I'm trying to use PowerShell to add a trigger to an existing scheduled task.
I'm using Windows 10 & PowerShell 5
When I run:
Get-Scheduled-Job -Name TASK_NAME
I receive the error:
>Get-ScheduledJob : A scheduled job definition with Name sanityInstaller could not be found.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-ScheduledJob sanityInstaller
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-ScheduledJob], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ScheduledJobDefinitionNotFoundByName,Microsoft.PowerShell.ScheduledJob.GetScheduledJobCommand
It seems that even when I run the same command with no parameter it's expected to return all jobs but it returns an empty result.
In the Task Scheduler there's no such folder as /Microsoft/Windows/PowerShell/ScheduledJobs and even after I created it and a new task inside it doesn't return it.
What am I missing here ?
Get-ScheduledJob gets only scheduled jobs that are created by the
current user using the Register-ScheduledJob cmdlet.
Source.
You are looking for the Get-ScheduledTask cmdlet.
Related
When running the following on one of our Windows machine
$name = "My task"
Stop-ScheduledTask -TaskName $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
I get this error:
Stop-ScheduledTask : Cannot connect to CIM server. The system cannot find the file specified.
+ Stop-ScheduledTask -TaskName $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (PS_ScheduledTask:String) [Stop-ScheduledTask], CimJobException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CimJob_BrokenCimSession,Stop-ScheduledTask
It does not look like a permission issus since it would look more like
Stop-ScheduledTask : Access is denied.
+ [void](Stop-ScheduledTask -TaskName $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (PS_ScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/...p_ScheduledTask) [Stop-Schedul
edTask], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070005,Stop-ScheduledTask
A couple of facts to help:
I'm not running this remotely
Get-ScheduledTask will throw the same CimJob_BrokenCimSession error
Are you an administrator on the system? The error says permission denied (Misread OP)
When troubleshooting, it generally helps if you don't have -erroraction silentlycontinue if you actually want to see what's erroring. Obviously, you don't have it in a try/catch block, so you can see the error, but having the option to suppress errors doesn't make sense here.
More suggestions:
Are you running this command remotely? If you're running it against many servers, check your server list.
What happens if you get all the tasks, e.g. $tasks = get-scheduledtask, then reference the one you want with $tasks | where taskname -like "whatever" | stop-scheduledtask (or its index number in the array, e.g. $tasks[5]).
I didn't get any errors when I ran the preceding command against tasks that weren't running, but perhaps it does return an error in some cases if the task isn't in the running state.
I am trying to install LOB UWP application
I used:
Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath "APPX_PATH"
-DependencyPackagePath "DEPENDENCIES"-SkipLicense
It worked for the first time, i even asked one of my colleagues to log in and the app was there.
But, after that, i tried to reinstall it with the same command. But the command refused to execute, it's just blinking and loading.
I tried other commands to get the packages or remove the package but all have the same behavior.
What could be a valid reason for that?
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | Select PackageName
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage
-PackageName "PackageName" -Online -AllUsers
EDIT#1:I am getting the following error after waiting for long time and pressing PgDn or End buttons on keyboard.
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage : DismInitialize failed. Error code = 0x80004005
At line:1 char:1
+ Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -PackageName PACKAGE_NAME ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.RemoveAppxProvisionedPackageCommand
I am playing around powershell the idea is simple:
I want to verify if certain TCP port is open.
Now, I can run this as PowerShell script or I can run it in ISE.
Now, in ISE everything is fine, the script runs as supposed to.
When I run it as PowerShell Script however, I am getting error message:
Method invocation failed because [System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient] does not contain a method named 'ReceiveTimeout'.
At P:\checkTCP80.ps1:7 char:1
+ $tcpClient.ReceiveTimeout(5)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
Code:
$servery = gc .\servers.txt
foreach ($server in $servery)
{
$tcpClient = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient
$tcpClient.ReceiveTimeout(5)
$tcpClient.Connect($server,80)
Write-Host ($server, $tcpClient.Connected)
}
I have 2 questions:
How come, that the output parameter works just fine from ISE but does not work when this is launched as a script?
How to fix it?
According to the MS documentation on this class ReceiveTimeout is a property and not a method.
Try changing $tcpClient.ReceiveTimeout(5) to $tcpClient.ReceiveTimeout = 5
This code works from the Powershell command line but generates an error when run from a script:
$key = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced'
Set-ItemProperty $key Hidden 1
When I run it from my script, I get the following error:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer : The module 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER' could not be
loaded. For more information, run 'Import-Module HKEY_CURRENT_USER'.
At C:\Users\mybitch\Desktop\VSS-Customize-Desktop.ps1:19 char:6
+ $key=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKEY_CURRENT_US...ersion\Explorer:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotAutoLoadModule
This is a simple assignment...Why would Powershell try to import HKEY_CURRENT_USER as a module? Why is the behavior so different from the Powershell command line?
The error message betrays the problem. In your script, apparently you are doing this:
$key = HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
That is an invalid assignment. You should be doing as you describe:
$key = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced'
Make sure in the script you have the User Hive being loaded, for example if you are running it from a task scheduler you will need it to load a hive for it to have the effect that you want.
I am trying to use a script that ignores I/O errors on a HD, to copy whatever is good there into another HD.
I found this script here : http://81.165.15.172:1983/blog/2013/06/02/ignoring-device-io-errors-during-copy-with-powershell/comment-page-1/
(https://raw.github.com/DavorJ/PS-ForceCopy/master/Force-Copy.ps1)
that does just that...but i cant get it to work.
I am trying with command :
.\Force-Copy.ps1 -SourceFilePath "I:\Downloads\" -DestinationFilePath "H:\Downloads" -MaxRetries 6
but it gives me this weird error:
F:\SSDU\Desktop\Force-Copy.ps1 : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'SourceFilePath'. The "Test-Path -LiteralPath $_ -Type Leaf" validation script for the argument with value "I:\Downloads\" did not return true. Determine why the validation script failed and then try the command again.
At line:1 char:34
+ .\Force-Copy.ps1 -SourceFilePath "I:\Downloads\" -DestinationFilePath
"H:\Downlo ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Force-Copy.ps1], ParameterBind
ingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Force-Copy.ps1
Anyone knows how to use this in win-8 64-bit ?
-Thanks
So, it's not a PowerShell solution, but for getting whatever you can off a dying drive I recommend using Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier. You can download it from the author at:
http://www.roadkil.net/program.php/P29/Unstoppable%20Copier
I have had good success with that one.