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PowerShell Start-Process Logging

I'm integrating two systems and I'm working through a tutorial and I'm having a hard time understanding I'm deploying to production and I'm optimizing some code but I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple. I'm working with an scenario when I try to write to a log file from a PowerShell script that launches a GUI application using `Start-Process`. The script executes without errors, but the entries I expect to see in the log file do not appear. I suspect that the GUI application may be running in a different session or context that doesn't allow the file access. Here's a simplified version of what I'm trying to accomplish: ```powershell $logFile = 'C:\path\to\log.txt' Function Log-Entry { param( [string]$message ) Add-Content -Path $logFile -Value "$(Get-Date): $message" } Log-Entry -message 'Starting the GUI Application' Start-Process -FilePath 'C:\path\to\application.exe' -ArgumentList '/someArgument' Log-Entry -message 'GUI Application has been launched' ``` When I run this script, the first log entry appears in the log file, but the second one, which should come after launching the application, does not. I've also tried using `-Wait` with `Start-Process`, thinking that it might help, but it doesn't change anything. ```powershell Start-Process -FilePath 'C:\path\to\application.exe' -ArgumentList '/someArgument' -Wait ``` I also checked the PowerShell execution policy and ensured that it allows writing files. Additionally, I ran the script with elevated permissions, but that did not resolve the scenario. Is there a way to ensure that my PowerShell script can consistently write to the log file after launching the GUI application, or is there a different approach I should take? Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Am I missing something obvious? This is part of a larger mobile app I'm building. Could this be a known issue? This is my first time working with Powershell 3.9. Is this even possible? What would be the recommended way to handle this? I'm developing on macOS with Powershell. Cheers for any assistance! I'm on Linux using the latest version of Powershell. I'd really appreciate any guidance on this.