call OpenFileDialog from powershell

Question

When I run the following, PowerShell hangs waiting for the dialog to close, even though the dialog is never displayed:

[void] [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPart         


        

Answer 1

Apparently this has something to do with Multi-Threaded Apartment (MTA) mode. It appears to work fine in Single-Threaded Apartment (-STA) mode.

See also: Could you explain STA and MTA?