Task scheduler task not executing ps1 scripts - powershell

Question

I am trying to run a ps1 file in the Task scheduler.
The task should run every day in the evening and history shows that it has run,
but not really because I can see in SonarQube that it did not.
Every individual step works as intended and if I run the action and command everything is fine:
powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\sonarqube\run_sonar_scan.ps1
And I also tried using the full path to powershell
The task:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
<Date>2020-07-27T13:10:30.3806911</Date>
<Author>xxx\yyy</Author>
<Description>Starts the SonarScanner bat files from run_sonar_scan.ps1</Description>
<URI>\DdDRetail\SonarScanner</URI>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
<CalendarTrigger>
<StartBoundary>2020-07-27T21:00:00</StartBoundary>
<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT4H</ExecutionTimeLimit>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<ScheduleByDay>
<DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>
</ScheduleByDay>
</CalendarTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
<Principal id="Author">
<UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>
<RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
</Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
<MultipleInstancesPolicy>IgnoreNew</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
<DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
<StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
<AllowHardTerminate>false</AllowHardTerminate>
<StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>
<RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
<IdleSettings>
<StopOnIdleEnd>true</StopOnIdleEnd>
<RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
</IdleSettings>
<AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Hidden>false</Hidden>
<RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
<DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
<UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>true</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
<WakeToRun>true</WakeToRun>
<ExecutionTimeLimit>PT8H</ExecutionTimeLimit>
<Priority>7</Priority>
<RestartOnFailure>
<Interval>PT1M</Interval>
<Count>3</Count>
</RestartOnFailure>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="Author">
<Exec>
<Command>powershell.exe</Command>
<Arguments>-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\sonarqube\run_sonar_scan.ps1"</Arguments>
</Exec>
</Actions>
</Task>
The ps1 file:
$repo_file_path="C:\Users\xxx\source\repos"
Start-Process "cmd.exe" "/c $repo_file_path\run_articleservice_scan.bat"
The bat file
updates a local repo from github
updates Nuget packages
runs a SonarScanner

Answer 1

The user needed to be either an administrator or having permissions to Run whether the user is logged on or not. User was changed to Administrator, all is fine and the task is executed as expected.