Powershell: Cannot run EXE. The term is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, or script file. Verify the term and try again.

What you may not have realised is that you need to dotsource exes as well as .ps1 script files.

In the same way that you must prepend a powershell script with .\ in order to execute it e.g. .\ripper.ps1, you must also prepend exes with .\ if the directory containing the exe is not in your PATH statement.

I was trying to run Microsoft’s devcon utility (devcon.exe) within Powershell from a backwater directory not in my PATH like so:

PS c:\backwater> devcon

Nope. It has to be dotsourced.

This works:

PS c:\backwater> .\devcon

Dotsource your exes or stick the directory in your PATH.