How to run a Powershell command in a batch script

Question

How can I run the following command in a batch file?

POWERSHELL -Command "& {Get-AppxPackage | %% { Add-AppxPackage -ForceApplicationShutdown -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppxManifest.xml" -verbose }}"

Every time I try it I get an error:

Add-AppxPackage : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '\AppxManifest.xml'.
At line:1 char:25
+ ... ackage | % {Add-AppxPackage -ForceApplicationShutdown -DisableDevelop ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Add-AppxPackage], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '22 at 19:57

Well your command is still inside a batch file so the special batch characters must be escape. I always use this site it is a pretty good overview.

https://www.robvanderwoude.com/escapechars.php

From personal experience I would always choose to put the command in a file if it there is too much escaping needed.

Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File yourscript.ps1

How to run a Powershell command in a batch script

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