René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Powershell -WindowStyle Hidden still shows a window briefly","articleBody":"\u003c!--\r\n\r\nIf it is a bug report:\r\n- make sure you are able to repro it on the latest released version. \r\nYou can install the latest version from https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases\r\n- Search the existing issues.\r\n- Refer to the [FAQ](../docs/FAQ.md).\r\n- Refer to the [known issues](../docs/KNOWNISSUES.md).\r\n- Fill out the following repro template\r\n\r\nIf it's not a bug, please remove the template and elaborate the issue in your own words.\r\n--\u003e\r\n\r\nSteps to reproduce\r\n------------------\r\nIn Windows Run dialog type this:\r\n`PowerShell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command ping www.microsoft.com`\r\n\r\nExpected behavior\r\n-----------------\r\nThere should be no window, right now you can't start powershell without window flashing, making it rather useless e.g. for scheduled tasks.\r\n\r\n*Note* I think this is intended behavior, but it's confusing and new option is probably required. If you search how to run a powershell in scheduled task, the go-to workaround is to do a *vbs* script of all things! Such as:\r\n\r\n```\r\nDim shell,command\r\ncommand = \"powershell.exe -nologo -File D:\\myscript.ps1\"\r\nSet shell = CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\")\r\nshell.Run command,0\r\n```\r\n\r\nThis is not a good thing, powershell needs this feature in the shell itself, scheduled tasks are important feature and having a window flash on scheduled task is a really bad experience.\r\n\r\nActual behavior\r\n---------------\r\nIt flashes the powershell window briefly.\r\n\r\nEnvironment data\r\n----------------\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- provide the output of $PSVersionTable --\u003e\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n\u003e $PSVersionTable\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      5.1.14393.693\r\nPSEdition                      Desktop\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}\r\nBuildVersion                   10.0.14393.693\r\nCLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Ciantic","@type":"Person","name":"Ciantic"},"datePublished":"2017-01-22T18:49:08.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":134},"url":"https://github.com/3028/PowerShell/issues/3028"}