Start-Website

 

Start-Website

Start a website with which ever browser you want it to start with PowerShell

By Michael J. Thomas

The other day I had built a function that could start a website with which ever browser I decided I wanted it to open with. This comes in handy when testing websites that you build or just with opening sites that are better compatible with one browser over the other. Here is this cool function. 

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<#

.Synopsis

   Start-Website with a browser selection option. 

.DESCRIPTION

   Start-Website function is used to select which web browser you want to open a website with. 

.EXAMPLE

   Start-Website -Site PowerShellWeekly.com -Browser Edge

.EXAMPLE

   Start-Website PowerShellWeekly.com Edge

   Start-Website ProgrammingEveryDay.com Edge

   

.EXAMPLE

   Start-Website -Site ThomasITServices.com -Browser Chrome

.EXAMPLE

  Start-Website -Site https://www.affauto.com -Browser IE

#>

function Start-Website

{

[CmdletBinding()]

param (

[String]$Site,

[ValidateSet('Chrome','Edge','IE')] $Browser

)

Switch ($Browser)

{

"Chrome"{ Start-Process "chrome.exe" $Site; Break; }

"Edge"{ Start-Process microsoft-edge:$Site; Break; }

"IE"{ $ie = New-Object -ComObject InternetExplorer.Application; $ie.Navigate($Site); $ie.Visible = $true; Break; }

}

}