I've been trying to download and execute files with powershell. Everything works fine, Powershell downloads the File from "Workupload.com" and puts it in my /user folder. This works perfectly with pictures, and I can open them as well after they are downloaded.
However it doesnt work when I try it with .exe or .txt files.. Here is my Code:
$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$url = 'link to my .exe on workupload'
$dst = 'FireFox-Installer.exe' #Not adding a Path just puts the File in the User Folder
$WebClient.DownloadFile($url, $dst)
Start-Process $dst 'FireFox-Installer.exe'
Now when I try to open the file I get an Error that the File is corrupted and unreadable. I wonder how I fix that.. Is the Windows-Defender blocking it? Is my Code wrong? Or is it the File-Hoster which causes the errors?
Here is my error-code:
Start-Process : This command cannot be run due to the error: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.
At line:1 char:1
+ Start-Process $dst 'FireFox-Installer.exe'
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand
Would really appreciate some help since im kind of new to Powershell, thank you everyone! :)
Ok so I just tried this and it worked as expected:
$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$url = 'https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/79.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Installer.exe'
$dst = 'C:\Temp'
$WebClient.DownloadFile($url, (Join-Path $dst 'FireFox-Installer.exe'))
Start-Process (Join-Path $dst 'FireFox-Installer.exe')
I just added another Join-Path
for the destination argument of DownloadFile
If it still doesn't work, I would suggest you to check your link and to test your Firefox-Installer.exe file.