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Check Disabled state after Disable-ScheduledTask status on Running Task
Hi,
Sorry, try this instead, which checks the Settings.Enabled property:
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "SystemSoundsService" | ForEach-Object { [PSCustomObject] @{ Task = "$($_.TaskPath)$($_.TaskName)"; State = $_.State; Enabled = $_.Settings.Enabled; } }The principle is the same as for Triggers, it's just that the Settings.Enabled describes the job as a whole rather than Triggers.Enabled that returns the status of each trigger in the Triggers array.
Cheers,
Lain
There's two points of interest within the scheduled task WMI class:
- The State property, which tells you the current execution status
- The Triggers property, which is an array of further WMI MSFT_TaskLogonTrigger objects.
What you are checking for in your final stage is State when you should be checking the Triggers array.
Here is a simple example script that demonstrates the difference between State and Triggers, where each object within the Triggers array contains a property named Enabled, which indicates if the trigger is enabled or disabled, which is what your final question is alluding to.
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "SystemSoundsService" |
ForEach-Object {
$Task = $_;
for ($index = 0; $index -lt $Task.Triggers.Length; $index++) {
[PSCustomObject] @{
Task = "$($Task.TaskPath)$($Task.TaskName)";
State = $Task.State;
Trigger = $index;
TriggerEnabled = $Task.Triggers[$index].Enabled;
}
}
}
Cheers,
Lain
Hello LainRobertson
thank you for your fast reply. I think i understand your State and Trigger explanation. However, the trigger comes back the same enabled : True, when the task is enabled or disabled.Looking at your script i am a bit confused. You are running a foreach-object, but there seems to be only one state and one trigger property for a service, as far as i can see. For example:
$task = Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "RtkAudUService64_BG" -TaskPath \ $task | Get-Member TypeName: Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#Root/Microsoft/Windows/TaskScheduler/MSFT_ScheduledTask Name MemberType Definition ---- ---------- ---------- Dispose Method void Dispose(), void IDisposable.Dispose() Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj) GetCimSessionComputerName Method string GetCimSessionComputerName() GetCimSessionInstanceId Method guid GetCimSessionInstanceId() GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode() GetType Method type GetType() ToString Method string ToString() Actions Property CimInstance#InstanceArray Actions {get;set;} Author Property string Author {get;set;} Date Property string Date {get;set;} Description Property string Description {get;set;} Documentation Property string Documentation {get;set;} Principal Property CimInstance#Instance Principal {get;set;} PSComputerName Property string PSComputerName {get;} SecurityDescriptor Property string SecurityDescriptor {get;set;} Settings Property CimInstance#Instance Settings {get;set;} Source Property string Source {get;set;} TaskName Property string TaskName {get;} TaskPath Property string TaskPath {get;} Triggers Property CimInstance#InstanceArray Triggers {get;set;} URI Property string URI {get;} Version Property string Version {get;set;} State ScriptProperty System.Object State {get=[Microsoft.PowerShell.Cmdletization.GeneratedTypes.ScheduledTask.StateEnum]($this.PSBase.CimInstanceProperti $task.Triggers Enabled : True EndBoundary : ExecutionTimeLimit : Id : Repetition : MSFT_TaskRepetitionPattern StartBoundary : Delay : PT30S UserId : PSComputerName :Or do you mean that every object has a corresponding trigger in WMI MSFT_TaskLogonTrigger object?
Sorry for the confusion 😞i was poking around the system where could i see some additional info and i found this, when running schtasks /query:
PS C:\Windows\System32> schtasks /query /TN "\RtkAudUService64_BG" /XML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <Task version="1.2" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task"> <RegistrationInfo> <Date>2010-07-30T20:43:10</Date> <Author>Realtek</Author> <URI>\RtkAudUService64_BG</URI> </RegistrationInfo> <Principals> <Principal id="Author"> <GroupId>S-1-5-32-545</GroupId> </Principal> </Principals> <Settings> <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>false</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries> <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries> <Enabled>false</Enabled> <ExecutionTimeLimit>PT0S</ExecutionTimeLimit> <MultipleInstancesPolicy>Parallel</MultipleInstancesPolicy> <IdleSettings> <Duration>PT10M</Duration> <WaitTimeout>PT1H</WaitTimeout> <StopOnIdleEnd>false</StopOnIdleEnd> <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle> </IdleSettings> </Settings> <Triggers> <LogonTrigger> <Delay>PT30S</Delay> </LogonTrigger> </Triggers> <Actions Context="Author"> <Exec> <Command>""C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\realtekservice.inf_amd64_ed3f04e1261e4822\RtkAudUService64.exe""</Command> <Arguments>-background</Arguments> </Exec> </Actions> </Task>The <Enabled>false</Enabled> line in Settings, is visible only when the task is disabled.
I would rather however use the PowerShell commandlets, to get the values.
Hi,
Sorry, try this instead, which checks the Settings.Enabled property:
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "SystemSoundsService" | ForEach-Object { [PSCustomObject] @{ Task = "$($_.TaskPath)$($_.TaskName)"; State = $_.State; Enabled = $_.Settings.Enabled; } }The principle is the same as for Triggers, it's just that the Settings.Enabled describes the job as a whole rather than Triggers.Enabled that returns the status of each trigger in the Triggers array.
Cheers,
Lain
