Process Progress Indicator

Uses PowerShell Write-Progress cmdlet in a separate PowerShell Window as a progress indicator for a process. This can be used to offer a visual indicator of progress for a long running hidden process.

Installing

Download from GitHub repository

• Download the repository from https://github.com/ryan-leap/ProcessProgressIndicator
• Unblock the zip file ((on Windows) Right Click -> Properties -> [v/] Unblock)

Usage

# Dot-source the file to bring the function in scope
. .\Start-ProcessProgressIndicator.ps1

# Get help
Get-Help Start-ProcessProgressIndicator

Examples

Opens a separate PowerShell window which will display a progress meter until the process (notepad in this case) is stopped

PS C:\> Start-ProcessProgressIndicator -Id (Start-Process notepad -PassThru).Id -CurrentOperation "Demo w/Notepad"

Author(s)

• Ryan Leap - Initial work

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.