Unleash the Power Start Processes and Wait with PowerShell Start-Process PassThru

" Start-Process -FilePath "cmd.exe" -ArgumentList "/c ... PassThru -Wait Write-Host "$($key.DisplayName) uninstalled successfully. We have had users encounter issues with PowerShell where the Start-Process cmdlet will fail to wait for the process before returning despite ... Actually, after a thought, I think I can use something like $proc = Start-Process without the -wait parameter, then loop on $proc.id . Tis late ... We can use the -wait parameter for this, which will make sure that PowerShell will wait until the process and all child-process are finished. The Wait-Process cmdlet waits for one or more running processes to be stopped before accepting input. In the PowerShell console, this cmdlet suppresses the ... ... Start-Process -FilePath 'wusa' -ArgumentList "$Path1/extract:$ExtractMsu" -wait -PassThru Start-Process -FilePath 'dism' -ArgumentList ... $p = Start-Process .\console.exe -PassThru -Wait $p.ExitCode. -PassThru :- causes Start-Process to returns an object containing information ... Wait-Process cmdlet in PowerShell is used to wait for the process to stop before the execution moves on to the next step. (I'm running Windows PowerShell 4.0, but this command should work on 3.0 and later.) Get-Command -PipelineVariable c | where { $_ ... This parameter starts the new process in the console of current window. By default, the PowerShell opens a new window for executing a new process. -PassThru.