Powershell start-process hidden wmplayer file with spaces-CodePudding

powershell Start-Process -WindowStyle Hidden 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe' c:\windows\media\notify.wav run ok.

powershell Start-Process -WindowStyle Hidden 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe' c:\windows\media\windows background.wavrun bad.

powershell Start-Process -WindowStyle Hidden 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe' 'c:\windows\media\windows background.wav'run bad.

powershell Start-Process -WindowStyle Hidden 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe' "c:\windows\media\windows background.wav"run bad.

powershell "& 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe' 'c:\windows\media\windows background.wav'" run ok but it's no hidden.

¿How fix the spaces in the arguments, please?

CodePudding user response：

Do you need to do it with wmplayer.exe? The application will not be visible but it will stay loaded as a process to find in taskmanager or Get-Process. The powershell way is more in line with:

powershell (New-Object System.Media.SoundPlayer('c:\windows\media\Windows Battery Critical.wav')).PlaySync()

CodePudding user response：

No visible player:

powershell (New-Object Media.SoundPlayer 'c:\windows\media\windows background.wav').PlaySync()

powershell $PLAYER = New-Object Media.SoundPlayer; $PLAYER.soundlocation='C:\windows\media\windows background.wav'; $PLAYER.PlaySync()

powershell Add-Type -AssemblyName presentationCore; $mediaPlayer = New-Object system.windows.media.mediaplayer; $mediaPlayer.open('c:\windows\media\windows background.wav'); $mediaPlayer.Play(); start-sleep 3

The sound file does not support spaces: *********************

powershell Start-Process -WindowStyle Hidden 'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe' c:\windows\media\notify.wav & timeout 3 >nul & taskkill /f /im wmplayer.exe>nul

Visible player:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" "c:\windows\media\windows background.wav" & timeout 3 >nul & taskkill /f /im wmplayer.exe>nul

W10:

start "" "c:\windows\media\windows background.wav" & timeout 3 >nul & taskkill /f /im music.ui.exe>nul

start "explorer.exe shell:" "c:\windows\media\windows background.wav" & timeout 3 >nul & taskkill /f /im music.ui.exe>nul

W11:

start "" "c:\windows\media\windows background.wav" & timeout 3 >nul & taskkill /f /im microsoft.media.player.exe>nul

start "explorer.exe shell:" "c:\windows\media\windows background.wav" & timeout 3 >nul & taskkill /f /im microsoft.media.player.exe>nul