Question:
I have defined some scheduled task using Windows Task Scheduler GUI under “\” [default] path but when i run Get-ScheduledTask in powershell, it does not return them. why?
I have tried with Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "MyTaskName" with one of my task name but it comes up with “No MSFT_ScheduledTask objects found with property ‘TaskName’ equal to ‘MyTaskName'”
Actually I have tried https://library.octopusdeploy.com/step-template/actiontemplate-windows-scheduled-task-disable but it doesn’t work so I have tried running script directly.
UPDATE
I have found the following script to get task list on http://www.fixitscripts.com/problems/getting-a-list-of-scheduled-tasks:
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# PowerShell script to get scheduled tasks from local computer $schedule = new-object -com("Schedule.Service") $schedule.connect() $tasks = $schedule.getfolder("\").gettasks(0) $tasks | Format-Table Name , LastRunTime # -AutoSize IF($tasks.count -eq 0) {Write-Host “Schedule is Empty”} Read-Host |
Thanks in advance for you help.
Answer:
UAC
The result is likely affected by UAC. To see everything try right clicking the PowerShell icon, select Run as Administrator and then run your Get-ScheduledTask command again and see if that changes anything.
Further reading: http://david-homer.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/not-all-scheduled-tasks-show-up-when.html