Short PowerShell script to start sxstrace, stop sxstrace and open the resulting trace

sxstrace.ps1

if (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))
{
    Write-Warning "You do not have Administrator rights to run this script!`nPlease re-run this script as an Administrator!"
    break
}

$logfile = (Join-Path $env:temp sxstrace.log)
$outfile = (Join-Path $env:temp sxstrace.txt)

Write-Output "Starting sxstrace utility..."
sxstrace trace -logfile:$logfile -nostop

Write-Output "Press any key to stop tracing"
Read-Host

sxstrace stoptrace

&sxstrace parse -logfile:$logfile -outfile:$outfile
Invoke-Item $outfile