Automate your PowerShell scripts with Windows Task Scheduler

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In this video you will learn how to save your PowerShell cmdlets as a PS1 file and then run that PS1 file as a scheduled task. Pretty cool stuff. Short and to the point keeping you moving forward on your PowerShell skills journey.
Here is the code from the script if you need it:
Get-Date | Out-File E:\Demo\log4video.txt -Append
Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem | Out-File E:\Demo\log4video.txt -Append
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@TheYanivR 6 лет назад

Loves your channel, it's a real help in entering the Powershell world.

@scottwood1143 2 года назад

Thanks Shane, perfect working example ‘beginners intro’ to Windows Task Scheduler!

@ShanesCows 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@shokeensachin7088 5 лет назад

Good to see the way of sorting everything easily...

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

😀

@mehmetgullu4514 3 года назад

I was struggling with bat files to run a simple p.shell script on task scheduler. Thanks a lot for this helpful video.

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@kennyjide2933 6 лет назад

Hi Shane, you've done the great job again. This is the mystery Kenny. The video is very helpful as usual. Many thanks and keep up the great work.

@ShanesCows 6 лет назад

Hopefully, it nailed it for you. :) Great idea for a topic. Keep them coming. Thank you! Shane

@kennyjide2933 6 лет назад

Yes it did nail it for me. Thanks again

@ShanesCows 6 лет назад

Hey. I just made a video on how to create the scheduled task with PowerShell to finish the circle. :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-izlIJTmUW0o.html

@cazmaj 4 года назад

You're the best Shane! Thanks for all your amazing videos :)

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Glad to help. 😀

@ramchandran8132 3 года назад

Thanks Shane !

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Happy to help Ram

@techs82 4 года назад

Thanks a lot man help me out loads

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Glad to help. 😀

@glenr5461 2 года назад

Thanks mate, that's realy cool

@ShanesCows 2 года назад

Awesome :)

@sharathchandra6166 4 года назад

great video! love it

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Thanks 🙏

@PokemonBlueVersion Год назад

You da man! This video was awesome. New sub B^)

@ShanesCows Год назад

Awesome, thank you!

@shivendrakumaryadav5811 5 лет назад

Many thanks, it helped me. :)

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Great! 👍

@marting.4050 4 года назад

It works. Thanks a lot!!!

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Glad to help. 😀

@vikasrajbhar6598 Год назад

Thank you for the Video

@ShanesCows Год назад

You're welcome

@dadimibhaskar9578 2 года назад

Guides to us super and Tqx.

@nolitimere724 3 года назад

Yet, again Shane. Thanks for your vids. Its thru your vids where I was able to learn powershell for work. Ah, to add though, In the Actions part: I'd suggest to add: ' -command "Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Force" ' in the arguments part since there are times the script wont be able to run because execution policies restrictions.

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing 😎

@kodkid 4 года назад

Loved the content and your personality, made it fun. Hope dinner was good! :-)

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

It was, thanks. Which K are you a fan of? Wildcats? Jayhawks?

@kodkid 4 года назад

Shane Young University of Kentucky Wildcats!

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Awesome. I grew up a UK basketball fan. My family bleeds blue.

@mera479 2 года назад

Love your tutorials and I'm new at this! Can you share how to do a full and incremental backup using PowerShell for simple folder backup? Thank you!

@andres100r 3 года назад

Thank you!

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Glad to help. 😀

@DPaquette 5 лет назад

Well I just discovered your channel here. Interesting.

@KelvinWKiger 3 года назад

Thank you Bro!

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Happy to help

@themariofv 2 года назад

Thanks!!

@AdrianMcDaid 3 года назад

This was the answer I was looking for. Thank you :)

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Glad to help. 😀

@valeriem6475 3 года назад

thanks Shane... this is exactly what I needed.... thanks for making it simple

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Glad it helped!

@valeriem6475 3 года назад

@@ShanesCows Hi Shane.. I'll keep you in my back pocket... as I am a DBA that is trying to pretend I know how to use PS lol... don't let out my secret.

@souravsamanta5931 4 года назад

nice and simple staff...thanks Shane, you are the best....

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Glad to help. 😀

@swisslibya 6 лет назад

With all respect, you are the best.. Please upload more video about PowerShell scripts. Start from A to Z... I like how you demonstrate .. Heeeeeeeeer is our intro :) ... Thank you

@ShanesCows 6 лет назад

Thank you. I promise at least one more PowerShell script this week. :) Creating AD users from a CSV.

@sreepriyanks398 4 года назад

shane.... u r a coolman!!

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Thank you :)

@jamiebaker1437 5 лет назад

You were a big help! Thanks!

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Cool

@Sexyoldgeraldorivera 2 года назад

Thanks man! Exactly what I needed.

@ShanesCows 2 года назад

Awesome 😎

@hectord.7107 3 года назад

'That's right, dedication here, we are making this video on a saturday', take your like good sir.

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I am here for you guys 😎

@TheHerbsterooney 3 года назад

Thanks Shane for this lovely and simple to understand intro to executing PS script from windows task scheduler. I am completely new to PS scripting so please bear with me. From this video, I noticed that when setting up the "Action" tab, you did not use the syntax "-File" before the path to where your PS1 script (Add arguments (Optional)) is located. Though i have seen other forum and videos specified the use of this. Are you able to explain when you might need to use this please? Also, I am looking for an intro to subject incorporating the task scheduler whereby new files are monitored via PS scripts and send notification via emails on scheduled timetable. Would you have such video in your gallery please? Many thanks|!

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I don't, sorry 😐

@maheshmuliya4512 3 года назад

Thanks

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

You are welcome 🤗

@joevanynguyen9691 5 лет назад

I subscribed simply because you're a very good tutor.

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Thank you for the kudos.

@apolomachine 2 года назад

Thanks man!, this video really help me!

@ShanesCows 2 года назад

Glad to hear it!

@lashleytyler6162 Год назад

thanks

@ShanesCows Год назад

You're welcome!

@MickSkitz 2 года назад

Hi Shane, not sure if you check old comments but here goes. I've got a parameterised PS script with a username and password that I want automated but I don't want to have my password in plain text within my script for security reasons. Any tips about this? Thanks, great video.

@venkateshVenky-et6jg Год назад

Tq bro

@mrmuranga 5 лет назад

nice and simple...just managed to automate a task that saves me 10-15 minutes daily

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

PERFECT!

@kirankkc99 3 года назад

Thanks lot Shane.it saved my time.

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Glad to help. 😀

@perilgg9059 2 года назад

every 10 mins d b scheduler pops up and it ruins my gaming, i try deleting it and stopping it and everything on task scheduler and no matter what i do it comes back, i dont know what to do

@multitaskprueba1 2 года назад

Thank you for the video! You are a genius!

@ShanesCows 2 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@akshitdhariwal6257 3 года назад

Hi Shane for me everything working task is being creating but whenever it run it didn't show the file updated as if not run

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Not sure. Sorry

@Lucad2278 2 года назад

Hi save option is greyed out for me - any idea why? Thanks

@osamaasif9601 4 года назад

I am currently working on Auto-mailer reports, Your a #Live #Saver . Keep it up Shane.

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Glad to help. 😀

@philliploftis9583 4 года назад

Solve a BIG issue with automation... as I was using a cmd file to launch the ps files and it stopped working. Thank you.

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Glad to help. 😀

@lyspooner5093 4 года назад

When I do this it says, running, but never finishes. Heard somewhere that you need to do something with the Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet. Any ideas?

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Not sure. Sorry

@wahajkhan77841 2 года назад

Shane can you make a video on how to ping multiple machines and get the services of the machines like windows uptime and windows update in powershell

@ShanesCows 2 года назад

Sorry haven’t done that one

@mohammedtoufeeqahamed9825 3 года назад

Shane, Can we get email notification from Powershell if newer version of Adobe Flash player(Activex and NPAPI), Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox ESR and Adobe acrobat reader release

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I don't know... sorry

@yeuharng4845 9 месяцев назад

Hi, if i have 11 ps1 file how can i run it everyday, how to write it?

@onlysub307 3 года назад

What if I want to run the script with Admin rights? any way to pass that cmdlet into Task Scheduler rather than inserting it into the script itself.

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I am not sure 🤔

@DPSHIZZ 3 года назад

hi Shane i have been trying to copy folders in the same way but it is not working for me so i have just copied exactly what you have done and it is not completing the script both your script and mine both work if i just run them in powershell would you have any suggestions as i am new to powershell and task scheduler and can't help but think i am missing something simple sorry and thanks in advance if you can

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Hey Dave. I wish I had an answer. I haven't worked on PowerShell like this in so long. Maybe check out www.powershell.org I think they have a community that can help.

@venkateshguruvugari8957 4 года назад

Hi pls do the video to run schedular jobs automatically using powershell script.

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Sorry never done it.

@Credomatic01 10 месяцев назад

What if the location from the ps1 scrip is in another server, should I use as argument \\servername\folder\.ps1 or how should I put there? Thank you in advance.

@ShanesCows 9 месяцев назад

Sorry, been too long since I played with this give you a solid answer.

@sandhireddyvenubabu6213 4 года назад

hi Shane, i dont want my script to run on Saturday and Sunday , what could i do possibly.

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

The tool has a lot of scheduling flexibility. I am sure you can make a schedule to do this.

@WishToGrow20224 3 года назад

I want to put an alert email when a particular task success/fails and last run time of that task scheduled by task scheduler . Help me please

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I haven’t done that before. Sorry

@StupidLostSoul-pu5xy 3 года назад

try to implement that also , it will be good

@vasileiosnl 6 лет назад

What if I need to run a script as an administrator? What arguments do I need to pass?

@ShanesCows 6 лет назад

I am pretty sure you can tell the timer job to run as admin? This post has a lot of ideas but I haven’t tried any. Sorry. superuser.com/questions/108207/how-to-run-a-powershell-script-as-administrator

@fayyazali2217 4 года назад

Hi.. Please help in how to write script in powershell which can trigger birthday / anniversary email from outlook on daily basis when the event occurs

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Sorry haven’t done that.

@fayyazali2217 4 года назад

I now have script which can trigger email however unable to trigger from windows task scheduler. is there any way if I can trigger any task without login?

@icecool742 5 лет назад

yo good deal. thanks a alot. how about power shell windows update scheduled via task scheduler not gp

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

That would be cool

@asnyc01 5 лет назад

So if I'm running exchange 2010 SP3 I can run the script in power shell not the exchange management shell? I'm trying to get an export of a user's calendar and contacts with a time stamp in the file name. Can you assist or do you have a video that covers that already?

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

I don’t sorry. I haven’t touched Exchange on Prem in a long time

@asnyc01 5 лет назад

@@ShanesCows Thank you for your reply.

@pankajshinde6205 3 года назад

Hi Sir, How can I use power shell to write down PC Lock time and PC unlock time in any of the text applications?

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I don’t know. Sorry

@pankajshinde6205 3 года назад

It's okay sir

@venommedias4580 Год назад

how can i set it for every 5 mins ??

@ramakantthorat5241 3 года назад

It is possible to run powershell with admin access from task scheduler?

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I think so but have never tried.

@Battleripper 3 года назад

Does this also work if powershell HAVE to be opened as an administrator?

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I don't think it has to be. Just depends on what you need access to.

@dowhatIdo 3 года назад

Heyy do you know how to run shutdown program at certain time Let just say for 8 hours. So evertime somwone turn on the PC it will turn off automatically.

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I don’t sorry

@deadelrosario3008 3 года назад

Hello Shane! Awesome videos - I'm learning a lot from you! :) Would like to ask how can I get multiple output files so everytime the task runs my powershell script via task manager, it won't overwrite the existing one? I am trying to get the list of logged in users in the RDS server per hour. So I need a new output file everytime the task runs. Is that possible? Thank you so much! :)

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Use the Out-File cmdlet and don't select Append

@RUIZ0411 5 лет назад

I Need some help. At work i am requiered to audit 300 machines so i go to eEvent Viewer/windows logs/security then i save the security file. Can you help me to automate this. v.r. Rick

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Sorry Rick I haven’t done anything like that.

@IronMan-jj2fd 4 года назад

I have a set of weather report sounds (from JARVIS), so i want to hear the current weather report when i turn ON my computer from my custom sounds. So can u help me out?

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Sorry, not something I have done before.

@snorewak 5 лет назад

is that the gobblegum machine from black ops 3 in the background?

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

No but that would be cool.

@ManishKumar-yj5yl 5 лет назад

Lovely video Shane, can you help me with script to ping multiple ip address and send the output to outlook 365 and schedule it run every day 6am. Pls

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Never done it. Sorry

@powermykola 3 года назад

Hi, I have a task for PowerApps when the application starts, I need to get information about the computer from which the application is launched. Is it possible to use Power Shell (script) + Power Automate + Power Apps ... if it is technically possible, tell me where to look or maybe there is an opportunity and you will share the script like this :)

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I haven't done this before. And sadly I don't even have a good guess of where to tell you to look to start. Sorry.

@rahima.r1835 5 лет назад

Can we change name of folder or file by using PS code

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Yes. There is a rename.

@vivekpathak5757 5 лет назад

Hi Shane, Do you have something to run a task scheduler job from task scheduler job?

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Never tried. Sorry.

@vivekpathak5757 5 лет назад

@@ShanesCows I just don't want to stop a task scheduler job , I also tried triggers in the task, yes that is working but saw pathetic history of task scheduler task like warning and failed error. Do you have something for.

@ismailariff1450 3 года назад

how to schedule by month ?

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Not sure, I haven't done that.

@yannick1470 Год назад

And does it matter whether the client is turned on or not?

@ShanesCows Год назад

Client has to be on.

@JayPatel101 4 года назад

Any thoughts on how to run powershell script as a service?

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

I haven’t done that. Sorry

@darshanhc7424 6 лет назад

how can i schedule my Powershell script in my base machine to run on Azure portal.

@ShanesCows 6 лет назад

Hi Darshan - I don't exactly understand your question? Can you give me more details? Thanks

@darshanhc7424 6 лет назад

HI Shane, I want to run some Powershell script which uploads some file to azure ADLS and get some more information from Azure portal. But i want the script to run from my base machine powershell prompt. everytime i Dont want to login to azure portal via powershell and execute the script. (I can create profile in powershell and through that i can run my main script. But other than powershell profile concept how can i do this.) instead if i schedule the script how do i do that.? and one more question...., In azure portal for VM monitoring i can create metric alerts. but how to create metric alert to monitor RAM usage and disk usages like C, D, and E drives. i can select metric for %CPU usage, but for RAM and disk usage what parameters should i select. Please help me on this. Will be waiting for your response. Thank you.

@donnielewis186 3 года назад

So what if you PowerShell is looking for input. Select A for all?

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I think so but not exactly sure where you are seeing that.

@donnielewis186 3 года назад

@@ShanesCows Thanks. What I'm asking is I have a powershell that will kick off disconnected users. It ask me what server and what group of users I want to kick off... I cant figure out how to input those values so that i can run in nightly to disconnect the usrs that "forgot" to log off. I had found that someone said to add the argument -command “& ‘c:\PSFiles\LogOffSession.ps1’ ‘ServerName’ ‘Disc'”... Not working though.

@augus255 3 года назад

my windows say 'value does not fall within the expected range'

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

Not sure why. Sorry

@shivas3381 4 года назад

Stumbled upon your videos recently.Liked it and am following very much.I have a doubt though. I am unable to save my scripts. My "Save as" is greyed out.can you please help?.thanks in advance Shane.

@shivas3381 4 года назад

Never mind ,Got it...I saved .txt as .ps1 and opened it in ISE

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

awesome

@Raghavendra8231 5 лет назад

Hi Shane, Can you please make a video on - How to start multiple bat files sequentially from PowerShell script

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

I haven don’t that before. Sorry

@funhurtsmylungs1056 6 лет назад

How about a PowerShell script to create a schedule task, that runs a PowerShell script? That's the real goal. ;)

@ShanesCows 6 лет назад

I will have to look at it but I think that is pretty doable.

@funhurtsmylungs1056 6 лет назад

Oh yeah it is. Just thought its funny :)

@ShanesCows 6 лет назад

LOL. Yeah, my literal hat was on. I see what you did there. Though I do think this is a solid video idea also.

@funhurtsmylungs1056 6 лет назад

Shane Young I’ve got a script that I think your viewers might be interested in. What’s the best way to contact you about it?

@ShanesCows 6 лет назад

shane.young at boldzebras.com I can't wait to see it. Thanks

@Non-Artificial-Intelligence 5 лет назад

I have a question: I created a Task Scheduler that runs a batch file. The batch file kills a process and then uses a "start " command to launch the same application (.EXE). The batch file runs flawlessly if I manually double-click it to make it run. However, when Task Manager runs the batch file, it kills the process but does not start the application.Also, the task is listed as "Running" for about a minute before it comes "Ready" again. Have you seen this before? I am running WIN7. Thanks in advance!

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Sorry. I have not messed with that before. 😑

@madhuryareddy3994 4 года назад

Great video Shane!But how can we run the powershell script every 15 or 10 minutes automatically?

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Change the schedule.

@jatinderanand8576 5 лет назад

How about a powershell script that could be used to send emails when a specific event triggers in system?

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Should be possible. There is a cmdlet for sending email.

@nimstudios7574 2 года назад

How to run a PS script daily as a service account, please? And it should not have any human intervention.

@xeonzero1 4 года назад

Any chance you could possibly demonstrate using powershell to run a sql select statement then send those results via ftp on a csv file? Is that possible to do? Been playing with the syntax but I'm not able to figure it out.

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

Yikes. I haven't done that one. Sorry.

@xeonzero1 4 года назад

@@ShanesCows no problem. I'll keep digging. Thanks for the quick reply!

@durgarasane-kolapkar1842 4 года назад

Hi Shane, Thanks for this video. I want to check daily if a file exists and then send automated mail if file is not created in a folder on a particular day. How can I do this using powershell and task scheduler? Can we send automated email (no manual intervention) using powershell? Please guide.

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

I am not sure. Sorry. I use Microsoft Flow for things like that these days.

@beebop187 2 года назад

is there a way to tell it to start a certain line on the script after logon so you don't rerun what's already completed?

@ShanesCows 2 года назад

Not that I have done but maybe. I guess you could have if Logic to have it skips sections?

@polsloganguntakala7439 2 года назад

Hi shane! This video is really useful.I want to set a task scheduler using powershell script. It has to trigger weekly once. It has to give prompt to users reboot the device. Could you please help me with this how to write a script for this.

@tonyuketui 3 года назад

Hey Shane Please could you do a video that creates a task scheduler with a bash script

@FRAN-vd9rl 3 года назад

5:52 i'm currently using vbscripts and all i have to do is press the "browse" button and browse to the location of my vbscript file. this seems more complicated, however i heard vbscripts can be a security issue

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

I would just say this is a different option.😀

@haris_yt69 4 года назад

Greetings Sir, Off the topic question, but still out of curiosity. Is there any way to export driver using power shell on Windows 7 system? I tried the dism /Online /Export-Driver /Destination:C:\Drivers command but it doesn't work (Error: 87). Regards.

@ShanesCows 4 года назад

I don’t know. Sorry

@alphaomega5017 Год назад

Nice video. Just wanted to know how to take the current config back up

@bennettjoseph6508 5 лет назад

How about a script to prompt user for varible like ##$Store =read-host -prompt "Store Location?"## ping multiple hosts ## ping "$Store"rtf -t. Ping "$Store"sw -t## outputting results to two frames then turning frame red upon a failed ping, wait for user input to stop pings, and then loop itself

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Yikes. Not sure on that one.

@danielkrajnik3817 3 года назад

Start at 4:55 lol

@ShanesCows 3 года назад

😎

@vlogsbaleneors9249 Год назад

How do we add the hostname on the text file using the Powershell

@nedstudt 5 лет назад

Maybe better to get to the point quicker. You were half-way through before you got to the subject of automating the script.

@ShanesCows 5 лет назад

Sorry you didn’t like it. 😔

@manjunathamanju8390 2 года назад

Easy and nice. How can we automate email report.

@dennisvandinter3700 11 месяцев назад

So I have this strange problem with running a Powershell script with a scheduled task. The task will trigger on a 1074 event ID (event ID for shutdown or reboot). If I shutdown the task will run and execute the script. If I reboot the task will run, but after reboot the comment says the task was started but was interrupted by the user. It gives error code 2147943515. Someone any ideas?

@ravipremani6201 3 года назад

So here is my requirement First please help me with the script to launch Visual Studio Test from powershell using windows scheduler Second, I want to intentionally stop that test case close the desktop app on which I am performing automation and invoke it again This should happen in every half an hour So it should keep doing this process like an infinite loop