Powershell: How do I execute a script in a new Powershell instance?

The great thing about PS is that is caches its objects for reuse. The bad thing about PS is that is caches its objects for reuse. Sometimes, scripts need to be executed in their own PS instances in order to avoid any changed data.

Here is a simple example of a wrapper script (wrapper.ps1) that executes another script (test.ps1) in the same folder. The test script open notepad with the SchemaXml of a document library.

Wrapper.ps1:

function Get-ScriptDirectory 

{ 

 $Invocation = (Get-Variable MyInvocation -Scope 1).Value 

 Split-Path $Invocation.MyCommand.Path 

} 

$dir = Get-ScriptDirectory

cd "$dir"

powershell.exe "& `"$dir\test.ps1`" "

Test.ps1:

function AddSharePointSnapin([bool] $addSnapin)

{

    $sharePointSnapinName = "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"

    If ($addSnapin)

    {

        Write-Host "Adding $sharePointSnapinName Snapin ..."

        Add-PSSnapin $sharePointSnapinName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    }

    Else

    {

        Write-Host "Removing $sharePointSnapinName Snapin ..."

        Remove-PSSnapin $sharePointSnapinName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    }

}

AddSharePointSnapin $true

$fileName = "doclib.txt"

$web = Get-SPWeb "http://docreval.in.telstra.com.au"

$list = $web.Lists["Documents"]

$list.SchemaXml > $fileName 

Start-Process notepad  -ArgumentList $fileName