Embedded PowerShell command won't work if filename has spaces

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I know this is a strange use case but I need this to execute like this in a new process and be a single line. It has taken me a long time to get to this place. I've been tearing my hair out for hours over this... Please HELP!

This command works in powershell and cmd:

powershell -command "(start-process -PassThru PowerShell -ArgumentList '-file C:\Temp\Test.ps1').Id"

This command works in powershell but not in cmd (can't find the file):

powershell -command "(start-process -PassThru PowerShell -ArgumentList '-file `"C:\Temp\Test.ps1`"').Id"

And when I add a space to the filename it can't find the file in PowerShell or cmd (the file does exist):

powershell -command "(start-process -PassThru PowerShell -ArgumentList '-file `"C:\Temp\Test 1.ps1`"').Id"
powershell-3.0 powershell-2.0 powershell
1 Answers

You can directly run it from Command Prompt:

start "" powershell -file "C:\Temp\test.ps1"

This will launch the process in a new window.

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