How to run powershell command in batch file

Question

@ECHO off

$BIOS= Get-WmiObject -computername \"BAHRIATSG2-PC\" -Namespace 
root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSSettingInterface

$BIOS.SetBIOSSetting(\'Setup Passwor         


        

Answer 1

Enclose your PowerShell code in,

powershell -Command "& {}"

Remember to separate all statements with ; and to enclose your " with a quoted string, i.e by using ""

powershell -Command "& {$BIOS= Get-WmiObject -computername ""BAHRIATSG2-PC\"" -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSSettingInterface; $BIOS.SetBIOSSetting('Setup Password','<utf-16/>TheBIOSPassword','<utf-16/>')}"

Answer 2

I think this is the simplest and clearest way because it don't requires any superfluous switch; just plain PowerShell code:

@ECHO off

PowerShell ^
   $BIOS= Get-WmiObject -computername \"BAHRIATSG2-PC\" -Namespace;  ^ 
   root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSSettingInterface;  ^
   $BIOS.SetBIOSSetting('Setup Password','<utf-16/>TheBIOSPassword','<utf-16/>')

pause

Just add a ; ^ at end of each line and escape each quote with backslash.

Answer 3

powershell has its own script file type, extension is .ps1

Save your code to a .ps1 file, and run it from a batch file with:

powershell xxx.ps1