Not sure how to fix it but I think i have a hunch on why
I have a powershell script installs an applications but before it kicks off it shows a msgbox that simply displays a message to the user
The script works perfectly when I run it manually and even running it as the System account through psexec works as well
However when deploying this through SCCM - Software center, it installs without displaying the msgbox..
Now I think it might be because its not showing in the context of the current logged in user.. but I would of thought running it through Psexec as system would not work either...
Can anyone help? I have deployed it as an application through sccm using this script:
<#
.Date: 01-Jun-2016
.Ansys 16.2 Install Script
# Set up some Variables
$workingDirectory = (split-path $myinvocation.mycommand.path -parent)
# Display a warning message before installation begins
Add-Type -AssemblyName Microsoft.VisualBasic
[Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::MsgBox('Ansys 16.2 takes over 30 mins to install. Please do not log out or shutdown your computer during the installation. You can continue working as normal while it is being installed. Once complete you will see in Software Center say "installed" next to Ansys 16.2.', 'OKOnly,SystemModal,Exclamation', 'Warning')
# ***** Install Application ******
Start-Process -FilePath "$WorkingDirectory\ANSYS162_WINX64_Disk1\setup.exe" -ArgumentList "-silent -disablerss -licserverinfo `"::licensing-b`"" -Wait -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Start-Sleep -s 3
# ***** Delete Shortcut and unlicensed products *******
Remove-Item "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ANSYS 16.2\Uninstall ANSYS 16.2.lnk" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ANSYS 16.2\ANSYS Icepak 16.2.lnk" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ANSYS 16.2\Aqwa" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ANSYS 16.2\ACP" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ANSYS 16.2\ANSYS Client Licensing" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue "#>
Make sure that you have checked "allow the user to interact with this program" option while deployment
click here to see how to set user interaction
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I have a script that I feel that I am close to being ready to run but need some help fine tuning things.
My primary objective is this:
From each text file (named after the computer it was generated from), run each script using the data that exists within the .txt file. Each file is output from the C:\Users folder on the computer, listing each user profile that exists on that machine. I need to be able to run the script so that it deletes the specified folders/files for each user profile on that machine.
# Name: CacheCleanup
# Description: Deletes cache files per user on each computer
# Syntax: .\CacheCleanup.ps1
# Author: Nicholas Nedrow
# Created: 06/15/2021
#Text file contains list of all machines that have recently pinged and are online
$Computers = Get-Content "C:\Temp\CacheCleanUp\ComputerUp.txt"
#Users are listed in individual text files assigned with the name of their PC.
$Users = Get-Content "C:\Temp\CacheCleanUp\Computer Users\*.txt"
#Base path for deletion paths
$Path = "\\$PC\c$\users\$user\appdata\local"
#Delete User\Temp files
Remote-Item -Path "$Path\temp\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
#Delete Teams files
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Microsoft\Teams" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-ITem -Path "$Path\Microosft\TeamsMeetingAddin" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Microsoft\TeamsPresenceAddin" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
#Delete Chrome Cache
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
#Delete IE Cache
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
#Delete Firefox cache
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache\*.*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache\cache2\entries\*.*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache\thumbnails\*" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache\cookies.sqlite" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache\webappstore.sqlite" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
Remove-Item -Path "$Path\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\cache\chromeapstore.sqlite" -Recurse -Force -EA SilentlyContinue -Verbose
#How to Run each script for each user on each machine
#How to generate detailed log with results of deletion for each section
I will state right away that I am still learning scripting and am unfamiliar with functions, even though I am pretty sure that is what I need to develop here. This is a domain network so the appropriate path for the computer name has been taken into consideration. Each script does run independently, with the computer name specified but I run into issues when it comes to trying to call out each user profile on that computer.
If possible, it would be nice to have some sort of generated report with the outcome of each user profile and what was ran successfully. I don't need to necessarily know every file that was deleted but maybe a list of those files that were unable to be deleted due to conflicts with running programs or permission issues.
You need to use loops. Consider the following code:
$configFiles = "C:\Temp\CacheCleanUp";
Get-Content "$configFiles\TESTComputers.txt" | % {
$PC = $_;
Write-Host "Attempting to clean cache on computer: $PC";
Get-Content "$configFiles\TESTusers.txt" | % {
$user = $_;
$Path = "\\$PC\c$\users\$user\appdata\local"
Write-Host "`tCleaning $Path"
<# Your code goes here #>
}
}
TESTusers.txt contains:
dave
bob
amy
TESTComputers.txt contains:
10.0.0.1
10.0.0.2
10.0.0.3
10.0.0.4
10.0.0.5
This is the output of the above code and computer/user files:
Attempting to clean cache on computer: 10.0.0.1
Cleaning \\10.0.0.1\c$\users\dave\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.1\c$\users\bob\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.1\c$\users\amy\appdata\local
Attempting to clean cache on computer: 10.0.0.2
Cleaning \\10.0.0.2\c$\users\dave\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.2\c$\users\bob\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.2\c$\users\amy\appdata\local
Attempting to clean cache on computer: 10.0.0.3
Cleaning \\10.0.0.3\c$\users\dave\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.3\c$\users\bob\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.3\c$\users\amy\appdata\local
Attempting to clean cache on computer: 10.0.0.4
Cleaning \\10.0.0.4\c$\users\dave\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.4\c$\users\bob\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.4\c$\users\amy\appdata\local
Attempting to clean cache on computer: 10.0.0.5
Cleaning \\10.0.0.5\c$\users\dave\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.5\c$\users\bob\appdata\local
Cleaning \\10.0.0.5\c$\users\amy\appdata\local
Few things to note about the code:
Get-Content "filename" | % - this is going to loop through the contents of the file one line at a time. % is a shortcut for ForEach-Object.
$_ when inside a foreach loop is an automatic variable created by PowerShell that contains the current item in the loop.
If you have a loop inside a loop and you need to access both $_ values from the inner and outer loop, you can create a new variable (eg $PC = $_;) in the outer loop that can be used within the inner loop (eg $Path = "\\$PC\c$\users\$user\appdata\local").
You should definitely learn to use functions, and then in the future you can combine functions into modules. This is a big help in organising your code, and you can avoid duplication by sharing functions between different scripts - but your current script doesnt need functions (but theyre a good idea).
Depending on your network, you might be able to use PowerShell remoting instead of the Administrative shares to achieve the same effect. This is a more advanced topic, there is some configuration required on the machines you want to connect but the advantage is your computer sends the script to each target, and the target computer runs the script and reports its results.
Another possible change i would suggest is only using a list of computers - then on each computer use get-childitem -path c:\users to actually get the list of each profile currently on that target computer.
I am new to the power shell scripting. I am trying to delete all files except one folder and one file. I run this script by using jenkins it showing error called " Windows PowerShell is in NonInteractive mode. Read and Prompt functionality is not available." And i am trying to run this script in powershell window but it asking Confirmation [Y/N]. I need to run this script by using jenkins please help me.
$Path = "C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work"
$exclude = #("*.old", "*directory.map")
Get-ChildItem $Path -Exclude $exclude | Remove-Item -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Stop| echo Y
You need to add the Recurse parameter to the remove command.
Like that:
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force
guiwhatsthat is correct your code should like this;
$Path = "C:\TeamCity\buildAgent2\work"
$exclude = #("*.old", "*directory.map")
Get-ChildItem $Path -Exclude $exclude | Remove-Item -Recurse -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Stop
I'm a desktop support tech for my company, and we often have a good bit of repetitive troubleshooting we perform such as clearing temp files and cache from C\windows\temp, local appdata temp folder, as well as google and IE cache/cookies. I was writing a powershell script to do this all in one go, and it does what it is supposed to. The only problem is that when I am on a user's computer, I have to actually access the windows temp and local appdata folders first and then run the script for it to work. I believe this is because those two folders require admin access to get into. Since I'm an admin I can put my creds in to access the folders just fine, but I'm having trouble finding some code to insert in order to allow the powershell script to gain access to those folders. Note: I do have a command at the beginning of the script that launches powershell as admin, but that seems to not be enough. My code is below, any insight on this would be terrific. (Looks like my comment hashtags in the code turned the comments bold, apologies)
# Runs the below script with PowerShell in Admin mode
Start-Process "$psHome\powershell.exe" -verb runas -ArgumentList "-file fullpathofthescript"
# Clears google chrome cache
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\*" -verb runas -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# Clears IE cookies
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\*" -verb runas -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# Clears the "windows\temp" folder
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Windows\Temp\*" -verb runas -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# Clears the user's local temp folder
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp\*" -verb runas -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
You can use the -Credential parameter to prompt for the local admin credentials which should allow you to delete in the C:\Windows\* location, assuming ACLs have not be messed with.
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Windows\Temp\*" -Credential (Get-Credential) -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Putting in the ErrorAction is stopping you from seeing the below error as well.
Remove-Item : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'runas'.
See below script:
I need to launch this script with admin rights embedded inside of the script to set execution policy to unrestricted and then at the end of the script set it back. From what I've found so far this is either not possible or very difficult to do. I'm hoping there is an easier way to do this. The users that will be running this script do not have admin rights on their PC's so they will not be able to elevate and manually run from inside of powershell.
Stop-process -Name OUTLOOK -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force
Stop-process -Name communicator -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force
Stop-process -Name lync -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force
Stop-Process -Name UcMapi -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force
Stop-Process -Name skypehost -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force
Stop-Process -Name searchprotocolhost -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force
$OstPath = "c:\users\$([environment]::username)"+ "\AppData" + "\local" + "\Microsoft" + "\Outlook"
$ost = get-ChildItem $OstPath | where { $_.Extension -eq ".ost"}
$ost | remove-Item -force
Start-Process Outlook
if (Test-Path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\office15\lync.exe')
{
Start-Process 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\office15\lync.exe'
}
Else
{
write-host "Lync is not installed"
if (Test-Path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office Communicator')
{
Start-Process 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office Communicator\communicator.exe'
}
Else
{
write-host "Communicator is not installed"
}
}
You can use:
$GBL_Username = "Here type your username"
$GBL_Password = ConvertTo-SecureString –String "Here type your password in plain text" –AsPlainText -Force
$GBL_Credential = New-Object –TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential –ArgumentList $GBL_Username, $GBL_Password
Start-Process 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\office15\lync.exe' -Credential $GBL_Credential
And use the variable $GBL_Credential with the second part (the execution of Office Comunicator)
A problem with this: the credential will show in plain text and, if someone try to edit the script with notepad, PowerShell ISE or other program, they can will see the passsword.
Have a good day.
From what I see in the script, there's no need to elevate. If this is only to overcome the ExecutionPolicy than your approach is wrong. ExecutionPolicy is there to prevent users run untrusted scripts. So far your script is one of those.
Correct way of doing it would be to sign your script with the certificate and set your ExecutionPolicy to Allsigned on all computers. Users will then only be able to run the signed scripts from now on.
If this is not possible, I see 2 options:
Users copy contents of the script and paste it into the powershell window
You set ExecutionPolicy to unrestricted. Keep in mind that users will still need to elevate if they try to do something serious, but for this script elevation is not necessary.
So all in all, ExecutionPolicy is there to prevent exactly what you are trying to do, so do not expect it will be easy to overcome. It's also not something that you turn off and on. You should think of what is acceptable for you and set it to appropriate level in your environment.
I use Octopus for our deployments. I have a problem with one of the Powershell scripts to control the deployment:
# stops running processes
$processes = #("Notepad",
"Firefox")
foreach ($process in $processes)
{
$prc = Get-Process -Name $process -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (-not($prc -eq $null))
{
Write-Host "Stopping " $prc.ProcessName
Stop-Process -InputObject $prc -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
}
The programs I try to stop are not the ones you see in the script above, but they represent what I am trying to do. Now the problem I have with it, is that it works well on one server, but not on another. Where it does not work, I get the error message:
Stop-Process : Windows PowerShell is in NonInteractive mode. Read and Prompt functionality is not available.
The script that works runs on Powershell 3.0, the one that does not work on Powershell 2.0. I cannot upgrade to Powershell 3.0 everywhere yet because the old servers run with Windows Server 2003. How can I make it work on PS 2.0?
Run with -Force:
Stop-Process -InputObject $prc -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force
As C.B. suggested in the comment: -confirm:$false should also work. Rationale for this is as follows: -Confirm is a switch parameter. Switch parameters can only take arguments if you specify the parameter with a trailing colon and a value.
I just tried to use Remove-Item on the directory with children and got same message:
Remove-Item : PowerShell is in NonInteractive mode. Read and Prompt functionality is not available.
In my case -Recurse key has helped.