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Script that will execute itself as a scheduled task
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| Function Exit-Json($obj) | |
| { | |
| # If the provided $obj is undefined, define one to be nice | |
| If (-not $obj.GetType) | |
| { | |
| $obj = New-Object psobject | |
| } | |
| echo $obj | ConvertTo-Json -Compress -Depth 99 | |
| Exit | |
| } | |
| Function RunAsScheduledTask | |
| { | |
| Param ([System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$Credential) | |
| if ((Get-Variable -Name IsScheduledTask -ValueOnly -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $true) | |
| { | |
| #we're already running as a scheduled task | |
| } | |
| Else | |
| { | |
| $Currentfilename = $PSCommandPath | |
| $CurrentFOlder = (Get-item $PSCommandPath).Directory | |
| $ScriptFileName = Join-Path $CurrentFOlder "ScheduledTask.ps1" | |
| Copy-item $Currentfilename -Destination $ScriptFileName -Force | |
| $Contents = get-content $ScriptFileName | |
| $FirstLine = 'Set-Variable -scope Global -name IsScheduledTask -value $true' | |
| $SecondLine = "Set-Variable -scope Global -name OriginalScriptFile -value $Currentfilename" | |
| Set-content $ScriptFileName -Value $FirstLine,$SecondLine,$Contents -Force | |
| if (test-path "$CurrentFOlder\scheduledtaskoutput.json") | |
| { | |
| remove-item "$CurrentFOlder\scheduledtaskoutput.json" | |
| } | |
| #Configure the task runner | |
| $action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Argument "-executionpolicy bypass -command $ScriptFileName >> $CurrentFOlder\scheduledtaskoutput.json" | |
| $trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -At (get-date).AddMilliseconds(1000) -Once | |
| #$taskuser = "$env:USERDOMAIN\$env:USERNAME" | |
| $S = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet | |
| Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "Install-ADFSFarm" ` | |
| -Action $action ` | |
| -Trigger $trigger ` | |
| start-scheduledtask "Install-ADFSFarm" | |
| Do {start-sleep -Milliseconds 1000} | |
| Until ((get-scheduledtask "Install-ADFSFarm").State -eq "Ready") | |
| #unregister-scheduledtask "Install-ADFSFarm" -confirm:$false | |
| if (get-scheduledtask "Install-ADFSFarm" -ErrorAction 0) { unregister-scheduledtask "Install-ADFSFarm" -confirm:$false} | |
| } | |
| } | |
| RunAsScheduledTask | |
| if ($IsScheduledTask -eq $true) | |
| { | |
| #The code in this block will run inside a scheduled task | |
| $myobj = "" | Select msg | |
| $myobj.msg = "Completed Successfully" | |
| exit-json $myobj | |
| } | |
| Else | |
| { | |
| #This code will run after the scheduled task has been executed and completed | |
| $CurrentFOlder = (Get-item $PSCommandPath).Directory | |
| $exitobject = get-content "$CurrentFOlder\scheduledtaskoutput.json" | ConvertFrom-Json | |
| exit-json $exitobject | |
| } | |
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