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PowerShellFromBatch.cmd
@ECHO off
@setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
@goto label1
@echo this lines should not be printed
@echo and this whole block (lines 4-8) can actually be removed
@echo I added these just for Charlie22911
@:label1
@set LF=^
@SET command=#
@FOR /F "tokens=*" %%i in ('findstr -bv @ "%~f0"') DO SET command=!command!!LF!%%i
@powershell -noprofile -noexit -command !command! & goto:eof
# *** POWERSHELL CODE STARTS HERE *** #
Write-Host 'This is PowerShell code being run from inside a batch file!' -Fore red
$PSVersionTable
Get-Process -Id $PID | Format-Table
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I seem to be having trouble with this when using goto.
For example, the following results in “cannot find the batch label specified”. Any ideas?
@@:start
@@goto start

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I seem to be having trouble with this when using goto.
For example, the following results in “cannot find the batch label specified”. Any ideas?
@@:start
@@goto start

The double at's (@) were just incase the original batch included one in the first place.
You can change it to use only one. I'll fix the code above to reflect it.

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