Execute a PowerShell Script in C#: .NET 10 and sample fixes - #2264
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- Both projects net7.0 to net10.0; Microsoft.PowerShell.SDK 7.3.3 to 7.6.6 (7.6.x targets net10.0 only); test packages bumped, xunit kept. - ProcessStart: start pwsh instead of powershell.exe, build arguments with ArgumentList, set UseShellExecute = false, read stdout and stderr asynchronously and wait for exit, return exit code, output and error. - PowerShellClass.ExecuteScript: AddCommand instead of AddScript (a path with a space fails under AddScript) and a Bypass execution policy through InitialSessionState, since a hosted runspace otherwise inherits Restricted. - ExecuteCommand: FirstOrDefault and a HadErrors check instead of First(). - PSCustomRunspace implements IDisposable and disposes its runspace. - echo.ps1 added to the project; no more hardcoded desktop path. - Program.cs uses top-level statements.
Drop the Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility import from PSCustomRunspace, which made every cmdlet in that module (Get-Random, Invoke-Expression and more) callable. The runspace now holds the Get-Date entry alone. Program.cs comment names gedit as the Linux example.
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Sample update for the article "Execute a PowerShell Script in C#" (https://code-maze.com/csharp-run-powershell-script/). Only dotnet-cli/ExecutingPowerShellScript changes.
Packages (re-queried on NuGet 2026-10-04):
dotnet list package --vulnerable --include-transitive: clean.
Changes:
Local run (Windows, SDK 10.0.302, runtime 10.0.10, pwsh 7.6.6): build 0 warnings 0 errors; 7 of 8 tests passed, the eighth (starts Notepad) not run locally. All test classes keep the Live suffix, so CI builds the folder and runs none of them, as before.