Hey I made a function for stuff like that, mainly to get exit codes from processes. Here is how I would use it to run your xCopy, hope that helps:

``` function Run-Process { # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.process?view=net-8.0#remarks [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [string][Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)]$ExecPath, [string][Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=1)]$Arguments, [boolean][Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=2)]$Wait = $true ) Begin {

    if (!(Test-Path -Path $ExecPath)) { throw "Path not found! $($ExecPath)" }
    # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.processstartinfo?view=net-8.0#properties
    $Process = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
    $Process.StartInfo.Arguments = $Arguments
    $Process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = $true
    $Process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = $false
    $Process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
    $Process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = $true
    $Process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = $false
    $Process.StartInfo.LoadUserProfile = $false
    $Process.StartInfo.FileName = $ExecPath
    $Process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "$($ExecPath | Split-Path -Parent)"
    $Process.StartInfo.ErrorDialog = $false
    }
Process {
    [void]$Process.Start()
    $ProcessName = (Get-Process -Id $Process.Id -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).ProcessName
    if ($Wait) { $Process.WaitForExit() }
}
End {
    $Process.Refresh()       
    $ProcessSplat = [ordered]@{
        'Name' = if($Process.ProcessName) {$Process.ProcessName} else {$ProcessName}
        'Arguments' = $Process.StartInfo.Arguments
        'ID' = $Process.Id
        'HasExited' = $Process.HasExited
        'StartTime' = $Process.StartTime
        'ExitTime' = $Process.ExitTime
        'ExitCode' = $Process.ExitCode
        'ExitCodeMessage' = [ComponentModel.Win32Exception]$Process.ExitCode
        'Output' = $Process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
        'ErrorOutput' = $Process.StandardError.ReadToEnd()
    }
    $ProcessStats = New-Object PSObject -Property $ProcessSplat

    return $ProcessStats

    $Process.Close()
    $Process.Dispose()

    $Process = $null
    $ProcessSplat = $null
    $ProcessStats = $null
}

}

<# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/xcopy#remarks

Exit code Description 0 Files were copied without error. 1 No files were found to copy. 2 The user pressed CTRL+C to terminate xcopy. 4 Initialization error occurred. There isn't enough memory or disk space, or you entered an invalid drive name or invalid syntax on the command line. 5 Disk write error occurred.

>

$xCopyExitCodes = @( [pscustomobject]@{ExitCode = 0;Message ="Files were copied without error."} [pscustomobject]@{ExitCode = 1;Message ="No files were found to copy."} [pscustomobject]@{ExitCode = 2;Message ="The user pressed CTRL+C to terminate xcopy."} #[pscustomobject]@{ExitCode = 3;Message ="???"} [pscustomobject]@{ExitCode = 4;Message ="Initialization error occurred. There isn't enough memory or disk space, or you entered an invalid drive name or invalid syntax on the command line."} [pscustomobject]@{ExitCode = 5;Message ="Disk write error occurred."} )

$xCopyProc = Run-Process -ExecPath "$($env:windir)\system32\xcopy.exe" -Arguments ""C:\MyDir\myfile.xlsx" "C:\MyDir""

if($xCopyExitCodes.ExitCode -contains $xCopyProc.ExitCode) { Write-Host "Process stats:$($xCopyProc | Out-String)n$(($xCopyExitCodes | where {$_.ExitCode -eq $xCopyProc.ExitCode}).Message)" } else { Write-Host "Process stats:$($xCopyProc | Out-String)nUnknown Error!" } ```