How to pass argument to Start-Process

Question

I'd like to run this command net start "PTV LOXANE xDataServer 1.4.1.067" using Start-Process in powershell with admin rights. My problem is how to give the quote to ArgumentList. I've tried this but it doesn't work

Start-Process net -ArgumentList "stop \"PTV LOXANE xDataServer 1.4.1.067\"" -Verb runas -wait -NoNewWindow -PassThru

`"stop \"PTV LOXANE xDataServer 1.4.1.067\""` -> `'stop', '"PTV LOXANE xDataServer 1.4.1.067"'` — Ansgar Wiechers, Jun 28 '19 at 16:18
@AnsgarWiechers Great, now the question has an answer and the poster can't mark it answered. — Bacon Bits, Jun 28 '19 at 17:49
@BaconBits Let's be real here, they probably weren't going to accept it anyway. Besides, you're always free to post an answer of your own. — Ansgar Wiechers, Jun 28 '19 at 21:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '19 at 10:47

I've found how to do it. You must double the quotes: Start-Process net -ArgumentList "start ""PTV LOXANE xDataServer 1.4.1.067""" -wait -PassThru -Verb runas

Now I've got a second question. How can I run this command when calling powershell ? This doesn't work:

powershell -Command 'Start-Process net -ArgumentList "start ""PTV LOXANE xDataServer 1.4.1.067""" -wait -PassThru -Verb runas'

How to pass argument to Start-Process

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