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    I'm running this PowerShell command via a schedule task argument but its not working because of the double quotes. Is there a way to make this work?

    -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& { $list = (Get-WmiObject Win32_SystemUsers -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).partcomponent ; if ($list) { [string] $CurrentComputerUsers = @(); foreach ($l in $list) {$domain = $l.Substring($l.IndexOf("`"")+1) ;$UG = $domain ; $domain = $domain.Substring(0,$domain.IndexOf("`"")) ;$UG = $UG.Substring($UG.IndexOf("`"")+1) ;$UG = $UG.Substring($UG.IndexOf("`"")+1) ;$UG = $UG.Substring(0,($UG.Length-1)) ; if (($UG -notmatch $env:COMPUTERNAME) -and ($UG -notmatch "NT SERVICE")) {$CurrentComputerUsers += $($domain + "@" + $UG + "`r`n")}; };} }"

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    • Changed type Bill_Stewart Monday, April 30, 2018 9:41 PM
    • Moved by Bill_Stewart Monday, April 30, 2018 9:42 PM Unanswerable drive-by question
    Thursday, March 1, 2018 7:13 AM
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    Put your code into a .ps1 File and run its as a script.

    Call powershell.exe with the following attribute:

    -file "C:\path\to\myScript.ps1" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass

    Thursday, March 1, 2018 7:26 AM
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    I want to run the command inside the argument instead of using a script. 

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    Thursday, March 1, 2018 10:39 AM
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    Then try this:

    -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command '& { $list = (Get-WmiObject Win32_SystemUsers -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).partcomponent ; if ($list) { [string] $CurrentComputerUsers = @(); foreach ($l in $list) {$domain = $l.Substring($l.IndexOf("`"")+1) ;$UG = $domain ; $domain = $domain.Substring(0,$domain.IndexOf("`"")) ;$UG = $UG.Substring($UG.IndexOf("`"")+1) ;$UG = $UG.Substring($UG.IndexOf("`"")+1) ;$UG = $UG.Substring(0,($UG.Length-1)) ; if (($UG -notmatch $env:COMPUTERNAME) -and ($UG -notmatch "NT SERVICE")) {$CurrentComputerUsers += $($domain + "@" + $UG + "`r`n")}; };} }'

    I've just put the command inbetween single quotes (') instead of doubble quotes (").
    This only works if your command does not use single quotes itself.


    Thursday, March 1, 2018 11:27 AM
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    I want to run the command inside the argument instead of using a script.

    Why?

    -- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]

    Thursday, March 1, 2018 3:11 PM
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