Powershell does not close using exit in my script

Question

Here is my code. The first two options work but not the third. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I am a bit of a newbie to powershell. Thanks.

$opt = Read-Host "Type 1 to login | Type 2 to disconnect | Type 3 to Exit"
write-host $opt

If ($opt -eq '1') {
$user = "myusername"

$UserCredential = Get-Credential -credential $user

$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection

Import-PSSession $Session
}

ElseIf ($opt -eq '2') {
Get-PSSession | Remove-PSSession
} 

ElseIf ($opt -eq '3') {
Exit
}

What about it isn't working? What are you expecting it to do? — Etan Reisner
– Etan Reisner, Commented Jul 2, 2015 at 21:13
Does this code placed in .ps1 file? In that case Exit only exit that .ps1 file, not PowerShell itself. — user4003407
– user4003407, Commented Jul 2, 2015 at 21:23
I am trying to have it exit the script as well as close the shell. — rhelou
– rhelou, Commented Jul 2, 2015 at 23:28
Run the file on the PowerShell.exe command line and it will do what you want. If you run PowerShell and then ran the script from within, it won't close the shell. — Ryan Bemrose
– Ryan Bemrose, Commented Jul 3, 2015 at 2:31
I am confused between running the file on the PowerShell.exe command line and running powershell. If I run PowerShell is that not a shell with a command line? — rhelou
– rhelou, Commented Jul 3, 2015 at 3:40

Keith Hill · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-03 19:25:25Z

2

If you really, really want to close the shell then rather than use exit, use this instead:

$Host.SetShouldExit(0)

Thanks to @PetSerAl for point out this option to gracefully shutdown the PowerShell process rather than just kill it with Stop-Process $pid.

BTW anybody else that stumbles upon your script might find it rude that you closed their shell. Perhaps 3 should be simply exit script and 4 is exit and close shell?

edited Jul 3, 2015 at 19:25

answered Jul 3, 2015 at 2:21

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2 Comments

user4003407 Over a year ago

Is not it will be better to allow PowerShell to exit gracefully? $Host.SetShouldExit(0)

Keith Hill Over a year ago

That does have the advantage of allowing you to set the exit code. Then again, I suspect the OP doesn't care about an exit code.

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