PowerShell command to exit script?

Django x2 · 8 May 2014 at 13:35

At the moment, I have:

PHP:

Write-Host "Press Any Key To Exit"
$x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")

exit

My understanding was that when that line appears in the script, the user will be asked to press any key, and that when they do, the script will continue, in this case, "exit". Well, the "press any key to exit" appears, and when you press something, you do exit the script, but I actually want the PowerShell window to exit (ie, close)....

Is that possible?

chaosophy · 8 May 2014 at 18:49

Code:

(Get-Host).SetShouldExit(0)

That should do it. Think you can change the 0 for any int as your exit code if needed.

Django x2 · 9 May 2014 at 09:39

Thanks, works a treat

Dj_Jestar · 9 May 2014 at 09:57

If I'd run your command in a powershell window (that I had already opened) and it closed the window on me, I'd be annoyed.

Django x2 · 16 May 2014 at 10:46

no, the command appears at the end of a script, which is run during an unattended installation. The PowerShell output to the console window must be verified by an operator to ensure installation was correct (at this point, not really unattended). The script then says "Press any key to exit". pressing any key closes the powershell window as it is no longer required.