
C:\PS>invoke-command -computername S1, S2 -scriptblock {get-process powershell}
PSComputerName Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
S1 575 15 45100 40988 200 4.68 1392 powershell
S2 777 14 35100 30988 150 3.68 67 powershell
C:\PS> invoke-command -computername S1, S2 -scriptblock {get-process powershell} -HideComputerName
Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
575 15 45100 40988 200 4.68 1392 powershell
777 14 35100 30988 150 3.68 67 powershell
Description
This example shows the effect of using the HideComputerName parameter of Invoke-Command.
The first two commands use the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a Get-Process command for the PowerShell process. The o
utput of the first command includes the PsComputerName property, which contains the name of the computer on which t
he command ran. The output of the second command, which uses the HideComputerName parameter, does not include the P
sComputerName column.
Using the HideComputerName parameter does not change the object. You can still use the Format cmdlets to display th
e PsComputerName property of any of the affected objects.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 11 --------------------------
C:\PS>invoke-command -comp (get-content servers.txt) -filepath c:\scripts\sample.ps1 -argumentlist Process, Service
Description
This example uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run the Sample.ps1 script on all of the computers listed in the Serv
ers.txt file. The command uses the FilePath parameter to specify the script file. This command allows you to run th
e script on the remote computers, even if the script file is not accessible to the remote computers.
When you submit the command, the content of the Sample.ps1 file is copied into a script block and the script block
is run on each of the remote computers. This procedure is equivalent to using the ScriptBlock parameter to submit t
he contents of the script.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 12 --------------------------
C:\PS>$LiveCred = Get-Credential
C:\PS> Invoke-Command -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange `
-ConnectionUri https://ps.exchangelabs.com/powershell `
-Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic `
-scriptblock {Invoke-Command {Set-Mailbox dan -DisplayName "Dan Park"}
Description
This example shows how to run a command on a remote computer that is identified by a URI (Internet address). This p
articular example runs a Set-Mailbox command on a remote Exchange server. The backtick (`) in the command is the Wi
ndows PowerShell continuation character.
The first command uses the Get-Credential cmdlet to store Windows Live ID credentials in the $LiveCred variab the c
redentials dialog box appears, enter Windows Live ID credentials.
The second command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a Set-Mailbox command. The command uses the ConfigurationN
ame parameter to specify that the command should run in a session that uses the Microsoft.Exchange session configur
ation. The ConnectionURI parameter specifies the URL of the Exchange server endpoint.
The credential parameter specifies tle. Whenhe Windows Live credentials stored in the $LiveCred variable. The Authe
nticationMechanism parameter specifies the use of basic authentication. The ScriptBlock parameter specifies a scrip
t block that contains the command.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 13 --------------------------
C:\PS>$max = New-PSSessionOption -MaximumRedirection 1
C:\PS> Invoke-Command -ConnectionUri https://ps.exchangelabs.com/powershell `
-scriptblock {Invoke-Command {Get-Mailbox dan} `
-AllowRedirection -SessionOption $max
Description
This command shows how to use the AllowRedirection and SessionOption parameters to manage URI redirection in a remo
te command.
The first command uses the New-PSSessionOption cmdlet to create a PSSessionOpption object that it saves in the $max
variable. The command uses the MaximumRedirection parameter to set the MaximumConnectionRedirectionCount property
of the PSSessionOption object to 1.
The second command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a Get-Mailbox command on a remote server running Microsoft
Exchange Server. The command uses the AllowRedirection parameter to provide explicit permission to redirect the co
nnection to an alternate endpoint. It also uses the SessionOption parameter to specify the session object in the $m
ax variable.
As a result, if the remote computer specified by the ConnectionURI parameter returns a redirection message, Windows
PowerShell will redirect the connection, but if the new destination returns another redirection message, the redir
ection count value of 1 is exceeded, and Invoke-Command returns a non-terminating error.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 14 --------------------------
C:\PS>$so = New-PSSessionOption -SkipCACheck
PS C:\> invoke-command $s { get-hotfix } -SessionOption $so -credential server01\user01
Description
This example shows how to create and use a SessionOption parameter.
The first command uses the New-PSSessionOption cmdlet to create a session option. It saves the resulting SessionOpt
ion object in the $so parameter.
The second command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a Get-Hotfix command remotely. The value of the SessionOpt
ion parameter is the SessionOption object in the $so variable.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 15 --------------------------
C:\PS>enable-wsmanCredSSP -delegate server02
C:\PS> connect-wsman Server02
C:\PS> set-item wsman:\server02*\service\auth\credSSP -value $true
C:\PS> $s = new-pssession server02
C:\PS> invoke-command -session $s -script {get-item \\Net03\Scripts\LogFiles.ps1} -authentication credssp -credenti
al domain01\admin01
Description
This example shows how to access a network share from within a remote session.
The command requires that CredSSP delegation be enabled in the client settings on the local computer and in the ser
vice settings on the remote computer. To run the commands in this example, you must be a member of the Administrato
rs group on the local computer and the remote computer.
The first command uses the Enable-WSManCredSSP cmdlet to enable CredSSP delegation from the Server01 local computer
to the Server02 remote computer. This configures the CredSSP client setting on the local computer.
The second command uses the Connect-WSman cmdlet to connect to the Server02 computer. This action adds a node for t
he Server02 computer to the WSMan: drive on the local computer, allowing you to view and change the WS-Management s
ettings on the Server02 computer.
The third command uses the Set-Item cmdlet to change the value of the CredSSP item in the Service node of the Serve
r02 computer to True. This action enables CredSSP in the service settings on the remote computer.
The fourth command uses the New-PSSession cmdlet to create a PSSession on the Server02 computer. It saves the PSSes
sion in the $s variable.
The fifth command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a Get-Item command in the session in $s that gets a script
from the Net03\Scripts network share. The command uses the Credential parameter and it uses the Authentication para
meter with a value of CredSSP.
I suggest spending som etime learning the basics. It will save you a lot of frustration in the future.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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