Show-PowerShell / Hide-PowerShell

re: Show-PowerShell / Hide-PowerShell

Pablo — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:33:43 GMT

Yes, It works but only when you launch the shortcut to Windows PowerShell V2 (CTP2) previously. If you first type cmd.exe and then you type:

powershell.exe script.ps1 you have 2 different pids (one for cmd.exe and one for powershell.exe)

It would be great that we can hide completely the powershell console window (not minimize) while the script is executing :)

re: Show-PowerShell / Hide-PowerShell

Just Another Sysadmin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:20:00 GMT

I know this isn't the WPF way of doing things, but I wanted this functionality early on with Powershell v1 after having been spoiled by Quake-style terminals like Yakuake. I stumbled across AutoHotkey (http://www.autohotkey.com) which basically allows you to create mini scripts and map them to user-specified key combinations.

The following AutoHotkey script shows/hides a console with a WindowsKey+` combination, although you can tweak it to whatever combination you want. If a console is not already running when the key combination is struck, a new Powershell window is launched:

#`::

DetectHiddenWindows, on

IfWinExist ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass

{

IfWinActive ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass

{

WinHide ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass

WinActivate ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd

}

else

{

WinShow ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass

WinActivate ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass

}

else

Run C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

DetectHiddenWindows, off

return

Works a treat!

@Pablo

Marco Shaw — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:57:26 GMT

Check this out maybe:

http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2006/12/26/more-fun-with-scheduled-powershell/

Uses VBScript to hide the PowerShell window.

re: Show-PowerShell / Hide-PowerShell

Marco Shaw — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:41:24 GMT

Thanks for the info. Interesting workaround when we need to run powershell commands in background but it doesn´t work when we need to show windows forms :(

@Just Another Sysadmin

Pepa Stefan — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:44:53 GMT

Thanks for the AutoHotkey script. It works great!

re: Show-PowerShell / Hide-PowerShell

Boris — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:32:15 GMT

It also work with windows forms but you need launcher

http://filesystemobject.blogspot.com/2009/04/pscript-der-powershell-script-launcher.html