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Ensure Start-Process starts and finishes in order

PowerShell script has the following

Start-Process "D:\Script\EMAIL_Snapshot_Done.bat" $date, $scr_comp
Start-Process "D:\Script\BATCH_gup.bat"

How to ensure that first Start-Process starts and finishes BEFORE second Start-Process begins?

Solution

  • Something simple like this should do the trick.

    Start-Process "D:\Script\EMAIL_Snapshot_Done.bat" $date, $scr_comp -Wait

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    Wait-Process could also help but the simplicity of -Wait should not compare.