nothing within a script block executes

[mqh77777]

Product: PowerShell Studio 2023 (64 Bit)
Build: v5.8.232
OS: Windows 11.0.22631
PS Version(s): 5.1.22621.1, 7.4.2


I have this simple code. the $statusbar text only works outside of the Invoke-Command -Scriptblock. Why? I need to have a few commands run within the Invoke-Command that run on the remote machine, where $PC=$PCNameBox.Text can be any system in your environment that you have access too. But so far nothing within the Invoke-Command runs.

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$buttonExecuteAllCommands_Click = {
	
	$PC = $PCNameBox.Text
	$richtextbox.Clear()
	$statusbar1.text = 'Running commands, please wait.'
	Start-Sleep -Seconds 3
	Invoke-command -ComputerName $PC -ScriptBlock {
		$statusbar1.text = 'Running commands, please wait.'
		Start-Sleep -Seconds 3
		$statusbar1.text = 'All done!'
	}

	$statusbar1.text = 'All done!'
}

[apowershelluser]

I’m guessing it’s similar to a job where you shouldn’t pass form elements in the script block since it’s running in a different thread

[mqh77777]

So far not even ChatGPT can write code that works the way I need. I have the computer name field ($PC) which can be any computer in your Org. I need to run cmd.exe on the remote $PC. so it has to run CMD /c " then an .EXE that is on the remote machine" . <<<< yes this .exe is on my remote machines.

Start-Process only works on my local machine. And so far all of the code snippets ChatGPT has given me fail. i.e. running Invoke-Command and passing it the $PC and the commands to run on the remote machine.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

[apowershelluser]

Maybe a working directory for the content?

It's been sometime since I've had to do it because we have other options in my env

$ComputerName = "remotePC" # Specify the remote computer's name
$ScriptBlock = {
Start-Process "C:\temp\yourapp.exe" -Wait -NoNewWindow -WorkingDirectory "C:\temp"
}

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock