Custom action powershell execution

Question

Hello,
Someone knows a way to execute powershell through link, button... without visual studio.
Regards,
EM

Answer 1

You can try using a HTA application and VBScript to run PowerShell. Or you could use Windows Forms and add the code for the form to a PowerShell script . . . and then the rest is easy.

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Answer 2

Hello @Elmata ,

A very simple method is combin HTAs with PowerShell scripts.

While you can't include PowerShell script code directly into your HTA, you can use VBScript to launch external processes.

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Note:
To run PowerShell scripts from VBScript code, you need to set the execution policy on your computer to enable this activity. For example, Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted enables all PowerShell scripts to run on your system.

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More information, please refer to this article:

• How to Add a Graphical User Interface to a PowerShell Script by Using HTML Applications

Thanks,
Echo Du

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Updated Answer ======================
Hi @Elmata ,

You could create a Custom Web Part. A simple button Handler could execute the under given code to fire your PowerShell script.

private string RunScript(string scriptText)  
{  
    // create Powershell runspace  
  
    Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace();  
  
    // open it  
  
    runspace.Open();  
  
    // create a pipeline and feed it the script text  
  
    Pipeline pipeline = runspace.CreatePipeline();  
    pipeline.Commands.AddScript(scriptText);  
  
    // add an extra command to transform the script  
    // output objects into nicely formatted strings  
  
    // remove this line to get the actual objects  
    // that the script returns. For example, the script  
  
    // "Get-Process" returns a collection  
    // of System.Diagnostics.Process instances.  
  
    pipeline.Commands.Add("Out-String");  
  
    // execute the script  
  
    Collection<psobject /> results = pipeline.Invoke();  
  
    // close the runspace  
  
    runspace.Close();  
  
    // convert the script result into a single string  
  
    StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();  
    foreach (PSObject obj in results)  
    {  
        stringBuilder.AppendLine(obj.ToString());  
    }  
  
    return stringBuilder.ToString();  
}  

Note:
The scriptText parameter is the script which you should pass. You can HardCode it or load it from any file

Script Reference

Thanks,
Echo Du

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Answer 3

No way to manage it with a webpart script and a button ?

Answer 4

As this would cross browser security boundaries (allowing a website to execute code on the local host), this really isn't possible.