PDFCreator-cli.exe --> shows Dialog instead of silent execution

PDFCreator
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Hey,
I want to use PDF Creator CLI to compress PDFs with a PowerShell script.
I tried using the pdfcreator-cli.exe, but it does not process the file but opens a dialog with the settings I put into the command. My expectation would be a silent execution of the command and the output of the compressed file.

The commands I tried are:

'C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator-cli.exe' ProcessFile /File="D:\tmp\test.pdf" /OutputFile="D:\tmp\test_output.pdf" /Profile="High Compression (small file)"

'C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator-cli.exe' PrintFile /File="D:\tmp\test.pdf" /OutputFile="D:\tmp\test_output.pdf" /Profile="High Compression (small file)"

Any help on how to use the CLI in a silent mode without user interaction would be highly appreciated.

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Hi Xristoph

I see no replies to your question.
Did you manage to get this working?
I am having the same problem and any help will be much appreciated.

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Hey, no I didn't get a response and switched to PDFToolkit:
pdflabs_com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit (can't post links here)

This works good for compressing most PDF files, but is limited in options.

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Thank you for your response

Will try PDFToolKit