Specify location with Task Scheduler script - powershell

Question

I'm trying to write a PowerShell script that will activate another script on a daily basis. What I have is:
$Sta = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "powershell.exe" -argument "C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Script.ps1"
$Stt = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 3am
Register-ScheduledTask Task1 -Action $Sta -Trigger $Stt
It's not working because it can't find the file. PowerShell's default directory is the user's root directory, so I don't know if that's it, even though I've tried using the full path to the file? Or is it due to where the scheduled task is running from? Location says \ and I cannot seem to change that, even in the task scheduler app. I've been Googling for days and I can't figure it out. Anyone have any idea? I'm working on Windows 10 Pro.

Answer 1

Soufflegirl13,
Updated & Tested:
$TaskSet = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -Compatibility Win8
$TaskSet.DisallowStartIfOnBatteries = $True
$TaskSet.StopIfGoingOnBatteries = $True
$TaskSet.IdleSettings.StopOnIdleEnd = $false
#Adjust the following two lines to meet your requirements
$TaskDesc = "Retrieve the status of HyperV"
$TaskName = "Task1 - or whatever you want here"
$Stt = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 3am
#Adjust the -file parameter to point to your script
$TAArgs = #{Execute = '"' + "c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell" +
"\v1.0\powershell.exe" + '"' ;
Argument = "-file `"G:\BEKDocs\Scripts\Misc\Get-HyperVStatus-V-3.ps1`"" }
$TaskAction = New-ScheduledTaskAction #TAArgs
$RSTArgs = #{Action = $TaskAction
TaskName = "$TaskName"
Trigger = $Stt
User = "$env:USERDOMAIN\$env:username"
RunLevel = "Highest"
Description = "$TaskDesc"
Settings = $TaskSet}
Register-ScheduledTask #RSTargs
I've found that forcing the quote marks around the powershell filespec solved some problems. You might want to try it around the script name if the previous doesn't work.
Of course adjust any settings as you see fit to meet your requirements. Also I've not used this basic code to set a trigger before but I adjusted it to do so according to the documentation for Register-ScheduledTask so it should work.
Update Notes:
I checked the documentation for the New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet cmdlet and it doesn't include Win10 as a valid value for Compatibility, go figure, so I backed it off to Win8. You can also just not use the Compatibility argument and accept whatever it defaults to.
The code is now fully tested, sorry I forgot to tell you to replace the $TaskName variable with a value or to add the variable, as is now shown in the adjusted code.
HTH