My explanation may be lengthy, so sorry in advance.
This is what I am trying to accomplish: I want to install a program while ensuring a service is turned off, and remains off for the duration of the installation. The service I'm stopping will try to restart itself every minute or so, so I've created a Do loop to check if the service is running and stop it if it is. I suppose I could disable the service, but if possible, I'd rather not go that route - I just want to stop it, and then restart it after the installation.
My question is this: How do I start the Do loop, have it run for the duration, while also running the installation portion of the script? Then, at the end of the installation, I will stop the loop and turn on the service.
I suppose I could create a second .ps1 file and call it from the installation .ps1, but I would like to have all the code contained in one file.
Is this possible? Suggestions are welcome.
Thank you,
Ed