Trying to start firefox from a batch file (task scheduler) using Windows Powershell, but the window is not appearing

Question

I am trying to run a command in windows powershell that will start a task schedule. Below is the command that I am using: Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName "pkms task scheduler" The powershell can run the task and the batch files from the scheduler but I do not know what is the problem why the Firefox window is not appearing even though the browser is running in the background. Here is the code for the batch file: @echo off cls start "" /d "C:\Kiosk Advertisement" firefox.exe.lnk exit

Hope that you can help me. Comment if you need more information

I did try to put "/max" beside the start command but the window is still not appearing.

Answer 1

If your goal is just to start Firefox, the simplest way would be to use the path to your firefox executable to create the scheduled task action, like so:

$StartFirefoxScheduledTaskAction = 
    New-ScheduledTaskAction `
        -Execute 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe'

Register-ScheduledTask `
    -TaskName 'Start Firefox' `
    -Action $StartFirefoxScheduledTaskAction

Note: you can pass multiple actions to the Register-ScheduledTask's -Action parameter.

Now, if you need something more sophisticated, please elaborate your question and tell us what you're trying to achieve with more details.