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UNDERSTAND THE BASICS OF POWERSHELL 35
Administering
Service Delivery
PART I
Run a Script Outside of PowerShell
When you write a
.ps1
script, you can run that script anytime you’re in a
PowerShell session. But you can also run scripts without opening PowerShell manu-
ally. e process is similar to running a batch le outside of the command prompt.
You can double-click the script, and PowerShell will be automatically opened, your
script will run, and then PowerShell will close.
By default, when you double-click a PowerShell
.ps1
script le, the le opens in
Notepad. You can use the following procedures to launch the le in PowerShell:
1. Browse to the PowerShell
.ps1
script le that you want to launch.
2. Right-click the le, and select Run With PowerShell from the drop-down
menu as shown in Figure 1.11.
FIGURE 1.11 Launching a PowerShell script outside of PowerShell
e PowerShell script will launch and run in PowerShell. PowerShell will be closed
when the script completes.
You can also change the le association to PowerShell instead of Notepad. is will
ensure that when you double-click the script, it opens in PowerShell automatically.
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