Powershell script with response and no window?

[AtleastItried]

I want to run a command in Powershell and use the response in Autohotkey. I have found a lot of information on how to run a powershell script, but none saying how I can use the reponse from it in Autohotkey.

I have tried

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MsgBox % ComObjCreate("WScript.Shell").Exec("powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -noProfile -nologo dir").StdOut.ReadAll()

But this still flashes a window for a very brief time. I loop this command for every 25ms, so letting a window blink that often is not a valid solution.

[burque505]

@AtleastItried, try this code. You'll need stdout2var.ahk, which I'm also including. There are various workarounds like PSRun.exe or some VBScript stuff, but I don't think there's any reason not to just use AHK.

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#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

psex := "powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -noProfile -nologo dir"

#Include stdout2var.ahk

msgbox % StdOutStream(psex)

stdout2var.ahk

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Regards,
burque505

[shmurva]

Hello. Thanks for your script! I spent some time and rewrote the script for AutoHotKey v2

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0

#Include stdout2var_v2.ahk

MsgBox StdOutStream('powershell.exe -command "echo `'Hello Привет`'"', 'cp866')