How to run appCmd in PowerShell to add custom headers to the Default Web Site
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Try it like this:
$env:defaultWebSite = "Default Web Site"
$appCmd = "C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe"
& $appCmd --% set config "%defaultWebSite%" -section:system.webServer/httpProtocol /+customHeaders.[name='P3P',value='policyRef="/w3c/p3p.xml",CP="DSP COR NID OUR COM PRE"']
If you use any variables after the --%
the have to be environment variables.
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Robert Bratton
I'm an experienced Information Technology professional with a background in software engineering, database design, network engineering and system administration.
Updated on June 20, 2022Comments
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Robert Bratton almost 2 years
Please help me figure out how to properly escape the arguments so they work when calling appcmd inside of powershell.
My script looks like this:
$defaultWebSite = "Default Web Site" $appCmd = "C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe" $addHeaderP3P = "set config ""$defaultWebSite"" -section:system.webServer/httpProtocol /+""customHeaders.[name='P3P',value='policyRef=`\`"/w3c/p3p.xml`\`",CP=`\`"DSP COR NID OUR COM PRE`\`"']`"" Write-Output "Here's the argument string: " $addHeaderP3P Write-Output "`nInvoke Result:" Invoke-Expression "$appCmd $addHeaderP3P" Write-Output "`n& Result:" & $appCmd --%"$addHeaderP3P"
The output is this when running inside powershell_ise:
PS C:\Users\robert.bratton> D:\Junk\p3pheader.ps1 Here's the argument string: set config "Default Web Site" -section:system.webServer/httpProtocol /+"customHeaders.[name='P3P',value='policyRef=\"/w3c/p3p.xml\",CP=\"DSP COR NID OUR COM PRE\"']" Invoke Result: Failed to process input: The parameter 'COR' must begin with a / or - (HRESULT=80070057). & Result: Failed to process input: The parameter 'NID' must begin with a / or - (HRESULT=80070057).
This works from the command line
"C:\windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe" set config "Default Web Site" -section:system.webServer/httpProtocol /+"customHeaders.[name='P3P',value='policyRef=\"/w3c/p3p.xml\",CP=\"DSP COR NID OUR COM PRE\"']"
Thanks for your help!
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Robert Bratton about 10 yearsThanks for the suggestion. I get an error about a missing close quote. The string starting: At line:4 char:180 + & $appCmd --% set config "%defaultWebSite%" -section:system.webServer/httpProtocol /+""customHeaders.[name='P3P',value='policyRef=\"/w3c/p3p.xml\",CP=\"DSP COR NID OUR COM PRE\"'] <<<< " is missing the terminator: ". At line:4 char:181
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Keith Hill about 10 yearsI copied everything from
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to the end from the example you listed above as working. However you may have made changes to make that work from PowerShell. At the point you specify --% PowerShell parses more like cmd.exe. Let me take a crack to getting rid of the PowerShell workarounds.