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Posted on by jasonpap 2

I am trying to create a flow where for each subfolder in a specific folder a powershell command is executed (it opens the folder in a specific program, eg 7-zip). But every time the powershell command is executed the flow is stuck untill i close the 7zip windows. I want the flow to continue and open all the subfolders in 7zip even if I haven't finished and closed the first window

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  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    I open 7zip files through PAD via command line.  Copy and paste the following into a PAD subflow.

     

    Cmd.Open Directory: $'''C:\\Program Files\\7-Zip''' Session=> CmdSession
    Cmd.Write Session: CmdSession Command: $'''7z.exe x \"C:\\stmt\\010SC-CBT WG2 -%RME_yyyyDASHmm% Statements and Confirms.7z\" -aoa -oC:\\stmt''' SendEnter: True
    Cmd.WaitForText Session: CmdSession Text: $'''Everything is Ok''' IsRegEx: False IgnoreCase: True Timeout: 0
    Cmd.Close Session: CmdSession

     

    Should look like this:

    MichaelAnnis_0-1639521830358.png

     

    Then you just have to edit your filename and path, and you can repeat as needed.

  • jasonpap Profile Picture
    jasonpap 2 on at

    thanks for your answer Michael, but that does not really answer my question. 

    7-zip is only part of the folder manipulation I want to do, so there is no way I can avoid running some powershell commands. 

    My issue is that I want the flow to continue after executing the powershell command, even if the program that is opened is still open. If I have 7 subfolders, I want the flow to run and open 7 different sessions. Right now it opens 1, and the flow continues when I close the 1st and so on

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