Execute cmd.exe command from Powershell and pass parameters

Question

I'm creating PS script to remove a bunch of applications from lots of devices.

The theory with the code below being it passes the path of an application to cmd.exe along with the "RD" (remove directory) command and two switches.

However all i get when running this is..

"'rd C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox /s /q' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Any suggestions please as to how accomplish my goal here

 if ($app_path) {

write-host "Now Removing $appname ,install directory ($app_path)"

$command = "rd $app_path /s /q"

& cmd.exe /c $command

}

Why are you running cmd.exe to Remove Directories? PowerShell can for instance Remove-Item –Path $app_path –Recurse. — Compo
– Compo, Commented Aug 28, 2019 at 22:04

mklement0 · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-29 03:10:18Z

1

The arguments need to be separate strings.

& cmd /c rd $app_path /s /q

or

$command = 'rd',$app_path,'/s','/q'
& cmd /c $command

or

cmd /c rd $app_path /s /q

edited Aug 29, 2019 at 3:10

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answered Aug 28, 2019 at 20:24

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