System.Printing.Addjob() Error in Powershell - powershell

So I am trying to create a script that will take a print job from one paused print queue and add it to an active queue. However I am trying to utilize the AddJob() function and upon calling it with or without parameters it returns an exception and I am not sure why. Here is what I have so far
$host.Runspace.ThreadOptions = "ReuseThread"
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Printing
$permissions = [System.Printing.PrintSystemDesiredAccess]::AdministrateServer
$queueperms = [System.Printing.PrintSystemDesiredAccess]::AdministratePrinter
$server = new-object System.Printing.PrintServer -argumentList $permissions
$queues = $server.GetPrintQueues(#([System.Printing.EnumeratedPrintQueueTypes]::Shared))
foreach ($q in $queues) {
if ($q.IsPaused -eq 1)
{
$qPaused = new-object System.Printing.PrintQueue -argumentList $server,$q.Name,1,$queueperms
}
else
{
$qPlaying = new-object System.Printing.PrintQueue -ArgumentList $server,$q.Name,2,$queueperms
}
}
$byteContents = #('This is a test')
$byteContents | Out-File -FilePath "C:\testinput.txt"
[byte[]]$bytes = Get-Content -Encoding byte -Path "C:\testinput.txt"
#$printJob = $qPaused.GetJob(3).
$qPlaying.AddJob()
$jobStream = $printJob.JobStream
$jobStream | Out-GridView
#$jobStream.Write($bytes, 0, $bytes.Length)
#$jobStream.Close()
What this gives me is an error at the $qPlaying.AddJob() saying
Exception calling "AddJob" with "0" argument(s): "Specified argument was out of the range of valid values.
Parameter name: clientPrintSchemaVersion"
At line:23 char:1
+ $qPlaying.AddJob()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentOutOfRangeException
Thank you for any feedback.

The version of the Print Schema is defined when you call the constructor for the queue in this line:
$qPlaying = new-object System.Printing.PrintQueue -ArgumentList $server,$q.Name,2,$queueperms
You are using PrintQueue Constructor (PrintServer, String, Int32, PrintSystemDesiredAccess) where the Int32 is the Print Queue Schema version. The MSDN article has a remark that: "The Print Schema version released with Windows Vista is "1"." Which would make sense that when you use 2 and receive an out of range error that 2 isn't an acceptable value.
You could use 1 as the value or use an alternate constructor. For example:
$qPlaying = new-object System.Printing.PrintQueue -ArgumentList $server,$q.Name,$queueperms

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Opening Large Set of Word Documents With Powershell - Automation

I am in the process of assigning a footer to hundreds of word documents with their current filepath. Here is my code, which does the job:
I plan to have $Word.Visible set to false, but it isn't for now for debugging purposes.
This gets all the word docs in a directory, adds footer with their file path, then saves and closes.
I am trying to handle a case like this:
I just want to skip this, or possibly force open and continue. Not sure the best way to go about this, however, and am seeking some help.
Thanks,
Elijah
Set-ExecutionPolicy bypass;
$path = 'somepath';
$documents = Get-ChildItem -Path $path *.docx -Recurse -Force
$filepaths = foreach ($document in $documents) {$document.fullname}
$Word = New-Object -ComObject Word.application;
$Word.Visible = $true;
foreach ($filepath in $filepaths){
$Doc = $Word.Documents.OpenNoRepairDialog($filepath);
$Doc.Unprotect();
$Selection = $Word.Selection;
$Doc.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = 4;
$Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = 1;
$Selection.TypeText($filepath);
$Doc.Save();
$Doc.Close();
}
$Word.Quit();
Edit1:
I've made an edit where it adds the dynamic field object for the file path, rather than just typing in the file path, that way if you happen to move the file, the file path can be updated to the new path. You will have to press F9 while selecting the footer in word, but this is the best you can do without making a macro and saving the file as a .docm.
Here is the amended code:
$documents = Get-ChildItem -path *docx -recurse -force
$filepaths = foreach($document in $documents){$document.FullName}
Set-Variable -Name wdFieldFileName -Value 29 -Option constant -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$word = New-Object -ComObject Word.Application
#$word.Visible = $true
foreach($filepath in $filepaths){
$doc = $word.Documents.Open($filepath)
$sections = $doc.Sections
$item1 = $sections.Item(1)
$footer = $item1.Footers.Item(1)
$range = $footer.Range
$doc.Fields.Add($range, $wdFieldFileName, '\p')
$doc.Save()
$doc.Close()
}
$word.Quit()
I am still running into the error window when trying to open corrupted or document "in need of repair" as diagnosed by word.
Passing in multiple arguments to the Open() method does not yield results as expected. Here is an example:
Exception calling "Open" with "16" argument(s): "Type mismatch. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020005 (DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH))"
At line:1 char:1
+ $doc = $word.Documents.Open($filepath, $False, $False, $False, $null, ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation

Powershell Unable to find type [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveFormat]

I'm using this script to convert DOC to HTML
param([string]$docpath,[string]$htmlpath = $docpath)
$srcfiles = Get-ChildItem $docPath -filter "*.doc"
$saveFormat = [Enum]::Parse([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveFormat], "wdFormatFilteredHTML");
$word = new-object -comobject word.application
$word.Visible = $False
function saveas-filteredhtml
{
$opendoc = $word.documents.open($doc.FullName);
$opendoc.saveas([ref]"$htmlpath\$doc.fullname.html", [ref]$saveFormat);
$opendoc.close();
}
ForEach ($doc in $srcfiles)
{
Write-Host "Processing :" $doc.FullName
saveas-filteredhtml
$doc = $null
}
$word.quit();
Unfortunately when I run it for the first time in the ISE console I get this error
Unable to find type [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveFormat].
In F:\PS\NEW\main.ps1:108 car:29
+ ... = [Enum]::Parse([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveFormat], "wdFor ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Offic...rd.WdSaveFormat:TypeName) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound
While if I run it from the same console again the second time it works fine.
How can I solve the problem? Thanks
In this forum they solve the problem:https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/6f7eee4b-1f42-499e-ae59-1aceb26100de/view/Discussions
you add this lines at the beginning of your code:
$wdTypes = Add-Type -AssemblyName 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word' -Passthru
$wdSaveFormat = $wdTypes | Where {$_.Name -eq "wdSaveFormat"}

Install windows update

I have following powershell script which should update my windows OS everytime I run it. Therefore I use the given windows API in order to search, download and install the updates. But somehow only searching for them actually works.
This is my script:
$global:scriptpath = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
$global:dir = Split-Path $scriptpath
$global:logfile = "$dir\updatelog.txt"
write-host " Searching for updates..."
$session = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session
$searcher = $session.CreateUpdateSearcher()
$result = $searcher.Search("IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software' and IsHidden=0")
if ($result.Updates.Count -eq 0) {
Write-Host "No updates to install"
} else {
$result.Updates | Select Title
}
$downloads = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.UpdateColl
foreach ($update in $result){
try {
$update.AcceptEula()
$Null = $downloads.Add($update)
} catch {}
}
$count = $result.Updates.Count
write-host ""
write-host "There are $($count) updates available."
write-host ""
read-host "Press Enter to download\install updates"
$downloader = $session.CreateUpdateDownLoader()
$downloader.Updates = $downloads
$downloader.Download()
$installs = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.UpdateColl
foreach ($update in $result.Updates){
if ($update.IsDownloaded){
$installs.Add($update)
}
}
$installer = $session.CreateUpdateInstaller()
$installer.Updates = $installs
$installresult = $installer.Install()
$installresult
But I get following error:
Exception calling "Download" with "0" argument(s): "Exception from HRESULT: 0x80240024"
+ $downloader.Download()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
Somehow this line: $downloader.Updates = $downloads is not executed, but I don't know why. I also already tried running the script as an admin, didn't work either.
That error code is the WU_E_NO_UPDATE, described here. Basically it says that the Updates collection is not set or empty.

Silently handle errors in powershell

I am writing a troubleshooting script to determine which IP addresses in our Domain are accessible by WMI, and which are not. The script will read a list of input parameters (about 18,000 lines), and will output to a file the IP address and the username
IP address, Username
Problem is, when the WMI error is thrown, it writes to the file
IP address, Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. .....numerous lines of error
I would like to make it such that when a WMI error it thrown, it writes the following
IP address, "WMI ERROR"
And here is the modified code for reference
#script_modified.ps1
$abc = $args
$startInfo = $NULL
$process = $NULL
$standardOut = $NULL
<#Previously created password file in C:\Script\cred.txt, read-host -assecurestring | convertfrom-securestring | out-file C:\Script\cred.txt#>
$password = get-content C:\Script\cred.txt | convertto-securestring
$a = Get-Content "C:\Script\test_input.txt"
foreach ($b in $a){
$startInfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
$startInfo.FileName = "powershell.exe"
$startInfo.Arguments = "C:\script\script2.ps1 " + $b
$startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
$startInfo.UseShellExecute = $false
$startInfo.CreateNoWindow = $false
$startInfo.Username = "service.infosec"
$startInfo.Domain = "Central"
$startInfo.Password = $password
$process = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$process.StartInfo = $startInfo
$process.Start() | Out-Null
$standardOut = $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
$process.WaitForExit()
# $standardOut should contain the results of "C:\script\script2.ps1"
Add-Content C:\script\list_of_computers_in_DOMAIN.log $b","$standardOut
}
EDIT
#Hyper Anthony
I updated my code to the following
try{
$process.StartInfo = $startInfo
}
catch{
$message = "WMI ERROR"
}
finally{
$process.WaitForExit()
Add-Content C:\script\list_of_computers_in_DOMAIN.log $b","$message
}
And I get following errors:
Exception calling "WaitForExit" with "0" argument(s): "No process is associated with this object."
At C:\script\script_modified.ps1:36 char:29
+ $process.WaitForExit <<<< ()
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException
How to fix?
EDIT:
Below is the updated code:
foreach ($b in $a){
$startInfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
$startInfo.FileName = "powershell.exe"
...More Code...
$process = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$process.StartInfo = $startInfo
try{
$process.Start() | Out-Null
$standardOut = $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
}
catch{
$standardOut = "WMI ERROR"
}
finally{
$process.WaitForExit()
Add-Content C:\script\list_of_computers_in_DOMAIN.log $b","$standardOut
}
}
There are no longer any errors that get output to the console, BUT, the output file is not as I wish.
When there is an WMI error, I would like the following line to be written
'sender-ip=10.10.10.10', WMI Error
But instead, the following is written
'sender-ip=10.10.10.10',Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA) ...many lines of error
or any other error may be printed instead of WMI Error.
Thanks once again!

PowerShell Exception calling "Start" with "0" argument(s) from within another function

I am writing my first Powershell script and coming from C# am confused, my code is below:
function Run(
[string] $command,
[string] $args,
[Ref] [string] $stdout,
[Ref] [string] $stderr
)
{
$p1 = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$p1.StartInfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo;
$p1.StartInfo.FileName = $command
$p1.StartInfo.Arguments = $arguments
$p1.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = $true
$p1.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = $true
$p1.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
$p1.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = $false
$p1.Start()
$p1.WaitForExit()
}
$p = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$p.StartInfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo;
$p.StartInfo.FileName = "ping"
$p.StartInfo.Arguments = "142.553.22242.2"
$p.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = $true
$p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = $true
$p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
$p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = $false
$p.Start()
$p.WaitForExit()
$code = $p.ExitCode
$stderr = $p.StandardError.ReadToEnd()
$stdout = $p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
Run("ping","208.67.222.222","","")
The $p.Start() works, but for some reason the parameters passed in to the Run function are ignored and $p1 fails. What am I doing wrong please?
Exception calling "Start" with "0" argument(s): "The system cannot find the file specified"
At C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\logtofile.ps1:27 char:5
+ $p1.Start()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Win32Exception
Exception calling "WaitForExit" with "0" argument(s): "No process is associated with this object."
At C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\logtofile.ps1:28 char:5
+ $p1.WaitForExit()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException
You have to call run as follows:
Run "ping","208.67.222.222","",""
putting in between the parentheses passes it to the function as a single array argument.
I wasn't trying to start a process from inside a function, but I was getting the same error. It took me a few minutes to realize that it was one of my favorite time-wasters: a UAC trap. I hadn't started PowerShell using "Run as administrator". You have to have admin privileges and run the code as such to start/stop/modify processes that you don't own and this error message is totally unhelpful in this regard.
function Demo {
param (
$fileName,$Arguments
)
$p = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process
$p.StartInfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
$p.StartInfo.FileName = $fileName
$p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = $true
$p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
$p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = $false
$p.StartInfo.Arguments = $Arguments
$p.Start() | Out-Null
$p.WaitForExit()
$stdout = $p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
$stderr = $p.StandardError.ReadToEnd()
Write-Host "stdout: $stdout"
Write-Host "stderr: $stderr"
Write-Host "exit code: " + $p.ExitCode
}
Demo "getmac" " /v"
I got this error with the start() function on a service because a colleague set the service to "disabled" in the Windows Services window. Setting it back to "Manual" fixed it.