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SO I have surfed this site and the web and I feel as though I am missing something simple.

I find related questions but none that combine a scriptblock and remote calling of a 3rd party app (not a simply windows function or app)

I have the following string that I can copy into a command window and run without issue

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Vizient\Vizient Secure Channel v2.1\VizientSC.exe" UID=me@musc.edu PWD=XXXXXXXXX HCOID=123456 PRODTYPE=PRO-UHCSECURECHANNEL-CDB PACKAGETYPE=OTH FOLDERPATH="\\da\db5\MyFiles\Viz\20180413"

To simplify this, lets just assume I want to run this same String every time BUT with a REMOTE call.

I have written this many different ways but to no avail using 

Invoke-Command -ComputerName "edwsql" -ScriptBlock { .........

I simply want to run the designated string using cmd.exe on a remote machine.

The EXE being run in the string is a 3rd party software that I do not want to install all all possible locations. Much simpler to run remote form the box it is already installed and is secure.

Can someone point me in the right direction???? Pls???? I'm new to PowerShell. I am trying to phase out some old PERL as the folks who can support that on the client site are few and far between these days.

Maximilian Burszley
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    Literally copy/paste your command in the script block, prefix it with `& "C:\.." --% UID=..` – Maximilian Burszley Apr 24 '18 at 18:54
  • `--%` is called the *[Stop parsing symbol](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_parsing?view=powershell-3.0)* and will fall back to cmd. – Maximilian Burszley Apr 24 '18 at 18:55
  • @Peter Plott, if you *just* supply `UID` and `PWD`, will the Windows UI open and allow you to supply the remaining parameters? I'm trying to test their command-line interface. – craig Jul 23 '19 at 00:25

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You don't need to try so hard. PowerShell can run commands. If the command you want to run contains spaces, enclose in " (as you have done) and invoke it with the & (call or invocation) operator. This is all you need to do:

& "C:\Program Files (x86)\Vizient\Vizient Secure Channel v2.1\VizientSC.exe" UID=me@musc.edu PWD=XXXXXXXXX HCOID=123456 PRODTYPE=PRO-UHCSECURECHANNEL-CDB PACKAGETYPE=OTH FOLDERPATH="\\da\db5\MyFiles\Viz\20180413"

If a parameter on the executable's command line contains any characters that PowerShell interprets in a special way, you will need to quote it.

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