How to launch teams.exe with powershell

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I've been trying to launch teams using powershell, i've succeeded launching teams using the destination path under the shortcut property, and then running it in powershell.

C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe --processStart "Teams.exe"

But this only works for the local user, if i run the script with another user teams won't launch. i've storing the user in a variable.

$user = $env:UserName 

C:\Users\$user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe --processStart "Teams.exe"

This doesn't work. So my question how can I launch teams.exe (make it visible)? I want to make it like how you can launch word with start winword.exe

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2 Answers

You should get the variable for the App Data folder, not just the username. Otherwise, it won't work in situations where the user's profile folder is in a different location:

$user = "$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe --processStart `"Teams.exe`""
Joel_Coehoorn_30430

This can be fixed by using the following format instead:

$user = $env:UserName
'C:\Users\'+$user+'\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\Update.exe --processStart "Teams.exe"'
user_194104600
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