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Lee Hanyee
Lee Hanyee

Reputation: 25

A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument / Installation Script

I am a student and am very new to PowerShell.

I am trying to get my msi to download remotely but i keep encountering an error.

A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '\\share\folder\Path to msi'.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Start-Process], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartProcessCommand
    + PSComputerName        : RemoteDesktopName

Here is my script:

$msi = @(\\share\folder\Path to msi)

Invoke-Command -ComputerName PCname -ScriptBlock {param($msi) Start-Process msiexec.exe /i "\\Path to msi" /qn /passive -Wait 
 Start-Sleep 5 } -ArgumentList $msi

Could anyone please help me? Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2100

Answers (1)

Paxz
Paxz

Reputation: 3046

You dont have to make $msi an array if the only thing you parse is a string of the Path. Also, why would you use "\Path to msi" inside the Invoke-Command if you parse $msi?

Edit: You should probaly parse the arguments to the msiexec.exe via -Argumentlist.

Try this:

$msi = "Path to msi"

Invoke-Command -ComputerName PCname -ScriptBlock {param($msi) Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList "/I $msi /qn /passive"} -ArgumentList $msi

Upvotes: 1

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