NIPM - call powershell script after install

[pawhan11]

Hello,

I am trying to call powershell script from mipm when package is installed.

Path to powershell script should be calcultaed from SystemDrive macro.

Content of instructions file generated from nipb is the following:

<instructions>
	<targetAttributes/>
	<shortcuts/>
	<customExecutes>
		<customExecute root="BootVolume" exeName="Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" arguments="&quot;%SystemDrive%\my nice dir\script.ps1&quot;" hideConsoleWindow="n" ignoreErrors="n" schedule="post" step="install" wait="y"/>
	</customExecutes>
</instructions>

I can notice that powershellwindow opens, but my script does not execute

Is there something obvious that i am missing?

[CL_eisenwr]

Double check that PowerShell script execution is enabled. Windows by default does not allow PowerShell scripts to run and needs to be enabled. Hopefully your IT allows you to enable it. I personally have just used cmd.exe and batch files to automate some actions in NI Packages.

[pawhan11]

Thanks for reply, script execution is enabled. I can run this script by hand and it works.

[Oli_Wachno]

Just to make sure, a small detail to add: does the user account that starts the installation using NIPM also have elevated privileges (aka Admin)?

[Scott_Richardson · Accepted solution]

It seems that the command prompt is more forgiving, not sure why. In my test I was able to get the following working from a command prompt:

powershell.exe -Command ". 'c:\temp\my temp\test file.ps1'"

So then I was able to get the following custom execute working from a package instructions file:

<customExecute root="BootVolume" exeName="Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" arguments="-Command &quot;. 'c:\temp\my temp\test file.ps1'&quot;" step="install" schedule="pre" wait="y" ignoreErrors="n" hideConsoleWindow="n" />

So try the following for you command in your instructions file:

<customExecute root="BootVolume" exeName="Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" arguments="-Command &quot;. '%SystemDrive%\my nice dir\script.ps1'&quot;" hideConsoleWindow="n" ignoreErrors="n" schedule="post" step="install" wait="y"/>

[Edit] I was also able to get the following to work:

powershell.exe -File "c:\temp\my temp\test file.ps1" "argument1" "argument2"

So the instructions file would look like this:

<customExecute root="BootVolume" exeName="Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" arguments="-File &quot;c:\temp\my temp\test file.ps1&quot; &quot;argument1&quot; &quot;argument2&quot;" step="install" schedule="pre" wait="y" ignoreErrors="n" hideConsoleWindow="n" />

[pawhan11]

Thanks, problem solved. 

I did not know -File or -Command param is required when calling script