[QGIS-Developer] Fw: QGIS to work without CMD or Powershell possible?

[regis at qgis.org]

Hi Umar, 
well as long as Python is authorized on the workstation, the exec_command is also possible from Python. 
Power users often run command line tools like gdal to automate tasks. 
Be aware that GIS users are often power users, flirting with dev, datascience automation and the best security feature for them is securing the OS environnement and network / datasources privileges.  
QGIS without python support is also possible, but is probably not helping anyone, in that case, you should aim toward a web app. 

On 02/10/2026 16:17, Umar Sarwar via QGIS-Developer <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
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> Umar Sarwar
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> Technology and Digital Services
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> Oldham Council
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> *Subject:* [QGIS-Developer] QGIS to work without CMD or Powershell 
> possible?
> Hi,
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> I need some advice please. We are currently trialling to block usage of 
> command prompt and powershell scripts on users' Pcs however this has 
> been causing issues with QGIS as QGIS requires some .bat files running 
> prior to the application opening. Is there a way that we can utilise 
> QGIS and Python within QGIS successfully in a format that doesn't 
> require cmd or powershell?
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> Best regards,
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> Umar Sarwar
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> Systems and Applications Officer
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> Technology and Digital Services
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> Oldham Council
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