XenApp 6.5 published Windows Explorer using powershell

based on http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX131423

Using a Batch launcher for flexibility to run a powershell script instead of autoit.

[ExplorerLauncher.cmd]
@echo off
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -executionPolicy bypass -file "C:\Program Files\AppScripts\ExplorerLauncher.ps1"
exit

[explorerlauncher.ps1]

#$Process = [Diagnostics.Process]::Start("notepad")
$process = Start-Process notepad -WindowStyle Minimized -PassThru
$id = $Process.Id
Write-Host "Pre-Launch Process created. Process id is $id"
Write-Host "sleeping for 2 seconds"
Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
Write-Host "Loading explorer"
Start-Process "Explorer" -ArgumentList "Z:\"
Write-Host "sleeping for 2 seconds"
try {
Stop-Process -Id $id -ErrorAction stop
Write-Host "Successfully killed the process with ID: $ID"
} catch {
Write-Host "Failed to kill the process"
}
Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
Write-host "Exiting Launch completed"
exit