· · · Mace Rockn Jul 2, 2014 at 1:26 UTC Incorrect credentials would be my first guess. · · · Pure Capsaicin Rob Dunn Jul 2, 2014 at 1:33 UTC The best trick here is to either log in locally as the user you are running the task, or open a cmd prompt as that user and execute the batch file. Does it work? If not, then you can troubleshot from here - if so, well, report back · · · Chipotle Helpful Post Jordan8307 Jul 2, 2014 at 1:57 UTC i have had this issue calling bat files and the fix is this.start in - c:\location of bat file · · · Poblano KNARF04 Jul 2, 2014 at 3:46 UTC Rockn: I do not think that is the issues. Every time I edit the task I have to enter the correct credentials in order to save the changes and if I put in the wrong Username/ Password it won't continue with saving the task. Robb Dunn: I am logged into the domain account of the user that will be executing the task. The user I am logged in as is a local admin on the machine. I did open a command prompt and was able to successfully execute the script from a CMD window. Jordan: You were right in the fact that it was my start in path. I had put in the hard path to the script including the script name. Once I removed the script name from the path and just included the folder it was located in the error for lauching cmd.exe went away. HOWEVER, I am still having problems with this task scheduler and would appreciate continued help. So I run the task and it will automatically execute every 5 minutes like it is supposed to. When I look in the history I see task triggered, task engine received message to start task, task started, action started, created task process, action completed and task completed. Everything finishes successfully. However I am getting an operational code of (2) for Action Completed and Task Completed. When I look at the data that is supposed to be imported into the.
In my previous post, I described the Power Shell script used to rebuild the Development environment for Technology Toolbox.com on a daily basis. This post explains the subtleties of running the script - or, more generally, any Power Shell script - using the Windows Task Scheduler. Understanding the issues Let's start with a very simple Power Shell script to use as an example ( Temp.ps1 $ Error Action Preference = Stop Write- Host Changing to TEMP folder. cd $env: TEMP Write- Host Creating file. New- Item Temp.txt - Type File - Value foobar Write- Host Copying file. Copy- Item Temp.txt Temp- Copy.txt Write- Host Success When you run this script the first time, it should complete successfully and the output should resemble the following: PS C:\ Users\jjameson\ App Data\ Local\ Temp> C:\ Temp.ps1 Changing to TEMP folder. Creating file. Directory: C:\ Users\jjameson\ App Data\ Local\ Temp Mode Last Write Time Length Name a- 5:37 AM 6 Temp.txt Copying file. Success PS C:\ Users\jjameson\ App Data\ Local\ Temp> However, when you run the script again, an error occurs: PS C:\ Users\jjameson\ App Data\ Local\ Temp> C:\ Temp.ps1 Changing to TEMP folder. Creating file. New- Item : The file ' C:\ Users\jjameson\ App Data\ Local\ Temp\ Temp.txt' already exists. At C:\ Temp.ps1:7 char:9 + New- Item < Temp.txt - Type File - Value foobar + Category Info : Write Error: ( C:\ Users\jjames.l\ Temp\ Temp.txt: String) [ New- Item], IOException + Fully Qualified Error Id : New Item IOError, Microsoft. Power Shell. Commands. New Item Command PS C:\ Users\jjameson\ App Data\ Local\ Temp> Now, imagine the Power Script script actually did something useful and we configured it to run as a scheduled task with the following properties: Action: Start a program Program/script: Power Shell.exe Add arguments: - Command C:\ Temp.ps1 Deleting the temporary files and then running the scheduled task results in the following message in.
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