Basic Install-WindowsTaskTemplate

I don’t install powershell scripts as Windows Tasks every day (any probably need to find a way for another system to manage that responsibility), so it’s easy to forget how to do them. Here’s a quick template to install a Windows Task on a remote machine:

	$name = "Your-ScriptName"
	$servers = @("XXX", "YYY", "ZZZ")
	foreach($server in $servers) {
	$filename = "$name.ps1"
	$filepath = "\\$server\Scripts\$filename"
	$install = $true
	if((Test-Path $filepath) -eq $false) {
	$srcPath = "\\your\root\powershellscript\location\$name\Current\$filename"
	if(Test-Path $srcPath) {
	. robocopy "$(Split-Path $srcPath -Parent)" "$(Split-Path $filepath -Parent)" $filename
	} else {
	Write-Warning "Powershell script $srcPath could not be found. Skipping install."
	$install = $false
	}
	}
	if($install) {
	$args = @($name, $filename)
	$scriptBlock = {
	$name = $args[0]
	$filename = $args[1]
	$fp = "your-drive-letter:\Scripts\$filename"
	$taskName = $name
	$fp = "powershell $fp"
	$found = . schtasks.exe /query /tn "$taskName" 2>null
	if($found -ne $null) {
	. schtasks.exe /delete /tn "$taskName" /f
	$found = $null
	}
	if($found -eq $null) {
	. schtasks.exe /create /ru "SYSTEM" /tn "$taskName" /sc daily /st "01:00" /tr "$fp"
	. schtasks.exe /run /tn "$taskName"
	}
	}
	Invoke-Command -ComputerName $server -ScriptBlock $scriptBlock -ArgumentList $args
	}
	}

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