Run exe in background

Question

I've tried the following:

Start-Process powershell -ArgumentList "C:\Program Files\Prometheus.io\prometheus.exe" -WindowStyle hidden

Invoke-Command -ComputerName . -AsJob -ScriptBlock {
    'C:\Program Files\Prometheus.io\prometheus.exe'
}

Start-Job -Name "prometheus" -ScriptBlock {Get-Process prometheus.io}

Start-Job {& .\prometheus.exe}

Sometimes it starts but terminates immediately after starting. If I start it manually it works correctly.

How can I keep my process alive in background?

EDIT :

It doesn't worked because i wasn't in the directory of my process that need a file which pathfile is not set.

Your syntax for Start-Process is wrong, you don't need to reference powershell, just launch your program with the WindowStyle param set like this: `Start-Process "C:\Program Files\Prometheus.io\prometheus.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden` — henrycarteruk, Feb 14 '17 at 10:34
Nevermind it doesn't worked because I wasn't in the directory and my process can't start correctly because he have a default argument that must be changed if i'm not in the directory. Thanks ! — Thibault Loison, Feb 14 '17 at 12:26

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '17 at 13:09

Your syntax for Start-Process is wrong, you don't need to reference powershell, just launch your program with the WindowStyle param set

Start-Process "C:\Program Files\Prometheus.io\prometheus.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden

The WorkingDirectory param can also be used to start the program in a specific directory

Start-Process "C:\Program Files\Prometheus.io\prometheus.exe" -WorkingDirectory "C:\Program Files\Prometheus.io" -WindowStyle Hidden

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