How to pass keyboard shortcut to command prompt using powershell script

Question

I need to enter Ctrl-Y here using PowerShell script, in order to automate this task. please let me know how this can be done.

Any suggestions are welcome.

TylerH · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-22 18:32:15Z

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try something like this:

[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait('^y')

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Thank you for the suggestion, but it is a way to send shortcuts in C#, but I am looking something for powershell scripts

did you try it in PowerShell ^^ Windows is a funny thing when it comes to VB and C ;)