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Launch program remotely which must remain running
Hello everyone, I have to start and leave programs running on some remote PCs, I used invoke-command with start-job and start-process. Launching the script from my powershell window, the executables remain running until I close the window itself, I believe for reasons of remote sessions started. So if I schedule the start of this script in the Windows "Task Scheduler", the session is opened and closed and the executables start and close shortly after, that is, when the scheduled task completes. I also set the "-noexit" argument, but nothing happened. What can I do so that I can schedule these startups and let the affected programs run? I hope I was clear, ask if you need it, thanks everyone.
Creating Users with a CSV
Hi all, I'm trying to create a script which will pull user's info from a .csv, check the user's DisplayName with AD to make sure a user with that DisplayName doesn't already exist, does exact same with user's SamAccountName after. Once done these checks, if the user's DisplayName & SamAccountName doesn't already exist in AD it will then create the users with the info from the .csv then it will check if that user has been successfully created by checking - else, it'll say it was unsuccessful. I'm doing something similar like this with importing computers into AD too but same issue. This script has worked for creating single user's but when it comes to creating multiple user's, it gets itself in a muddle. I've done a lot of research and testing e.g. trying to use the 'break' but that causes the whole script to stop after the first user is detected as it's exists, trying to use 'continue' but it didn't make much difference, trying to bracket bits off, tried doing if 'false' or if 'true' after the $? wildcard, trying different operators and wildcards, using if-not and else etc but just can't seem to function properly. There maybe a lot of questioning why I've done certain commands instead of other commands, a lot of this script has been me researching and testing on my lab (none of this info is genuine user's info, it's just self learning on my lab) I'm open to any command recommendations or suggestions as I mentioned, this is purely for self learning and lab purposes. # Start Commands Write-Host "STARTED SCRIPT`r`n" # Import Active Directory Module For Running AD Cmdlets Import-Module ActiveDirectory # Store The Data From ADUsers.csv in THE $ADUsers variable $filepath = Import-Csv -Path C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\users1.csv # Loop through each row containing user details in the csv file ForEach ($user in ($filepath)) { # Check if User(s) display name already exists $ADUser = Get-AdUser -Filter {$displayname -eq $User.DisplayName} if ($ADUser -is 'Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADUser') {Write-Host "$displayname already exists" -ForegroundColor Red} # Check if User(s) username already exists $ADUser = Get-AdUser -Filter {$SamAccountName -eq $User.SamAccountName} if ($ADUser -is 'Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADUser') {Write-Host "$SamAccountName already exists" -ForegroundColor Red} # Read user data from each field in each row and assign the data to a variable as below $displayname = $User.'firstname' + " " + $User.'lastname' $firstname = $User.'firstname' $lastname = $User.'lastname' $jobtitle = $User.'jobtitle' $telephone = $User.'telephone' $department = $User.'department' $UPN = $User.'email' $SamAccountName = $User.'username' $EmailAddress = $User.'email' $Password = $User.'password' $OU = $User.'OU' # Create New AD Users New-ADUser -Name "$displayname" -DisplayName "$displayname" -GivenName "$firstname" -Surname "$lastname" -Title "$jobtitle" -OfficePhone "$telephone" -Department "$department" -UserPrincipalName "$UPN" -SamAccountName "$SamAccountName" -EmailAddress "$EmailAddress" -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $true -Path "$OU" -ChangePasswordAtLogon $true -PasswordNeverExpires $false # Confirm Commands $? | out-null $ADUser = Get-ADUser -Filter {DisplayName -eq $displayname} if ($ADUser -is 'Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADUser') {Write-Host "$displayname account was successfully created" -ForegroundColor Green} else {Write-Host "$displayname account was unsuccessfully created" -ForegroundColor Red} $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' } # Finish Commands Write-Host "FINISHED SCRIPT`r`n" This is the CSV it's pulling the info from. firstname lastname jobtitle telephone department username email password OU Fred Jones Maths Teacher 987654321 Maths Fred.Jones Fred.Jones@Jord.Local Hello2021! OU=Teaching Staff,OU=Users,OU=Test,DC=Jord,DC=Local Fred Try Administrator 123456789 Admin Fred.Try Fred.Try@Jord.Local Hello2021! OU=Admin Staff,OU=Users,OU=Test,DC=Jord,DC=Local Ren Jones English Teacher 134258679 English Ren.Jones Ren.Jones@Jord.Local Hello2021! OU=Customers,OU=Users,OU=Test,DC=Jord,DC=Local Sophie Hop Lanuages Teacher 174392834 Languages Sophie.Hop Sophie.Hop@Jord.Local Hello2021! OU=Other,OU=Users,OU=Test,DC=Jord,DC=Local This is the output of the script PS C:\Users\Administrator> \\FREENAS\Network\PowerShell\Users\User Creation\Automatically\test.ps1 STARTED SCRIPT Sophie Hop already exists Sophie.Hop already exists Fred Jones account was successfully created Fred Jones already exists Fred.Jones already exists Fred Try account was successfully created Fred Try already exists Fred.Try already exists Ren Jones account was successfully created Ren Jones already exists Ren.Jones already exists Sophie Hop account was successfully created FINISHED SCRIPT PS C:\Users\Administrator> or even taking out this bit of script $ADUser = Get-ADUser -Filter {DisplayName -eq $displayname} if ($ADUser -is 'Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADUser') {Write-Host "$displayname account was successfully created" -ForegroundColor Green} else {Write-Host "$displayname account was unsuccessfully created" -ForegroundColor Red} it still gets in a mess with this output (even though the AD account don't exist beforehand, they do after the script is ran though) PS C:\Users\Administrator> \\FREENAS\Network\PowerShell\Users\User Creation\Automatically\test.ps1 STARTED SCRIPT Sophie Hop already exists Sophie.Hop already exists Fred Jones already exists Fred.Jones already exists Fred Try already exists Fred.Try already exists Ren Jones already exists Ren.Jones already exists FINISHED SCRIPT Any help, suggestions or recommendations are very appreciated
Get DGs for a specific person from EXO
Having trouble with my script working right. Tried several scenarios. Looking for a GUI version. Attached are the two PS1's. I can connect to EXO but the GUI script won't produce anything ot just locks up Connect EXO: Connect-ExchangeOnLine This is straight forward and works but I cannot get it to work with the script below in an all in one script ------------------- <# Get-UserDGs-GUI.ps1 Author: You + ChatGPT Purpose: GUI to retrieve a user's Distribution Groups (member/owner) from Exchange Online. #> #region Preconditions if ($Host.Runspace.ApartmentState -ne 'STA') { Write-Warning "Re-running in STA mode..." Start-Process powershell.exe "-NoLogo -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -STA -File `"$PSCommandPath`"" -Verb RunAs exit } Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles() #endregion #region Helper Functions function Ensure-ExchangeModule { if (-not (Get-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -ListAvailable)) { Write-Host "Installing ExchangeOnlineManagement..." Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -Scope CurrentUser -Force -ErrorAction Stop } Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -ErrorAction Stop } function Test-EXOConnection { try { # Fast no-op cmdlet to see if session works; adjust if needed Get-OrganizationConfig -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null return $true } catch { return $false } } function Connect-EXO { param( [string]$AdminUpn ) if (Test-EXOConnection) { return $true } $connectParams = @{} if ($AdminUpn) { $connectParams.UserPrincipalName = $AdminUpn } try { Connect-ExchangeOnline @connectParams -ShowProgress $false -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null return $true } catch { [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Connection failed:`r`n$($_.Exception.Message)","Error", [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OK,[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Error) | Out-Null return $false } } function Disconnect-EXO-Safe { try { Disconnect-ExchangeOnline -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null } catch {} } function Get-UserDGData { param( [string]$TargetUpn, [bool]$IncludeOwner, [bool]$IncludeDynamic ) $resultTable = New-Object System.Data.DataTable "Groups" "DisplayName","PrimarySmtpAddress","ManagedBy","RecipientTypeDetails","MembershipType","IsDynamic" | ForEach-Object { [void]$resultTable.Columns.Add($_) } try { # DistinguishedName for membership filter $dn = (Get-User $TargetUpn -ErrorAction Stop).DistinguishedName # Member DGs $memberDgs = Get-DistributionGroup -ResultSize Unlimited -Filter "Members -eq '$dn'" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue foreach ($dg in $memberDgs) { $managedBy = ($dg.ManagedBy | ForEach-Object { $_.Name }) -join '; ' $row = $resultTable.NewRow() $row.DisplayName = $dg.DisplayName $row.PrimarySmtpAddress = $dg.PrimarySmtpAddress $row.ManagedBy = $managedBy $row.RecipientTypeDetails = $dg.RecipientTypeDetails $row.MembershipType = "Member" $row.IsDynamic = if ($dg.RecipientTypeDetails -match 'Dynamic') {'Yes'} else {'No'} $resultTable.Rows.Add($row) } # Owner DGs if ($IncludeOwner) { $ownerDgs = Get-DistributionGroup -ResultSize Unlimited | Where-Object { ($_.ManagedBy -contains $dn) } foreach ($dg in $ownerDgs) { $managedBy = ($dg.ManagedBy | ForEach-Object { $_.Name }) -join '; ' $row = $resultTable.NewRow() $row.DisplayName = $dg.DisplayName $row.PrimarySmtpAddress = $dg.PrimarySmtpAddress $row.ManagedBy = $managedBy $row.RecipientTypeDetails = $dg.RecipientTypeDetails $row.MembershipType = "Owner" $row.IsDynamic = if ($dg.RecipientTypeDetails -match 'Dynamic') {'Yes'} else {'No'} $resultTable.Rows.Add($row) } } # Dynamic DG hit test (optional) if ($IncludeDynamic) { $dynamicHits = foreach ($ddg in Get-DynamicDistributionGroup -ResultSize Unlimited) { $filter = $ddg.RecipientFilter $ou = $ddg.RecipientContainer $match = Get-Recipient -ResultSize Unlimited -RecipientPreviewFilter $filter -OrganizationalUnit $ou | Where-Object { $_.PrimarySmtpAddress -ieq $TargetUpn } if ($match) { $ddg } } foreach ($dg in $dynamicHits) { # Avoid duplicates if already in table if (-not $resultTable.Select("PrimarySmtpAddress = '$($dg.PrimarySmtpAddress)' AND MembershipType='Member'").Count) { $row = $resultTable.NewRow() $row.DisplayName = $dg.DisplayName $row.PrimarySmtpAddress = $dg.PrimarySmtpAddress $row.ManagedBy = ($dg.ManagedBy | ForEach-Object { $_.Name }) -join '; ' $row.RecipientTypeDetails = $dg.RecipientTypeDetails $row.MembershipType = "Member (Dynamic Match)" $row.IsDynamic = "Yes" $resultTable.Rows.Add($row) } } } return $resultTable } catch { throw $_ } } #endregion #region GUI Build # Colors $colorBg = [System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(35,45,60) $colorPanel = [System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(50,60,80) $colorAccent = [System.Drawing.Color]::FromArgb(106,176,222) $colorText = [System.Drawing.Color]::White $fontMain = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI",10) $fontSmall = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI",7) $form = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form $form.Text = "Exchange Online - Distribution Groups Lookup" $form.StartPosition = "CenterScreen" $form.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(1000,650) $form.BackColor = $colorBg $form.Font = $fontMain # Top panel $panelTop = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Panel $panelTop.Dock = 'Top' $panelTop.Height = 120 $panelTop.BackColor = $colorPanel $form.Controls.Add($panelTop) # Labels / Inputs $lblAdminUpn = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label $lblAdminUpn.Text = "Admin UPN (for Connect):" $lblAdminUpn.ForeColor = $colorText $lblAdminUpn.Location = "20,15" $lblAdminUpn.AutoSize = $true $panelTop.Controls.Add($lblAdminUpn) $txtAdminUpn = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtAdminUpn.Location = "220,12" $txtAdminUpn.Width = 250 $panelTop.Controls.Add($txtAdminUpn) $btnConnect = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $btnConnect.Text = "Connect" $btnConnect.Location = "490,10" $btnConnect.Width = 100 $btnConnect.BackColor = $colorAccent $btnConnect.FlatStyle = 'Flat' $btnConnect.ForeColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::Black $panelTop.Controls.Add($btnConnect) $lblTargetUpn = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label $lblTargetUpn.Text = "Target User UPN:" $lblTargetUpn.ForeColor = $colorText $lblTargetUpn.Location = "20,50" $lblTargetUpn.AutoSize = $true $panelTop.Controls.Add($lblTargetUpn) $txtTargetUpn = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtTargetUpn.Location = "220,47" $txtTargetUpn.Width = 250 $panelTop.Controls.Add($txtTargetUpn) $chkOwner = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox $chkOwner.Text = "Include groups where user is OWNER" $chkOwner.ForeColor = $colorText $chkOwner.Location = "490,48" $chkOwner.Width = 260 $panelTop.Controls.Add($chkOwner) $chkDynamic = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox $chkDynamic.Text = "Check Dynamic DG membership (slow)" $chkDynamic.ForeColor = $colorText $chkDynamic.Location = "490,70" $chkDynamic.Width = 260 $panelTop.Controls.Add($chkDynamic) $btnGet = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $btnGet.Text = "Get Groups" $btnGet.Location = "770,44" $btnGet.Width = 160 $btnGet.Height = 40 $btnGet.BackColor = $colorAccent $btnGet.FlatStyle = 'Flat' $btnGet.ForeColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::Black $panelTop.Controls.Add($btnGet) # Grid $grid = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView $grid.Dock = 'Fill' $grid.ReadOnly = $true $grid.AutoSizeColumnsMode = 'Fill' $grid.BackgroundColor = $colorBg $grid.ForeColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::Black $grid.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = $false $grid.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.BackColor = $colorAccent $grid.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.ForeColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::Black $grid.RowHeadersVisible = $false $form.Controls.Add($grid) # Bottom bar $panelBottom = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Panel $panelBottom.Dock = 'Bottom' $panelBottom.Height = 70 $panelBottom.BackColor = $colorPanel $form.Controls.Add($panelBottom) $btnExport = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $btnExport.Text = "Export CSV" $btnExport.Location = "20,15" $btnExport.Width = 110 $btnExport.BackColor = $colorAccent $btnExport.FlatStyle = 'Flat' $btnExport.ForeColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::Black $panelBottom.Controls.Add($btnExport) $btnCopy = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $btnCopy.Text = "Copy to Clipboard" $btnCopy.Location = "140,15" $btnCopy.Width = 140 $btnCopy.BackColor = $colorAccent $btnCopy.FlatStyle = 'Flat' $btnCopy.ForeColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::Black $panelBottom.Controls.Add($btnCopy) $btnClear = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $btnClear.Text = "Clear" $btnClear.Location = "290,15" $btnClear.Width = 90 $btnClear.BackColor = $colorAccent $btnClear.FlatStyle = 'Flat' $btnClear.ForeColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::Black $panelBottom.Controls.Add($btnClear) $btnDisconnect = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $btnDisconnect.Text = "Disconnect" $btnDisconnect.Location = "390,15" $btnDisconnect.Width = 110 $btnDisconnect.BackColor = $colorAccent $btnDisconnect.FlatStyle = 'Flat' $btnDisconnect.ForeColor = [System.Drawing.Color]::Black $panelBottom.Controls.Add($btnDisconnect) $chkAutoDisc = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox $chkAutoDisc.Text = "Auto-disconnect on close" $chkAutoDisc.ForeColor = $colorText $chkAutoDisc.Location = "520,20" $chkAutoDisc.Width = 180 $panelBottom.Controls.Add($chkAutoDisc) $statusLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label $statusLabel.Text = "Ready." $statusLabel.ForeColor = $colorText $statusLabel.AutoSize = $true $statusLabel.Location = "720,22" $panelBottom.Controls.Add($statusLabel) # Footer $lblFooter = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label $lblFooter.Text = "Interactive Form Created By: Mark Snyder - All Rights Reserved!" $lblFooter.ForeColor = $colorText $lblFooter.Font = $fontSmall $lblFooter.AutoSize = $true $lblFooter.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(20, $panelBottom.Top - 20) $form.Controls.Add($lblFooter) #endregion #region UI Logic $currentTable = $null function Set-Status { param([string]$msg) $statusLabel.Text = $msg [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents() } $btnConnect.Add_Click({ Set-Status "Connecting..." Ensure-ExchangeModule if (Connect-EXO -AdminUpn $txtAdminUpn.Text) { Set-Status "Connected." } else { Set-Status "Not connected." } }) $btnGet.Add_Click({ if (-not $txtTargetUpn.Text.Trim()) { [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Please enter the Target User UPN.","Missing Info", [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OK,[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Warning) | Out-Null return } Set-Status "Working..." $btnGet.Enabled = $false $btnGet.Text = "Working..." [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents() Ensure-ExchangeModule if (-not (Test-EXOConnection)) { if (-not (Connect-EXO -AdminUpn $txtAdminUpn.Text)) { Set-Status "Connection failed." $btnGet.Enabled = $true $btnGet.Text = "Get Groups" return } } try { $table = Get-UserDGData -TargetUpn $txtTargetUpn.Text.Trim() -IncludeOwner $chkOwner.Checked -IncludeDynamic $chkDynamic.Checked $currentTable = $table $grid.DataSource = $currentTable Set-Status ("Retrieved {0} group(s)." -f $currentTable.Rows.Count) } catch { [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Error retrieving data:`r`n$($_.Exception.Message)","Error", [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OK,[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Error) | Out-Null Set-Status "Error." } finally { $btnGet.Enabled = $true $btnGet.Text = "Get Groups" } }) $btnExport.Add_Click({ if (-not $currentTable -or $currentTable.Rows.Count -eq 0) { [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Nothing to export.","Info",[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OK,[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Information) | Out-Null return } $sfd = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog $sfd.Filter = "CSV (*.csv)|*.csv" $sfd.FileName = "UserDGs.csv" if ($sfd.ShowDialog() -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK) { try { $currentTable | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Path $sfd.FileName -Encoding UTF8 Set-Status "Saved to $($sfd.FileName)" } catch { [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Export failed: $($_.Exception.Message)","Error", [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OK,[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Error) | Out-Null } } }) $btnCopy.Add_Click({ if (-not $currentTable -or $currentTable.Rows.Count -eq 0) { [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Nothing to copy.","Info",[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::OK,[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Information) | Out-Null return } $string = $currentTable | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation | Out-String [System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard]::SetText($string) # Small toast-ish popup $popup = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form $popup.FormBorderStyle = 'None' $popup.StartPosition = 'Manual' $popup.BackColor = $colorAccent $popup.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(200,60) $popup.TopMost = $true $popup.ShowInTaskbar = $false $popup.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(($form.Location.X + $form.Width - 220), ($form.Location.Y + 40)) $lbl = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label $lbl.Text = "Copied to clipboard!" $lbl.AutoSize = $false $lbl.TextAlign = 'MiddleCenter' $lbl.Dock = 'Fill' $lbl.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI",10,[System.Drawing.FontStyle]::Bold) $popup.Controls.Add($lbl) $popup.Show() $timer = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Timer $timer.Interval = 1200 $timer.Add_Tick({ $timer.Stop(); $popup.Close(); $popup.Dispose() }) $timer.Start() }) $btnClear.Add_Click({ $grid.DataSource = $null $currentTable = $null Set-Status "Cleared." }) $btnDisconnect.Add_Click({ Disconnect-EXO-Safe Set-Status "Disconnected." }) $form.Add_FormClosing({ if ($chkAutoDisc.Checked) { Disconnect-EXO-Safe } else { $res = [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Disconnect from Exchange Online now?","Disconnect?", [System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons]::YesNoCancel,[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon]::Question) if ($res -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Cancel) { $_.Cancel = $true } elseif ($res -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Yes) { Disconnect-EXO-Safe } } }) #endregion [void]$form.ShowDialog()UserProfile Management with PowerShell
We have an issue where quarterly Nessus scans enumerate vulnerability findings for every user profile on an endpoint. This started me on a path to remove obsolete user profiles to reduce the noise from Nessus. I need to accomplish three things in my final script: 1. set the execution policy to bypass; 2. reset the NTUser.dat to the last write time (if this is not done, the third criteria will not return any hits); 3. find all user profiles older than 60 days and delete them. I did try the GPO to delete profiles older than a certain number of days, but it never removes all of them. I pieced together a script from a couple diff sources and came up with the below. My PowerShell-fu is not that advanced so I am looking for suggestions to make it more efficient. The script works, but I noticed that empty user profile folders at C:\Users\ were left behind. Please advise. Is this a candidate to be made into a function? $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue" $Report = $Null $Path = "C:\Users" $UserFolders = $Path | GCI -Directory $currentDate = Get-Date $ageLimit = 60 $userProfiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force ForEach ($UserFolder in $UserFolders) { $UserName = $UserFolder.Name If (Test-Path "$Path\$UserName\NTUSer.dat") { $Dat = Get-Item "$Path\$UserName\NTUSer.dat" -force $DatTime = $Dat.LastWriteTime If ($UserFolder.Name -ne "default") { $Dat.LastWriteTime = $UserFolder.LastWriteTime } } } ForEach ($profile in $userProfiles) { $lastWriteTime = $profile.LastWriteTime $profileAge = ($currentDate - $lastWriteTime).Days If ($profileAge -ge $ageLimit) { Remove-Item -Path $profile.FullName -Recurse -Force } }‌Install-Package - failed to be installed: End of Central Directory record could not be found.
Hi all, Since last week I've had multiple errors in my pipelines when trying to install NuGet packages: Install-Package -Name Microsoft.PowerBi.Api -Source MyNuGet -ProviderName NuGet -Scope CurrentUser -RequiredVersion 3.18.1 -SkipDependencies This seems to be affecting multiple packages: ‌Install-Package : ‌Package Newtonsoft.Json failed to be installed because: End of Central Directory record could not be found. Install-Package : ‌Package Microsoft.Rest.ClientRuntime failed to be installed because: End of Central Directory record could not be found.‌ Install-Package : ‌Package Microsoft.PowerBI.Api failed to be installed because: End of Central Directory record could not be found.‌ When downloading the package I don't see any errors using nuget verify. I get these errors in microsoft hosted agents in ADO pipelines, on my laptop, or any VM I use. Doesn't seem to be related to PS or OS version or any proxies/firewalls. Any ideas? Thank you
PowerShell Not Creating Smartsheet Row as Expected
BACKGROUND: I created a PowerShell script that reads a Word document, extracts fields, and then creates a row on a Smartsheet with the data from that Word document...but the row created was blank, even though it showed success in PowerShell (ID's replaced with asterisks). What could I be missing? Best, Chris Hallo | email address removed for privacy reasons FROM POWERSHELL: Results: Post row to Smartsheet? (Y/N): Y Posting row to Smartsheet... ✅ Row added. Response: message : SUCCESS resultCode : 0 version : 13580 result : @{id=*; sheetId=*; rowNumber=1; expanded=True; locked=False; lockedForUser=False; createdAt=2025-07-16T19:07:35Z; modifiedAt=2025-07-16T19:07:35Z; cells=System.Object[]}
Issue with loop not completing as expected
I am trying to write a script that parses a text file that has been generated earlier in the script and will go line by line using the text to configure cisco switches. The issue I am running into is the script will not configure every interface as expected. It always seems to stop at interface g1/0/30 and jumping to the next device and the same thing. Here is the loop portion of my script. When I check the $counterinit before it runs this part, it reads 55 but for some reason only completes about 30. At the end of the script the $counterinit is 0. I have also posted a copy of the text file. I am very new to PS scripting and trying my best. foreach ($port in $final) { if ($counterinit -le 1){ break } if ($port -match $FM) { $process.StandardInput.WriteLine($port) $process.StandardInput.WriteLine("device-tracking attach-policy ACCESS_IPDT") $process.StandardInput.WriteLine("exit") $process.StandardInput.Flush() $counterinit-- } elseif($port -match "!") { $process.StandardInput.WriteLine("!") $process.StandardInput.Flush() $counterinit-- } }
Update-AppxPackage....where is it????
hi, i am trying to update my Microsoft Store Apps using powershell. Several different sources like this: https://powershellcommands.com/update-windows-store-apps-powershell show simple code like this: Get-AppxPackage | ForEach-Object { Update-AppxPackage -Package $_.PackageFullName } the problem is that although get-appxpackage works fine, update-appxpackage throws an error....there seems to be no update-appxpackage commandlet installed on any system i have and moreover, i cannot find any documentation for this command anywhere.. am i crazy? where is this a real command, or are all these sites written by AI and just hallucinating?? thanks in advance
I need to remove an email from multiple exchange online mailboxes
PowerShell & Exchange Online. We had an online crime tips email sent to a distribution group in or organization. It has sensitive information related to an investigative case we're working on. We are a Law Enforcement Agency. I can connect to exchange with PowerShell but haven't been able to remove the message. Anyone have the proper syntax or guidance to share? Thank you!
Re-using computer account with Add-Computer
I am having an issue getting computers to rejoin the domain after they are reimaged. It has been working up until Windows 11 22H2. I found that KB5020276 changed re-using computer names, I have done all the required changes and the script still will not work but I am able to add the computer back to the domain if I use the GUI. Use the same network account in both. The account is a member of the Domain Admins. $domain= '<domain>' $password= "<password>" | ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force #enter user account that will be used to join domain $user= '$domain\<user>' $cred= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($user,$password) #edit for OU path $oupath = '<path>' #add computer to OU Add-Computer -domainname $domain -oupath $oupath -Credential $cred -ErrorAction silentlycontinue #add computer to domain Add-Computer -DomainName $domain -Credential $cred Script output Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1635] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Administrator>powershell -nologo -executionpolicy bypass -noprofile -file C:\test\CUR_Join.ps1 Add-Computer : Computer 'TEST' failed to join domain '<domain>' from its current workgroup 'WORKGROUP' with following error message: The group name could not be found. At C:\test\CUR_Join.ps1:17 char:1 + Add-Computer -domainname $domain -oupath $oupath -Credential $cred + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (TEST:String) [Add-Computer], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailToJoinDomainFromWorkgroup,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddComputerCommand Add-Computer : Computer 'TEST' failed to join domain '<domain>' from its current workgroup 'WORKGROUP' with following error message: An account with the same name exists in Active Directory. Re-using the account was blocked by security policy. At C:\test\CUR_Join.ps1:21 char:1 + Add-Computer -DomainName $domain -Credential $cred + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (TEST:String) [Add-Computer], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailToJoinDomainFromWorkgroup,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddComputerCommand NetSetup.log using script 05/09/2023 09:18:50:880 IsLegacyAccountReuseSetInRegistry returning: 'FALSE''. 05/09/2023 09:18:50:880 NetpManageMachineAccountWithSid: The computer account already exists in Active Directory.Re-using the account was blocked by security policy. NetSetup.log using GUI 05/09/2023 09:22:15:333 IsLegacyAccountReuseSetInRegistry returning: 'FALSE''. 05/09/2023 09:22:15:333 NetpCheckIfAccountShouldBeReused: Matching Owner and current user SIDs. Allowing re-use of account.resolve-dnsname returns odd data
hi, appreciate your time. I am working with resolve-dnsname and I am seeing some odd results. for example: resolve-dnsname -server 10.0.20.5 -name "60.16.40.194.in-addr.arpa" -NoHostsFile -type ptr Name Type TTL Section NameHost ---- ---- --- ------- -------- 60.16.40.194.in-addr.arpa. PTR 1200 Question LNB050825-LT3 so here is what's weird about this.... when I look at my dns server with dns manager and look at the reverse zone, I do not have a record for this IP address: Also, when I look at the resolve-dnsname data, I see there is something called "Section", and it is set to "Question". Also notice that the "NameHost" is short and not a FQDN. The "Section" is interesting because on requests the return the right data, Section is set to "Answer". Equally weird is that if I pick a different IP that I also know does not exist, I get this: PS C:\Trash> resolve-dnsname -server 10.0.20.5 -name "60.1.40.194.in-addr.arpa" -NoHostsFile -type ptr Resolve-DnsName: 60.1.40.194.in-addr.arpa : DNS name does not exist. this is what I would expect if the record does not exist....so what is happening in the first example? Thanks in advance for anyone's time on this.Array and array member methods
The following PowerShell code: class MyClass { } class MyClass1 : MyClass { [void] OutMsg([string] $Str) { Write-Host -Object "MyClass1: $Str" } } class MyClass2 : MyClass { [void] OutMsg([string] $Str) { Write-Host -Object "MyClass2: $Str" } } [MyClass[]] $ClassArray = @([MyClass1]::new(), [MyClass2]::new()) $ClassArray.OutMsg('TestString') outputs: MyClass1: TestString MyClass2: TestString A Get-Member -InputObject $ClassArray shows me that the array object itself has no OutMsg method. Why can I successfully call $ClassArray.OutMsg('TestString') though (looks like this calls the OutMsg method of each array member in turn)?Differences with X509Certificate2 between Powershell and PWSH Core (Windows)
Hi all, I wrote some code that loads a certificate from a crt file and it works so far. But with PWSH (7.5.1) some properties (like DnsNameList) are empty. With Windows Powershell the properties are filled. This is true, even when using static LoadCertificateFromFile class under PWSH. (Otherwise I load the certificate with [ X509Certificate2]::new( thebytes )) The validity of the certificate makes no difference so far. It would be nice if anyone has a suggestion how I can work around that issue. THX in advance and best regards!When creating a new team from a template with powershell add new private channel and members
Hi All, I have a powershell script I am using to create and populate new teams from a template and add owners and users via .csv, Everything seem to work fine except the private team in the template is not copied to the new teams. Is there a way to copy the private team with its members from the template? if not how can I add a new private team and add users from a .csv file to my existing script. Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams Connect-MgGraph -Scope Group.ReadWrite.All Connect-MicrosoftTeams $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' ######################### #Variable definition: $DefaultModelTeam = "Team template ID" $MembersFilePath = "C:\Users\t130218\Desktop\owlimport_365.csv" $OwnersFilePath = "C:\Users\t130218\Desktop\TeamOwners.csv" ######################### Function CreaTeam{ param( [Parameter(Position=0)] [string]$displayName, [Parameter(Position=1)] [string]$description ) begin{ $params = @{ partsToClone = "apps,tabs,settings,channels" displayName = $displayName description = $description mailNickname = $displayName #visibility = "public" } #Disable "Crea" button in order to avoid duplicate Teams creation $btnCrea.enabled=$false #Message output and waiting time countdown for allow new Tean creation finalization $lblMessaggio.text="Creazione Team in corso..." $teamId= $txtTemplate.text Copy-MgTeam -TeamId $teamId -BodyParameter $params $lblTeamId.text = "Attendere 20 secondi" Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 $lblTeamId.text = "Attendere 15 secondi" Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 $lblTeamId.text = "Attendere 10 secondi" Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 $lblTeamId.text = "Attendere 5 secondi" Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 #The Teamid of the team that was just created can only be discovered via Team name search $newTeam= Get-MgGroup | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like $displayName} $lblTeamId.text=$newTeam.Id #Get Team members from the CSV $TeamUsers = Import-Csv $MembersFilePath -delimiter ";" #Iterate through each row obtained from the CSV and add to Teams as a Team member $TeamUsers | ForEach-Object { Add-TeamUser -GroupId $newTeam.id -User $_.m365_email -Role Member Write-host "Added User:"$_.m365_email -f Green } #Get Team owners from the CSV $TeamOwners = Import-Csv $OwnersFilePath -delimiter ";" #Iterate through each row obtained from the CSV and add to Teams as a Team member $TeamOwners | ForEach-Object { Add-TeamUser -GroupId $newTeam.id -User $_.m365_email -Role Owner Write-host "Added Owner:"$_.m365_email -f Green } } } Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles() $CorsoTeams = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form $CorsoTeams.ClientSize = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(1200,575) $CorsoTeams.text = "Corso Teams - Crea Struttura" $CorsoTeams.TopMost = $false $lblNomeCorso = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblNomeCorso.text = "Nome del corso" $lblNomeCorso.AutoSize = $true $lblNomeCorso.width = 25 $lblNomeCorso.height = 10 $lblNomeCorso.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(40,79) $lblNomeCorso.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $btnCrea = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button $btnCrea.text = "Crea" $btnCrea.width = 150 $btnCrea.height = 67 $btnCrea.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(373,298) $btnCrea.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',16) $btnChiudi = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button $btnChiudi.text = "Chiudi" $btnChiudi.width = 150 $btnChiudi.height = 67 $btnChiudi.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(628,298) $btnChiudi.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',16) $lblDataCorso = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblDataCorso.text = "Data del corso" $lblDataCorso.AutoSize = $true $lblDataCorso.width = 25 $lblDataCorso.height = 10 $lblDataCorso.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(39,143) $lblDataCorso.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $lblDescrizione = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblDescrizione.text = "Descrizione (facoltativa)" $lblDescrizione.AutoSize = $true $lblDescrizione.width = 25 $lblDescrizione.height = 10 $lblDescrizione.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(39,210) $lblDescrizione.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $txtDataCorso = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtDataCorso.multiline = $false $txtDataCorso.width = 150 $txtDataCorso.height = 40 $txtDataCorso.enabled = $true $txtDataCorso.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(370,134) $txtDataCorso.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',20) $txtNomeTeam = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtNomeTeam.multiline = $false $txtNomeTeam.width = 405 $txtNomeTeam.height = 40 $txtNomeTeam.enabled = $true $txtNomeTeam.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(370,75) $txtNomeTeam.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',20) $txtDescrizione = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtDescrizione.multiline = $false $txtDescrizione.width = 405 $txtDescrizione.height = 40 $txtDescrizione.enabled = $true $txtDescrizione.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(370,210) $txtDescrizione.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',20) $btnChiudi = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button $btnChiudi.text = "Chiudi" $btnChiudi.width = 150 $btnChiudi.height = 67 $btnChiudi.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(628,298) $btnChiudi.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',16) $lblMessaggio = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblMessaggio.text = "INSERIRE I DATI" $lblMessaggio.AutoSize = $true $lblMessaggio.width = 25 $lblMessaggio.height = 10 $lblMessaggio.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(40,493) $lblMessaggio.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $lblTemplate = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblTemplate.text = "Modello Team utilizzato:" $lblTemplate.AutoSize = $true $lblTemplate.width = 25 $lblTemplate.height = 10 $lblTemplate.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(40,400) $lblTemplate.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',8) $txtTemplate = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtTemplate.multiline = $false $txtTemplate.width = 405 $txtTemplate.height = 40 $txtTemplate.enabled = $true $txtTemplate.text = $DefaultModelTeam $txtTemplate.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(370,400) $txtTemplate.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',14) $lblTeamId = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblTeamId.text = "" $lblTeamId.AutoSize = $true $lblTeamId.width = 25 $lblTeamId.height = 10 $lblTeamId.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(540,493) $lblTeamId.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $CorsoTeams.controls.AddRange(@($lblNomeCorso,$btnCrea,$lblDataCorso,$txtDataCorso,$txtNomeTeam,$btnChiudi,$lblMessaggio,$lblDescrizione,$txtDescrizione, $lblTeamId,$lblTemplate,$txtTemplate )) $txtDataCorso.text=Get-Date -Format "dd/MM/yyyy" $btnCrea.Add_Click({ $NomeTeamCompleto=$txtNomeTeam.text+" - "+$txtDataCorso.text CreaTeam $NomeTeamCompleto $txtDescrizione.text $lblMessaggio.text= "Team creato - TeamId:" }) $btnChiudi.Add_Click({$CorsoTeams.Close()}) [void]$CorsoTeams.ShowDialog()Copy-Item -Recurse bug
We are copying files using the Copy-Item cmdlet from a local disk to a remote disk. The source folder contains around 900 files in numerous subdirectories. Copy-Item -Path "build\image\*" -Destination $output_path -Recurse -Verbose Get-Command Copy-Item | Select-Object Name, Version Name Version ---- ------- Copy-Item 3.1.0.0Help to add some functions to PowerShell Vpn Script
Good day sorry if sounds silly I am new learning everything. I for the life of me cannot find on the documentation for VpnClient find how to add Enable software compression under PPP settings and Negotiate multi-link for single-link connections. Also how do I add like dns address with the script for like under Advanced TCP/ICP Settings? Also with Register this connections addressess in DNS and Use the connections DNS suffic in DNS registration. And also with WINS with the ip address under it. If anyone could spare some time to help me understand this would be helpful. I fear I am overthinking it way to much. I was never explained prior how any of this works.FC Target discovery
I was looking for a way to discover FC targets for each initiator. Searching on the web I found this code # Get all initiator ports (HBA ports) $initiatorPorts = Get-InitiatorPort # Loop through each initiator port and list its targets foreach ($port in $initiatorPorts) { Write-Host "Initiator Port: $($port.NodeAddress) - $($port.PortAddress)" $targets = Get-InitiatorTarget -InitiatorPortAddress $port.PortAddress foreach ($target in $targets) { Write-Host " Target: $($target.NodeAddress) - $($target.PortAddress)" } } But is not working because the Get-initiatortarget is not recognized as valid command. Is there a way I can do it thanks
