Start-Process -wait doesn't work when script is launched from command prompt opened with runas or as a scheduled task

Question

I\'ve got a script that\'s I want to run as a scheduled task, but it\'s not doing the thing it\'s supposed to. I\'m trying to call an executable with Start-Process and the -

Answer 1

Can't tell you why it's doing it, but I think this might work around it:

$proc = Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Pfx Engagement\Admin\Utilities\Backup Restore\BackupRestoreUtil.exe" -ArgumentList "/f "$backup_directory"" -Passthru
do {start-sleep -Milliseconds 500}
until ($proc.HasExited)

The -Passthru switch will make it return a Process object for the process, and you can test that to see when the process has exited.