Powershell on Mini Fish https://blog.minifish.org/tags/powershell/ Recent content in Powershell on Mini Fish Mini Fish https://blog.minifish.org/android-chrome-512x512.png https://blog.minifish.org/android-chrome-512x512.png Hugo -- 0.154.5 en-US Mini Fish 2014-present. Licensed under CC-BY-NC Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:56:00 +0800 How to Start a PowerShell Script in the Background at Windows Startup https://blog.minifish.org/posts/how-to-start-a-powershell-script-in-the-background-at-windows-startup/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:56:00 +0800 https://blog.minifish.org/posts/how-to-start-a-powershell-script-in-the-background-at-windows-startup/ <ul> <li> <p>Create a script and place it in</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-powershell" data-lang="powershell"><span style="display:flex;"><span>C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\` </span></span></code></pre></div></li> <li> <p>Fill the script with:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-shell" data-lang="shell"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Start-Process -FilePath <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;C:\Users\name\bin\gost-windows-amd64.exe&#34;</span> -ArgumentList <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;-L=&#34;</span>, <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;-F=&#34;</span> -RedirectStandardOutput <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;C:\Users\name\bin\gost-windows-amd64.log&#34;</span> -RedirectStandardError <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;C:\Users\name\bin\gost-windows-amd64.err&#34;</span> -WindowStyle Hidden </span></span></code></pre></div></li> </ul> <p>Note: <code>Start-Process</code> seems to perform a fork-like action, and by default, it opens a new PowerShell window to execute. That&rsquo;s why <code>-WindowStyle Hidden</code> is added at the end. You can&rsquo;t use <code>-NoNewWindow</code> here because it only prevents the creation of a new window for executing <code>Start-Process</code>, but the old window will not exit.<br> Note 2: After the old window exits, the forked process seems to become an orphan and is managed elsewhere, so permissions, such as network connection permissions, might need to be requested again.</p>

  • Create a script and place it in

    C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\`

  • Fill the script with:

    Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Users\name\bin\gost-windows-amd64.exe" -ArgumentList "-L=", "-F=" -RedirectStandardOutput "C:\Users\name\bin\gost-windows-amd64.log" -RedirectStandardError "C:\Users\name\bin\gost-windows-amd64.err" -WindowStyle Hidden

    • Note: Start-Process seems to perform a fork-like action, and by default, it opens a new PowerShell window to execute. That’s why -WindowStyle Hidden is added at the end. You can’t use -NoNewWindow here because it only prevents the creation of a new window for executing Start-Process, but the old window will not exit.
    Note 2: After the old window exits, the forked process seems to become an orphan and is managed elsewhere, so permissions, such as network connection permissions, might need to be requested again.

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