Hello,

Since I migrated from Win 8.1 to 10, job scheduling seems to have changed.

I want to launch a script to read out the data from a 'smart' electricity meter whenever I turn on my pc.

I registered the job as follows:

• $trigger = New-JobTrigger -AtStartup -RandomDelay 00:00:30
• Register-ScheduledJob -Trigger $trigger -FilePath C:\leo\Read_SlimmeMeter.ps1 -Name GetSlimmeMeterData

As opposed to Windows 8.1,  Windows 10 no longer executes my script whenever I start my pc from power down.

I need to do a restart to get my script activated.

How can I ensure that the job gets activated after starting the pc from power off?

Thank you!

Leo

When I type

PS HKLM:\> dir variable 

I get the following response in Red letters

dir : Cannot find path 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\variable' because it does not exist.

It seems to me that the problem is that what I will call my "cursor" (PS HKLM:\>) PowerShell is expecting something that pertains to variable.  Since variable doesn't pertain to HKEY LOCAL MACHINE it give me the error.

Please help me get to where I can successfully run "Dir Variable" and please explain how I can get to PowerShell where I can run any PS-Drive commands.

Thank you and Merry Christmas,

BigRedWeather

Hi,

I have a powershell script that bring chrome browser to front (Active Window) working very well

Add-Type-AssemblyName Microsoft.VisualBasic
[Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::AppActivate("chrome") |Out-Null
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("% X{ESC}") 

I'm trying do the same to iexplore but, isn't working.

Add-Type-AssemblyName Microsoft.VisualBasic
[Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::AppActivate("iexplore") |Out-Null
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("% X"{ESC})
Exception calling "AppActivate" with "1"argument(s): "Process 'iexplore' was not found."
At line:3 char:1
+ [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::AppActivate("iexplore") | Out-Null
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException

I have read that AppActivate value to iexplore must be declared as "Tab's Name - Internet Explorer".

So... if my page opened is bing.com like tis image below:

The AppActivate on my script must be:
[Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::AppActivate("Bing - Internet Explore") | Out-Null

And, yes. It's works!

But... I'm trying do it in the most of time, with unknow opened pages on Internet Explorer. I need do it with any opened page on iexplorer.

I tried using asterisk like:  AppActivate("*Internet Explore") or AppActivate(*"Internet Explore") and isn't working yet.

Is there some variable to do it? A variable that means "any value" to powershell. Like $null that means null value.
Something like:
AppActivate("$anything - Internet Explore")

Does somebody how can i do that? I think if it's possible with another browser, is possible do it with IE also. I need you help guys.

Thanks

Hi

As I can rename files with the LastAccessTime while is copied?

My code:

copy-item -path $iFile.FullName -destination $target -recurse -force 

thanks

Hi Guys,

I have a requirement from my Boss.

We have some and also SAME data like a contact that has to imported to ALL the mailboxes.

I know it can be done via New-MailboxImportRequest but the point I didn't like it that - it creates a request for a mailbox.

So, when I have 50,000 mailboxes, it creates 50,000 Import requests. Is this correct ?

If yes, I don't like to prefer this way of doing, as each request would take around 10 mins to start actually importing the data. I see the request going into "In progress" after some time like 15 or 20 mins.

Can you guys advice me if there is any other better or smart way to accomplish this ?

Thank you in advance.

Hi Everyone.

I am in desperate need of some Powershell Test Script.

I am trying to automate document composition testing, as in direct powershell to a directory containing the pdf document and data files. 
I am able to get the data in raw form and then the data to be accessible on Powershell.

I am trying to test if things are as they should be as according to a spec.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME????

i HAVE NEVER USED pOWERSHELL OR DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS AND MY JOB DEPENDS ON IT.

Hi, I am trying to automate one of my daily task, facing lots of issues. need your help or better approach.

Issues: appref-ms ps1 takes 2 to 3 minutes to load dlls , latest updates. I don't know how to stop my commands until it loads every thing. I have tried sleep command, process.waitforexit(), waitforidle etc., but no luck. 

e.g :

• clickonceps1 command(it download latest updates/loads dlls)
• changeenvironment
• mycommand1
• mycommand2

Daily Task: run few powershell commands to stop/start services remotely( i can not rewrite this as i have to use company given tool only). for that i need to run powershell command and start/stop services remotely. repeated work, thought to automate it and pass service names and servernames as parameters in one shot.

steps to do my work: i need to launch appref-ms(Click once), which gets latest version/scripts/dlls from server and launches powershell , which may take 2 to 3 minutes. after that only my daily work starts. 

Challenge: finally i have found appref-ms download location and ps1 scripts which launches the powershell.  I have created my own ps1(powerhsell script) and add series of my commands one by one and saved it and executed it from powershell command prompt. my commands always fails as environment is not fully ready. 

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I have a script that send keys to iexplore.

My problem is... sometimes the page is not completely loaded, and the send keys command becomes adrift.

I tried with Start-Sleep but isn't work because my local internet connection in this case is poor and the time to the page be completely loaded is undefined. Sometime is 5 seconds, sometime is 20 seconds......

Is there a way to sendkeys command, run only when the page is completely loaded?

e.g.

Start-Processiexplore.exewww.bing.com |??????

[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("{PrtSc}")

Thanks 

Hi,

How can i set the script below to back to the start of script again, if choosen button is "Yes"?

$OUTPUT= 

if ($OUTPUT-eq"YES" )

{

?????????????

}

else

{

Exit-PSSession

}

Thanks

I am writing a script to iterate through numerous SQL scripts. These have been generated through a Redgate tool, and will basically migrate a database. There are several hundred of these.

I have written the basic script that iterates through them, and it works. I am using the Invoke-Command (with a ScriptBlock), since the scripts have already been generated.

However, there is a lot of output generated, all the SQL table drops etc, and I really only want to see any output if there has been a failure. In such a situation, I would like to stop execution. I guess I would us a try-catch method.

So, given the above, I am after any tips regarding verbosity and error-catching.

Note, I am doing the PluralSight course in PS, but it is a bit basic so far.

Hi all,

I would like to make and get the exit code and "$?" status from function in PowerShell manually. Can I do it? For example:

function A {
    Param(
        $Arg01
    )

    If (-Not $(
        $Arg01)
    )) {
        exit 101
    }

    Write-Host All arguments available.
}

A
Write-Host ("`"" + $? + "`", `"" + $LASTEXITCODE + "`""

But the "exit" will exit the whole ps1 script. If change to "return", it will return a "Value", not the exit code, the "$?" also return the "True".

I know it can be solved by separate all the function to individual ps1 script, but I want to confirm is it possible in PowerShell because it may take a script look like easier.

Thank you so mush.

Qho

Hi..

I am looking for a script or a utility which can remove all user profiles on Windows-7 machine remotely. regardless of, they are being used or not. All user profiles should be removed.

Thanks.

Hi

Where this error?. I want to rename files and folders that have a space with underscore, but only makes me the files.

You only have a few days to get your entry in for the FINAL competition of 2015!

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Each month, the contributions are scored by a panel of judges (5 per category, 2-3 in each are MS experts), and the winners of each category are showered with love and attention from all corners of TechNet.

See the links at the bottom, to find out more about the competition and how to enter.

We have picked the top three highest scored contributions for each category to bestow our awards upon.

The awards are in gold, silver and bronze, the gold obviously being the top winner of the category.

The last column is just a few of the comments judges made during the judging process.

In some cases, we have not obtained permission to use the judges names, so they have been reduced to initials.

My fellow wiki ninjas will be digging deeper into some of these articles in this blog series, so watch out for those.

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Any of our judges can exercise their right to veto an article, if they do not feel it meets minimum requirements for a medal.  

When this is the case, we will at least give an indication of the reason, so you understand why.

A big thank you also to the other authors who did not make the top three of each category.

Some articles only just missed out, so we may be returning to discuss those too, in future blogs.

BizTalk Technical Guru - November 2015

Microsoft Azure Technical Guru - November 2015

Note: Gold winner was removed, and Danel and Hussain have been promoted.

Also worth a mention were the other entries this month:

• Azure Mobile Services: Tips & Tricks by Hussain Shahbaz Khawaja
  AS: "Good start. However the subject is a bit missleading - I did not see any Tip and any Trick. The article just described how to create a Mobile Service with JS backend. And by the way, .NET Backend is fully scaffolded too - you do not have to implement it on your own, if you do not need any customization over the standard Tables API."
  JH: "Some people miss the quickstart section in the portal. Good to point that one out."
• Microsoft Azure FAQs by Hussain Shahbaz Khawaja
  AS: "In an FAQ article, I would really expect Questions with Answers. And a lot of links to support those answers. "
  JH: "Nice summary. Would be great to have some pointers for the different bullet points."
  
  
  

Miscellaneous Technical Guru - November 2015

Also worth a mention were the other entries this month:

• Handling exception in WEB API 2 is now much easier with just 4 steps bySugumar Pannerselvam
  Peter Laker: "Great writeup of a useful issue"
  Richard Mueller: "Needs more detail."
• MVC AngularJS Master/Detail CRUD, Filter And Sorting Using WEB API 2 With Stored Procedure by SYEDSHANU
  Peter Laker: "Another masterful document Syed, very good"
  Richard Mueller: "Great use of Wiki guidelines. Detailed steps and good references. Grammar needs work. Avoid first person."
• Visual Studio 2015: Installing SDK for Windows Universal App Development by Umer Qureshi
  Richard Mueller: "Good explanation and images."
  Peter Laker: "Thanks Umer!"
• Getting Visual Studio Debugger running on latest build of Windows 10 IoT byRavindran Keshavan
  Peter Laker: "Very useful article Ravindran, thank you!"
  Richard Mueller: "Good steps, but more explanation and detail needed. Avoid first person."

SharePoint 2010 / 2013 Technical Guru - November 2015

Small Basic Technical Guru - November 2015

SQL BI and Power BI Technical Guru - November 2015

Also worth a mention were the other entries this month:

• DAX - Deming Regression Pattern by Greg Deckler (Quick Solutions)
  RB: "Very good"
  PT: "Thanks for submitting both of these articles on regression patterns. I chose the simple linear regression article as the monthly contest winner because it explained the problem and solution. This is a great extension to that article showing another method. "
• SSAS, SSIS: Extending Project Server OLAP Cubes via push-mode processing by sergey vdovin
  PT: "For someone who is not very familiar with the components of Project Server mentions in this short article, this is hard to follow or to recognize the business value. Examples and would be useful."
  RB: "Good start! Needs something more"

System Center Technical Guru - November 2015

Transact-SQL Technical Guru - November 2015

Also worth a mention were the other entries this month:

• SQL Server: INSERT to Remove Duplicate Rows byNatig Gurbanov
  Peter Laker: "Another good article!"
  Richard Mueller: "Grammar needs work."
• SQL SERVER : Creating Pivot Table With sign() Function byNatig Gurbanov
  Richard Mueller: "Good example. Grammar needs work."
  Peter Laker: "Keep em coming!"

Visual Basic Technical Guru - November 2015

Visual C# Technical Guru - November 2015

Wiki and Portals Technical Guru - November 2015

It could be YOU! :)

Windows PowerShell Technical Guru - November 2015

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Technical Guru - November 2015

Windows Server Technical Guru - November 2015

A huge thank you to EVERYONE who contributed an article to November's competition.

Hopefully we will see you ALL again in December 2015's listings?

If you haven't contributed an article for this month, and you think you can create a more useful, clever and better presented wiki article than the winners above,here's your chance! :D

Best regards,
Pete Laker

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I am making a PowerShell script for automating user creation in the company I work in, but I have a problem.

How can I set the "Remote Desktop Services Profile Path" through Powershell? I can set all the other attributes I needed through SET-ADUser, but I couldn't find any -command to change the Remote Profile Path.

Is this even possible?

Hello so i have learned that there are certain windows updates i need to not apply since i have .net 4.6 on my windows 2012 server. I have the below script already in place to run biweekly. 

#Define update criteria.

$Criteria = "IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software'"


#Search for relevant updates.

$Searcher = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Searcher

$SearchResult = $Searcher.Search($Criteria).Updates


#Download updates.

$Session = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session

$Downloader = $Session.CreateUpdateDownloader()

$Downloader.Updates = $SearchResult

$Downloader.Download()


#Install updates.

$Installer = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Installer

$Installer.Updates = $SearchResult

$Result = $Installer.Install()


#Reboot if required by updates.

If ($Result.rebootRequired) { shutdown.exe /t 0 /r }

My Question is if i added to the $criteria (UpdateID != 'xxxx') would it exclude that specific updateID, how would i find the updateID for the specific KB, i tried 

$upids=  @{}$Searcher= New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Searcher$results=$searcher.search("Type='software' AND IsInstalled = 0")$Results.Updates |
     ForEach-Object { $upids.Add($_.Title, $_.Identity.UpdateID) }

$upids
to create a hash table of available updates and there UID but it did not work. PLease help

we have local AD that synchronizes to O365

we are adding a new email address with new domain to all users in two phases.

1) add new email address and let settle.

2) make new email address the primary email address (smtp: -> SMTP:)

I have a script I found where everything seems to work until the last command:

Set-ADUser -identity $UserName -Replace @{ProxyAddresses=$NewProxyAddresses}

The error I get with this command is:

The output of $NewProxyAddresses is:

The output of the $newProxyAdderesses is correct, but I am unable to run the set-aduser command

I'm having some issues with what I thought was a fairly innocuous powershell script. Basically, it imports a CSV file from our HRIS system to a variable, then uses a foreach loop to process it line by line. Each line represents one employee, and includes various fields that are assigned to variables, then it uses the Quest Get-QADUser and Set-QADUser to find and update the associated fields the AD account.

The CSV file I'm testing with has around 18000 lines of maybe two dozen fields (and that's not even half of our employees). Total CSV file size is less than 4 MB. However, as the script runs, the powershell.exe process consumes more and more memory until it starts to get "not enough storage" errors and eventually quits. And even if I watch the script run and end it with Ctrl-C, the memory is not released until I close the powershell window.

The server is a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 VM, and has 4 GB of RAM.

Are there any memory issues with the Quest commands?

Any recommendations or tips for managing memory in powershell scripts?

Thanks,
Mike

Documentation is missing for majority of cmdlet relevant to WinRM PSsession configuration cmdlets. There is a bunch of new parameters added like (TranscriptDirectory, RunAsvirtualAccount etc). Both local and online help is completely missing.

Online documentation (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849712.aspx)

Interestingly enough documentation is present on French version of the same article (https://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/hh849712.aspx)

In nutshell, it's complete mess.

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