Start-Application

SYNOPSIS

SYNTAX

Application (Default)

Start-Application [-Application] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

Index

Start-Application [-Index] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Launch most applications using powershell and the name of the executable

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Launch and Application

Start-Application -Application outlook

EXAMPLE 2

Launch an application using the function alias and without specifying the application parameter

app outlook

EXAMPLE 3

Build the index used for launching applications. Can be run again to update the index when needed

Start-Application -index

PARAMETERS

-Application

Specify all or part of the name for an applications EXE or msc file

Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: Application
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Index

Used to build an index of application executables and msc files

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: Index
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

NOTES

Uses the private function Get-Elevation

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