To start a application and wait for exit in Powershell you can use the following snippet.

Sample Powershell

start-process -filepath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" -Wait -NoNewWindow -argumentlist '-args'

for more informations take a look at the MSDN Start-Process

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