The script shown above starts out by using the Start-VM cmdlet to boot a virtual machine named VM1. Once that command has been processed, PowerShell launches into a While loop.

We show you how to create and run PowerShell script file in Windows. You can create it using virtually any text editor or the ISE console.

Open PowerShell, then copy and paste the following script and hit Enter. Be sure to replace 'J:\OrganizeDownloadsFolder.ps1 ' with the full file path to your OrganizeDownloadsFolder.ps1 script.

Figure 1. I have converted a PowerShell script into .EXE format. Figure 2 confirms that I was able to run the newly created executable file. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 2.

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Using Browse, select program/script field. To schedule a script, we need to select powershell.exe. You can find powershell.exe in your system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 folder.