For example, in Powershell ISE, the following line brings up the Java help (albeit quickly disappearing): Start-Process -FilePath java -argumentlist -help but this line: Start-Process -FilePath java -help causes Powershell itself to complain about the -help. Tackle a bug, or learn how to use a new framework without spending most of your time spelunking through the docs or searching the web. To add this path permanently you need to use the profile script path and it loads every time when PowerShell console starts. You probably need to use: Start-Process -FilePath java -ArgumentList. PowerShell console, the newly added environment variable path will be removed. Please Note − Change in the environment variable is temporary. Now you just need to type wordpad.exe from the PowerShell console and the program will open. $env:Path += " C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\" To do so, we need to provide the program path to the environmental variable. Now we want to execute wordpad.exe, directly from the PowerShell console.
So far, we have executed the program with the full pathname. PS C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories>. cd 'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\'Īnd run the program name.
& 'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe'Īnother way to execute the program is to browse to that directory and run the program. To execute the program, you need to use the ampersand (&) sign followed by the full path of the program. "C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" But when you give full path in the double or single quotation it will consider it as a string and returns the same value without executing the program. Now, to open the Wordpad you need to give the full path of the Wordpad. Programs located under the above path will run directly through the PowerShell console without providing the full path of the application or utility. $env:Path -split ' ' Output C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\Ĭ:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Ĭ:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DALĬ:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DALĬ:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPTĬ:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPTĬ:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\ To check the environmental path variables, use the below command. This is because all the programs run through the command whose paths have stored into an environmental variable. + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (wordpad.exe:String) , Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. Wordpad.exe − The term 'wordpad.exe' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. It will throw an exception.įor example, just type notepad.exe in PowerShell console and it will open the program but type wordpad.exe there will be an error.
If you have noticed, you can start notepad and calculator or other standard system utilities with the Windows Run or through the PowerShell console directly by typing just their names, but not the wordpad.exe, word, excel or any other application.