https://djismgaming.github.io/tags/powershell/ Recent content in Powershell on djismgaming's tech home Hugo en-us Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://djismgaming.github.io/blog/powershell-hidden-script-task-scheduler/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://djismgaming.github.io/blog/powershell-hidden-script-task-scheduler/ <h2 id="the-script-launcher">The script launcher</h2> <p>We need a script launcher as PowerShell scripts run in the foreground and we don&rsquo;t want the window of this script to appear at all.</p> <p>This one can be a <code>.vbs</code> file that will be setup like this:</p> <ul> <li>In Task Scheduler <ul> <li>Action: Start a program</li> <li>Program/script: <code>wscript</code></li> <li>Add arguments (optional): <code>&lt;path\to\the\.ps1\file&gt;</code></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Here is the <code>.vbs</code> script:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code class="language-vbs" data-lang="vbs">command = &#34;powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass C:\Users\Ismael\Documents\GitHub\djismgaming.github.io\blogupdate.ps1&#34; set shell = CreateObject(&#34;WScript.Shell&#34;) shell.Run command, 0 </code></pre>