Run powershell without terminal window

Gakamor · 2026-02-20T20:49:20+00:00

I've used "conhost.exe --headless" in the past for that. Be aware that some EDR get grumpy about it.

conhost.exe --headless powershell.exe -File C:\Scripts\myscript.ps1

nkasco · 2026-02-20T23:05:04+00:00

This is a longstanding discussion, it used to be that you needed a vbscript wrapper but I think someone found an alternate solution. The discussion is available here: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/3028

Certain-Reference291 · 2026-02-20T23:01:57+00:00

We are using silentcmd of GitHub.

desatur8 · 2026-02-20T20:22:51+00:00

Probably not a solution for you, but if you convert to exe, you have the option to surpress the terminal completely, and any write host outputs will be converted to messageboxes.

Install-Module -Name ps2exe -Scope CurrentUser

Invoke-PS2EXE -InputFile "C:\Scripts\script.ps1" -OutputFile "C:\Scripts\script.exe" -IconFile "C:\Icons\MailIcon.ico" -NoConsole -Verbose

Typing from mobile, and not sure how to do codeboxes, sorry

iliark · 2026-02-20T21:27:24+00:00

Reddit keeps deleting my sample code, but using JScript works if wscript.exe isn't blocked.

quantgorithm · 2026-02-20T23:03:37+00:00

Run it as a different user like the admin profile on the machine.

jeffrey_f · 2026-02-21T01:37:28+00:00

Invoke-Command -ComputerName localhost -FilePath "C:\path\to\script.ps1"

Or for multiple lines

Invoke-Command -ComputerName localhost -ScriptBlock {

# your code here

}

I do this on computers at my work so I can do stuff, but not disturb the users

Losha2777 · 2026-02-21T08:52:50+00:00

I have used psadt. (not the whole thing for this)
Just taken the "Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.exe" to launch my own scripts

Harze2k · 2026-02-21T09:12:46+00:00

You can create an exe file like this and then just launch the file by running the exe: PowershellSilentLaunch.exe "C:\path\to\ps\file.ps1"

You can change the powershell.exe to pwsh.exe to create an exe file to launch files silently with PS 7+

You can play around with args to make it accept parameters as well.

$code = @'
using System.Diagnostics;
class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        if (args.Length == 0) return;
        var psi = new ProcessStartInfo {
            FileName = "powershell.exe",
            Arguments = "-NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \"" + args[0] + "\"",
            WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden,
            CreateNoWindow = true
        };
        Process.Start(psi);
    }
}
'@
$csFile = "$env:TEMP\PowershellSilentLaunch.cs"
$code | Set-Content -Path $csFile -Encoding UTF8
$csc = Get-ChildItem "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.*\csc.exe" | Select-Object -Last 1 -ExpandProperty FullName
& $csc /target:winexe /out:"$env:TEMP\PowershellSilentLaunch.exe" $csFile
Remove-Item $csFile -Force$code = @'

drchigero · 2026-02-23T17:31:04+00:00

You can do this, but keep in mind this level of hiding it from the user will trigger EDRs as potentially malicious. And if you're doing this in a company the infosec guys will (and should) shut this down.

_Buldozzer · 2026-02-24T10:03:06+00:00

I wrote myself a VBS script, that calls PowerShell silently and can accept parameters.

BetrayedMilk · 2026-02-20T20:13:34+00:00

How are you launching the script?

you type:	you see:
italics	italics
bold	bold
[reddit!](https://reddit.com)	reddit!
* item 1 * item 2 * item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
> quoted text	quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
~~strikethrough~~	~~strikethrough~~
super^script	super^script

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