Trying to automate ftp site manipulation on IIS7.5, through powershell, but I can't start the ftp site. Everything else, so far, I succeeded.
PS IIS:\Sites> Get-ChildItem | Where {$_.Name -eq "FtpData"}
Name ID State Physical Path Bindings
---- -- ----- ------------- --------
FtpData 3 Stopped D:\Services\_Empty ftp *:80:
PS IIS:\Sites> Start-WebSite -Name "FtpData"
Start-WebSite : The object identifier does not represent a valid object. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800710D8)
At line:1 char:1
+ Start-WebSite -Name "FtpData"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Website], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.IIs.PowerShell.Provider.StartWebsiteCommand
This issue is address in technet "Starting / Stoping an FTP site using PowerShell... IIS 7.5 on 2008R2" but is has three years old.
Using the appcmd has the same issue:
C:\Users\myself>c:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd start site FtpData
ERROR ( hresult:800710d8, message:Command execution failed.
The object identifier does not represent a valid object.
)
This article FTP on IIS 7 on Server Core indicates to start it from the UI Console, but that means it can't be automated.
Has any one got a solution to this?
Stumbled upon this through Powershell autocomplete and turned out working on Server 2012 R2:
$ftpSite = IIS:\Sites\FtpData
$ftpSite.ftpServer.Start()
The $ftpSite... did not work for me. I also found the below to be neater.
To Start:
(get-Website -Name "myftpsite").ftpserver.start()
To Stop:
(get-Website -Name "myftpsite").ftpserver.stop()
Source: https://peter.hahndorf.eu/blog/iisftp.html
(Forever Breathes The Lonely Word - Peter Hahndorf on software
IIS - Managing FTP sites with PowerShell)
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I'm given the task to migrate all the printers installed on workstations via GPO to another server.
As for now all printers are installed in a local decentralized Distribution Point, we want to move on a centralized Distribution Point/Print Server.
On mine DC, via Group Policy Management Editor, I've a lot of printers in
Computer Configuration\Preferences\Control Panel Settings\Printers
All printers are mapped from \DP00x\Printer and given a local name.
What i want to change is the \DP00x to \CentralDP01\Printer in the GPO.
I've managed via powershell to create all printer ports, install all printers and publish/list in the directory all of them.
Given that they are more than 100, I wish to automate the process to edit the GPO editing, so that i don't need to open each policy and each printer to modify the destination.
I've tried the cmdlet Get-GPRegistryValue because I know (at least) that printers are installed on HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
but i get this error every time:
Get-GPRegistryValue : The following Group Policy registry setting was not found: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers".
Parameter name: keyPath
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-GPRegistryValue -Guid 6b464ed9-66c8-47fa-8327-1fe9b074a0d7 -Key H...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Group...tryValueCommand:GetGPRegistryValueCommand) [Get-GPRegistryValue], ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToRetrievePolicyRegistryItem,Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Commands.GetGPRegistryValueCommand
I tried as well Get-GPPrefRegistryValue
Get-GPPrefRegistryValue -Context Computer -Guid 6b464ed9-66c8-47fa-8327-1fe9b074a0d7 -Key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
But error looks the same:
Get-GPPrefRegistryValue : The Preference registry setting "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers" was not found in the
"x-x-x-x-x-x" GPO in the x-x-x-x-x-x-x.com domain.
Parameter name: keyPath
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-GPPrefRegistryValue -Context Computer -Guid 6b464ed9-66c8-47fa-83 ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Group...tryValueCommand:GetGPPrefRegistryValueCommand) [Get-GPPrefRegistryValue], ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToRetrievePreferenceRegistryItem,Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Commands.GetGPPrefRegistryValueCommand
I found a workaround. Backup the GPO, manually edit the XML with the new value and import back the GPO.
I don't fancy the idea of manually editing because it can lead to errors and with over 100+ GPOs I can have alot of errors.
Can anyone help me?
Maybe i'm using the wrong commands, but so far documentations state to use GPO Module.
Unfortunately the GroupPolicy commands are limited to registry key settings only, and printer-preferences fall outside that. You can safely edit the live GPO xml files themselves though (or use Backup-GPO/Restore-GPO).
If you're only replacing the server name, this should work fine. Try it on a test GPO, updating the path as needed:
$guid = (Get-GPO -Name 'Test GPO')
# Check the GPO version before changes:
Get-GPO -guid $guid
$domain = 'domain.com'
$path = "\\$domain\SYSVOL\$domain\Policies\{$guid}\User\Preferences\Printers\Printers.xml"
# Update the path in the GPO xml:
(Get-Content $path -Raw) -replace 'DP00x','CentralDP01' | Set-Content $path
# Validate the GPO version/change date have updated - might take a while if xml is on a different DC:
Get-GPO -guid $guid
We have mixed desktop operating systems consisting of windows 7 and windows 10. I have a login script that gathers various information from a powershell script that runs each time a user logs in. The windows 7 powershell is only version 2 which means I cannot use get-aduser, I am therefore challenged to query this information out of AD using a different method that would be compatible with both win7 and win10. I have this line of code that does not use get-aduser and successfully produces a list of all AD users on powershell 5(win10), however when I attempt to use it on powershell 2 it produces the error below.
My questions are these:
What do I need to change to get the script working on powershell version2 ?
How can I get it to output the current user as opposed to all the users in AD
thank you for any help in advance
<position> : The following exception was thrown when trying to enumerate the collection: "Configuration system failed t
o initialize".
At line:1 char:1
+ <<<< (New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher "ObjectClass=user").FindAll() | Select-object -property path
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], ExtendedTypeSystemException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExceptionInGetEnumerator
(New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher “ObjectClass=user”).FindAll() | Select-object -property path
I would like to read and write on OneNote pages using PowerShell scripts. I have been trying different scripts I found, but none of them even run on my machine. I am wondering if I have to enable something, or get some kind of library.
When trying to run some scripts I found, I get this error:
Unable to find type [Microsoft.Office.InterOp.OneNote.HierarchyScope].
At line:3 char:27
+ ... erarchy("", [Microsoft.Office.InterOp.OneNote.HierarchyScope]::hsPage ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Offic....HierarchyScope:TypeName) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound
Could someone point me in the right direction? Or is it even possible?
PS Version: 5.1.17134.407
OneNote 2013
Agreed with Theo on this one.
How are you trying to run them, consolehost, ISE, VSCode, other editor?
Did you set your ExecutionPolicy so that you could run them at all.
Is OneNote on your machine and activated or are you trying to hit a remote box?
However, there is a provider you can use to assist you here...
OneNotePowerShellProvider
# Example Scripts
Name
----
ConvertTo-Object.ps1
Create-OneNoteDocumentation.ps1
Export-PsOn.ps1
Get-OneNoteApplication.ps1
Get-OneNoteDigest.ps1
Get-OneNoteText.ps1
Get-ProviderTests.ps1
Import-FilesToOneNote.ps1
Robocopy-Items.ps1
Set-OneNoteDebug.ps1
Start-Tests.ps1
… as well as this article...
Read and Write Content from OneNote with PowerShell
# Examples
# get a table of all notebooks
$OneNote = New-Object -ComObject OneNote.Application
[xml]$Hierarchy = ""
$OneNote.GetHierarchy("", [Microsoft.Office.InterOp.OneNote.HierarchyScope]::hsPages, [ref]$Hierarchy)
$Hierarchy.Notebooks.Notebook | Format-Table Name, path, isUnread, isCurrentlyViewed
Hi I've just resently started to use powershell on my server. Though when I run the script I get the error:
New-ADUser : Unable to find a default server with Active Directory Web Services running.
At C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Powerwhell Script, H1 case.ps1:6 char:1
+ New-ADUser -name $_."fornavn"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [New-ADUser], ADServerDownException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:1355,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.NewADUser
I have attached the script and my .csv file. Hope any of you can help me figuring it out.
(Don't worry about the information, it's for a school assignment)
Script
.csv file
It looks like your script can not find the domain control on your domain. Simply use the -Server parameter and give it the Full Qualified Domain Name or IP of the domain control.
New-ADUser -Server "ServerName.Domain.com"
If this doesn't work you might not have Active Directory Management Gateway Service installed on your domain control (Download Here). With Windows server 2012 R2 make sure you have the following feature installed.
The headers warning you are seeing is because Import-Csv is unable to get the headings from your CSV file for some reason, and replaces the header name with H1,H2 ... Hx. For example:
fornavn efternavn H1 beskrivelse, ...
------- --------- ----- -----------
Keld Bruun KB Adm.Ledergruppe, ...
You can get round this you can giving Import-Csv the names of your columns via the -Header parameter. Note that these do not have to be the same as the ones in the CSV, as the new column headers will overwrite the CSV.
Import-Csv "C:\H1, Powershell.csv" -Header 'fornavn','efternavn','forkortelse','beskrivelse','email','brugernavn','kode','kontor','fuldnavn'
I got the Request to unzip a .zip file with Powershell. On the Internet i found the following code multiple times:
param( [String]$newlocation, [String]$filepath)
if(($newlocation -and $filepath) -and ((test-path $newlocation) -and (test-path $filepath)))
{
Copy-Item $filepath $newlocation
$shell_app=new-object -com shell.application
$filename = $filepath.split("\")[-1]
if(Test-Path "$newlocation\$filename")
{
$zip_file = $shell_app.namespace("$newlocation\$filename")
$destination = $shell_app.namespace($newlocation)
$destination.Copyhere($zip_file.items())
}
}
As I implemented it into my script it changed a little bit. This above is the changed version. Now I've got an error:
Exception calling "NameSpace" with "1" argument(s): "The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT
: 0x80070002)"
At Z:\MyScripts\deploy.ps1:34 char:34
+ $zip_file = $shell_app.namespace <<<< ("$newlocation\$filename")
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
And then another one, that is quite clear (caused by the first error
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At Z:\MyScripts\deploy.ps1:36 char:39
+ $destination.Copyhere($zip_file.items <<<< ())
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (items:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
The File and the destination Path both exist and I've got rights to acces them (I created both). I'm running on Windows XP with PowerShell 2.0
Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
2 0 -1 -1
Here is my entire dump from Powershell when I run it directly on the console.
I hope you guys can help me or at least tell me where I can go to find an answer.
I tried already to unzip the zip file manually and it worked, I have got access to both, the file and the file path (as I created both).
I've found this one on the web:
Also the code looks to me like it's dependent on the Windows Explorer support for zipFolders, which you may have turned off
Unregister (disable) XP Zip folders
REGSVR32 /u C:\Windows\System32\zipfldr.dll
Register (enable) XP Zip folders
REGSVR32 zipfldr.dll
It's from here.
I came to it during testing my script on several machines, e.g. on a Windows Server 2008 and on a Windows 7 client. Both worked, so I came to the conclusion that it's not my script,but it's my PC. After the registration of XP Zip folders, it worked.
Many thanks to the guy who wrote this one, I dumped too much time into this problem.
You might be running into a problem with accessing the COM objects. If you are using 64-bit windows, make sure you execute your script from a 64-bit powershell.exe. This means the powershell.exe in c:\windows\system32...\v1.0.... This was counter-intuitive for me, having the '32' in system32. I was executing powershell from Console2, which was a 32bit process, and was therefore launching 32-bit powershell (from c:\windows\syswow64...). Also make sure your powershell.exe is being run with administrator privileges.
Instead of trying to automate the Windows Shell, now in .NET Framework 4.5 there is a ZipFile class that you can use like this:
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.IO.Compression.FileSystem')
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory($sourceFile, $targetFolder)
Edit: Oops, .NET Framework 4.5 is not supported on Windows XP.
Anyhow, this answer might still prove useful for anyone else with ZIP problems in Powershell…