Powershell HP SSM.exe

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can someone help me to run the cmdline below to let it run in a powershell script.

SSM.exe . /ACCEPT /S /DEBUG /to:5 /Force /edebug /cpwdfile:%~dp0\Password.bin /SORT:DESCENDING /NOREBOOT /LOG:%PROGRAMDATA%\SSMLOGS

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FYI…
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or try

$ConsoleCommand = 'SSM.exe . /ACCEPT /S /DEBUG /to:5 /Force /edebug /cpwdfile:%~dp0\Password.bin /SORT:DESCENDING /NOREBOOT /LOG:%PROGRAMDATA%\SSMLOGS'
Start-Process powershell.exe -ArgumentList "-NoExit","-Command  &{ $ConsoleCommand }" -Wait

# Or
Start-Process -FilePath 'SSM.exe' -ArgumentList '/ACCEPT /S /DEBUG /to:5 /Force /edebug /cpwdfile:%~dp0\Password.bin /SORT:DESCENDING /NOREBOOT /LOG:%PROGRAMDATA%\SSMLOGS'

# Or this
Start-Process -FilePath 'SSM.exe' -ArgumentList '/ACCEPT', '/S', '/DEBUG', '/to:5', '/Force', '/edebug', '/cpwdfile:%~dp0\Password.bin', '/SORT:DESCENDING', '/NOREBOOT', '/LOG:%PROGRAMDATA%\SSMLOGS'