Powershell script gets stuck, doesn't exit when called from batch file

Question

I have a PowerShell script that connects to a web site, and parses its returned data (It\'s about importing a previously uploaded SQL file into the web site\'s data base). T

Answer 1

I had the exact issue, we were trying to integrate power shell scripts into another system and it kept giving a timeout error. Probably because of the issue mentioned by Gordon Smith, his solution might work. But to me I prefer to have complete control of my script from within the script itself and not depend on the way in which it is called.

$pid is built in variable with the PID. The below will end the current powershell process and leave the others intact. This way anyone can call your script as normal and it will work as expected.

Stop-Process $pid