For reasons, all my VMWare services are set to manual startup. I like it this way.
I wanted an easy way to start all the services so naturally, a PowerShell script was required. However the services can’t be started by PowerShell without elevated privileges, and I usually work in a non-elevated ISE. So this version of the script self-elevates, saving me precious seconds.
# Start All VMware services V2
# WARNING - THIS SCRIPT WILL ATTEMPT TO ELEVATE ITSELF
# Check if the current user role is in the local computer administrator role
# get-service -displayname 'VMware*' | %{Stop-Service -name $_.Name}
If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole(`
[Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")){
# Not running as administrator
# Create a new process object that starts PowerShell
$newProcess = new-object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo "PowerShell";
# Specify the current script path and name as a parameter
$script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
$newProcess.Arguments = "& '" + $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path + "'"
# Indicate that the process should be elevated
$newProcess.Verb = "runas";
# Start the new process
[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($newProcess);
}
Else
{
# Elevated Code - will only run if IS Administrator
# Set some colors so its clear what is going on
$Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition + "(Elevated)"
$Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = "DarkRed"
clear-host
# start all the VMware services
$s = get-service -displayname 'VMware*' # i should really list the services in the right startup order
write-host $s
foreach ($svc in $s){
write-host $svc.name 'is' $svc.Status
if($svc.Status -ne "Running")
{
write-host 'Starting: ' $svc.Name
#Stop-Service $svc.name
#set-service $svc.Name -StartupType Manual
Start-Service $svc.Name
}
Else{
# Do something else if you want
}
}
#start "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe"
}
# Re-present the services again
get-service -displayname 'VMware*'
Write-Host "Sleeping 60"
start-sleep -seconds 60