Start-Process2.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script starts up a process using System.Diagnostics.Process  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script creates 7 occurences of IExplore.exe, using 
6.     diffrent start up options, based on a sample script in MSDN. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Start-process2.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/05/start-process2ps1.html
14.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0w4h05yb.aspx  
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Start-Process2.ps1' 
18.     Starting IE at home page (p1) 
19.     Opening Favourites (p2) 
20.     Opening PSHScripts (p3) 
21.     Opening c:\foo\myfile.htm (p4) 
22.     Opening c:\foo\myfile.asp (p5) 
23.     Opening with Start info (p6) 
24.     Opening with startinfo + www.reskit.net (p7) 
25. #> 
26.  
27. # Helper Functions 
28.  
29. # Opens the Internet Explorer application. 
30. function OpenApplication { 
31. param([string] $FavoritesPath) 
32.  
33. # Start Internet Explorer. Defaults to the home page. 
34. "Starting IE at home page (p1)" 
35. $proc1 = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::start("IExplore.exe"); 
37. # Display the contents of the favorites folder in the browser. 
38. "Opening Favourites (p2)" 
39. $proc2=[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($FavoritesPath); 
40. } 
41.  
42. # Opens urls and .html documents using Internet Explorer. 
43. function OpenWithArguments {  
45. # url's are not considered documents. They can only be opened 
46. # by passing them as arguments. 
47. "Opening PSHScripts (p3)" 
48. $proc3 = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start("IExplore.exe", "www.pshscripts.blogspot.com") 
49.  
50. # Start a Web page using a browser associated with .html and .asp files. 
51. "Opening c:\foo\myfile.htm (p4)" 
52. $proc4 = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start("IExplore.exe", "C:\foo\myFile.htm") 
53. "Opening c:\foo\myfile.asp (p5)" 
54. $proc5 = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start("IExplore.exe", "C:\foo\myFile.asp") 
55. } 
56.  
57. # Uses the ProcessStartInfo class to start new processes, 
58. # both in a minimized mode. 
59. function OpenWithStartInfo { 
60. $StartInfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo "IExplore.exe" 
61. $StartInfo.WindowStyle = [System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle]::Minimized; 
62. "Opening with Start info (p6)" 
63. $proc6 = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($StartInfo) 
64. "Opening with startinfo + www.reskit.net (p7)" 
65. $StartInfo.Arguments = "www.reskit.net"; 
66. $proc7 = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($startInfo) 
67. } 
68.  
69. ## 
70. # Start of script 
71. ## 
72.  
73. # First, get Favourites path 
74. $FavoritesPath = [system.Environment]::GetFolderPath('Favorites') 
75.  
76. # Open two windows - one pointing to IE's home page, the other 
77. # to my favourites folder (p1, p2) 
78. OpenApplication $FavoritesPath 
79.  
80. # Here call function to open pshscripts, c:\foo\myfile.htm c:\foo\myfile.asp 
81. #p3, p3, p5 
82. OpenWithArguments 
83.  
84. #Here open two processes using Startinfo object 
85. # p6, p7 
86. OpenWithStartInfo 
87. #End of script 

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Start-Process.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates and starts a Process using .NET 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script Creates a process object and sets 
6.     the executable to notepad. The script then starts 
7.     the process. 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Start-Process.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/05/start-processps1.html
15.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.aspx  
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.    When this script runs - you see a copy of notepad popup. 
19. #> 
20.  
21. ## 
22. # Start of Script 
23. ## 
24.  
25. # Create a new process object 
26. $Process = new-object System.Diagnostics.Process  
27. try  { 
28. $Process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = $false 
29.  
30. # Pick process to start  now - for excitement, use notepad.exe 
31. $Process.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe" 
32.  
33. # Start process  
34. $Process.Start() 
35. } 
36. catch { 
37.   " Error:";$Error[0]  
38. } 

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Get-ProcessPerfCounter.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates a process, then displays some performance counters. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script calls System.Diagnostics.Process's Start static 
6.     method to create a process.  Then it displays perf stats till the
7.     process is stopped. Then it prints final stats out.
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-ProcessPerfCounter 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 CTP3 
12. <# 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.peakworkingset64.aspx 
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-ProcessPerfCounter.ps1 
20.  
21.     System.Diagnostics.Process (notepad) - 
22.     ------------------------------------- 
23.       physical memory usage     : 2,512 
24.       base priority             : 8 
25.       priority class            : Normal 
26.       user processor time       : 00:00:00.0156001 
27.       privileged processor time : 00:00:00.0156001 
28.       total processor time      : 00:00:00.0312002 
29.   
30.     ** Loads more - snipped for brevity ** 
31.      
32.     System.Diagnostics.Process (notepad) - 
33.     ------------------------------------- 
34.       physical memory usage     : 12,424 
35.       base priority             : 8 
36.       priority class            : Normal 
37.       user processor time       : 00:00:00.0156001 
38.       privileged processor time : 00:00:00.0624004 
39.       total processor time      : 00:00:00.0780005 
40.   
41.       Process has ended 
42.       Process exit code: 0 
43.       Peak physical memory usage of the process :  12,424 kb 
44.       Peak paged memory usage of the process    :   2,740 kb 
45.       Peak virtual memory usage of the process  :  88,832 kb 
46. #> 
47.   
48. ## 
49. # Start of script 
50. ## 
51.    
52. # Start up Notepad, catching issues 
53. try  { 
54. $myproc =  [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start("c:\windows\notepad.exe") 
55. } 
56. catch { 
57.   "Error starting process" 
58.   return 
59. } 
60.   
61. # Now print perf stats until Notepad.exe is closed 
62. do { 
63.   if ( ! $myproc.HasExited ) { 
64.   $myproc.Refresh() 
65.   "" 
66.   "{0} -"        -f $myProc.ToString() 
67.   "-------------------------------------" 
68.   "  physical memory usage     : {0}" -f $($MyProc.WorkingSet64/1kb).tostring("###,###") 
69.   "  base priority             : {0}" -f $MyProc.BasePriority 
70.   "  priority class            : {0}" -f $MyProc.PriorityClass 
71.   "  user processor time       : {0}" -f $MyProc.UserProcessorTime 
72.   "  privileged processor time : {0}" -f $MyProc.PrivilegedProcessorTime 
73.   "  total processor time      : {0}" -f $MyProc.TotalProcessorTime 
74.     
75. # calculate overall peak 
76. $peakPagedMem   = $MyProc.PeakPagedMemorySize64 
77. $peakVirtualMem = $MyProc.PeakVirtualMemorySize64 
78. $peakWorkingSet = $MyProc.PeakWorkingSet64 
79.   
80. } # end of if 
81.      
82. } # end of do 
83. while (!$myproc.WaitForExit(1000)) # Wait a second and do it again 
84.  
85. # Here process has exited 
86. # Print out final results 
87. "" 
88. "Process has ended" 
89. "Process exit code: {0}" -f $MyProc.ExitCode 
90.  
91. # Display peak memory statistics for the process. 
92. "Peak physical memory usage of the process : {0,7} kb" -f $($peakWorkingSet/1kb).ToString("###,###") 
93. "Peak paged memory usage of the process    : {0,7} kb" -f $($peakPagedMem/1kb).ToString("###,###") 
94. "Peak virtual memory usage of the process  : {0,7} kb" -f $($peakVirtualMem/1kb).ToString("###,###") 
95. # End of script 

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