C# pnputil not recognized
public void InstallPrinter(PrinterInfo printer)
{
string script = $@"script to install printer. install driver using pnputil."
using (PowerShell ps = PowerShell.Create())
{
ps.AddScript(script);
try
{
var results = ps.Invoke();
if (ps.HadErrors)
{
foreach (var error in ps.Streams.Error)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {error}");
}
}
else
{
foreach (var result in results)
{
Console.WriteLine(result.ToString());
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred: {ex.Message}");
}
}
I checked the log and the error occur during the driver installation and it's because it doesn't recognize pnputil. No problem running in powershell console.
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show the script you're trying to run
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@The Guythe entire script?
at least the pnputil bits
oh okay
also the exact error message you're getting would help
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2024-06-10 14:41:41 - Failed to add driver to the driver store. Error: The term 'pnputil' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
2024-06-10 15:10:11 - Driver added to the driver store successfully.
2024-06-10 15:10:12 - Failed to register printer driver. Error: The specified driver does not exist in the driver store.
huh, yeah that looks fine...
I will say, you may want to use raw strings for your own sanity https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/raw-string
Raw string literals - ''' - C# reference
Raw string literals can contain any arbitrary text without the need for special escape sequences. You begin and end a raw string literal with a minimum of three double-quote characters.
like, this line here I assume you meant to interpolate that, but the double brace means it's escaped, so no interpolation
so just wrap the string script in 3 double quotes? or do i need to make any other adjustment?
I would do
(ignore the weird coloring, discord's formatter hasn't been updated)
okay, i will try that. thanks!