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How can I run a CMD command with parameters from within a Powershell script?

Hello Powershell Experts,

I have an executable that installs an agent onto my PC. I want to run this executable from within a Powershell script. If I run the following commands from a CMD prompt, the agent installs as expected:
C:\>cd agentfolder
C:\AgentFolder>Agent-x64.exe /v" /qn /norestart AGCONTEXT=111222333aaabbb"

I thought I would be able to do something like the following within my script:
& “C:\AgentFolder\ Agent-x64.exe /v" /qn /norestart AGCONTEXT=111222333aaabbb"

That did not work. I also tried:
Start-process –filepath “C:\AgentFolder\ Agent-x64.exe /v" /qn /norestart AGCONTEXT=111222333aaabbb"

This didn’t work either. How can I run the command with the needed parameters from within a powershell script?

As always, thanks in advanced for your help.

Nick

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That should work just fine, but you have a space right in front of "Agent-x64.exe", and you didn't close the program path with a double quote:
Try it like this:

& "C:\AgentFolder\Agent-x64.exe" /v" /qn /norestart  AGCONTEXT=111222333aaabbb"

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Adam Brown

invoke-command -scriptblock {“C:\AgentFolder\ Agent-x64.exe /v" /qn /norestart  AGCONTEXT=111222333aaabbb"}

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ndalmolin_13

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Thanks for the explanations.