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DHIMANS
Aug 01, 2023Copper Contributor
Powershell Script not running through Task Scheduler
I am getting the desired output from the below script manually through PowerShell ISE. But the same script is not running through Task Scheduler. It's showing as completed (in Task Scheduler History)...
DHIMANS
Copper Contributor
Yes. F:\ is a local drive. As per my latest observation the task scheduler can't read the encrypted password file (F:\Reports\ImpCred\encrypted_passwd.txt).
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ConvertTo-SecureString : Key not valid for use in specified state.
At F:\Reports\MapDrive23.ps1:2 char:80
+ ... ts\ImpCred\sencrypted_passwd.txt | ConvertTo-SecureString
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [ConvertTo-SecureString], CryptographicExcepti
on
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ImportSecureString_InvalidArgument_CryptographicError,Microsoft.Pow
erShell.Commands.ConvertToSecureStringCommand
New-Object : Exception calling ".ctor" with "2" argument(s): "Cannot process argument because the
value of argument "password" is null. Change the value of argument "password" to a non-null
value."
At F:\Reports\MapDrive23.ps1:3 char:10
+ $creds = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredenti ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [New-Object], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ConstructorInvokedThrowException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewO
bjectCommand
Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root CurrentLo
cation
---- --------- --------- -------- ---- ---------
U FileSystem \\SERVER1.MICROSOFT.COM....
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ConvertTo-SecureString : Key not valid for use in specified state.
At F:\Reports\MapDrive23.ps1:2 char:80
+ ... ts\ImpCred\sencrypted_passwd.txt | ConvertTo-SecureString
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [ConvertTo-SecureString], CryptographicExcepti
on
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ImportSecureString_InvalidArgument_CryptographicError,Microsoft.Pow
erShell.Commands.ConvertToSecureStringCommand
New-Object : Exception calling ".ctor" with "2" argument(s): "Cannot process argument because the
value of argument "password" is null. Change the value of argument "password" to a non-null
value."
At F:\Reports\MapDrive23.ps1:3 char:10
+ $creds = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredenti ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [New-Object], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ConstructorInvokedThrowException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewO
bjectCommand
Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root CurrentLo
cation
---- --------- --------- -------- ---- ---------
U FileSystem \\SERVER1.MICROSOFT.COM....
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Aug 03, 2023
I think you have to encrypt the password with the same user that your Scheduled Task is configured for