Here is a little secret that applies to powershell.exe when it is called from within PowerShell or PowerShell Core: when you run powershell.exe and submit commands via the parameter -Command, PowerShell runs the command and returns plain text:
$a = powershell -noprofile -Command Get-Service $a[0].GetType().FullName System.String
When you place your code in braces, PowerShell will serialize the results and return rich objects:
$a = powershell -noprofile -Command { Get-Service } $a[0].GetType().FullName System.Management.Automation.PSObject $a[0] | Select-Object -Property * Name : AdobeARMservice RequiredServices : {} CanPauseAndContinue : False CanShutdown : False CanStop : True DisplayName : Adobe Acrobat Update Service DependentServices : {} MachineName : . ServiceName : AdobeARMservice ServicesDependedOn : {} Status : Running ServiceType : Win32OwnProcess StartType : Automatic Site : Container :
