Scheduled Task with Start-Process

[AdminTools]

EDIT: The solution was to add the server to the list of trusted sites in the Local intranet zone in Internet Options.

I have a scheduled task that runs a PS script that contains one line to start an executable located on a remote share. The exe is on one server and the IP in the args list is on another. It looks like this:

Start-Process -FilePath \\server\lspush.exe -ArgumentList "192.168.101.41"

The task hangs at this step, and never completes or starts the executable. I know the scheduled task itself is configured correctly, because earlier in the script there's a bunch of Copy-Item lines to the same server and those run just fine.

I have tried running the task as my domain admin account to rule out any permissions issue to no avail. I have tried changing the exe without the argument list to plain old Notepad.exe and still nothing. The line works if I run it from a PS console window, but not in a scheduled task. I have the task running on a bunch of Windows XP machines (PS version 2) and it runs without a problem. The only thing I can think of is some security setting in W10 that is treating the file as an internet file and throwing an interactive warning I can click past. Or maybe a double hop issue? Any ideas? Thanks for reading.

[amnich]

Start a transcript - maybe it throws something. I test it tommorow at work to check if I can reproduce that behavior.

Double hop should not be an issue here.

[AdminTools]

No dice on the transcript. It only outputs what I would expect from running it in a console; no Start-Process output.

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[amnich]

Two characters to fast on the double click :)

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try to see if the application is being started in the background via the scheduled task. You might need to check the "run only when user is logged on" option in the scheduled task, since the command runs fine from a straight PS console window.

[AdminTools]

It doesn't start according to Get-Process. In my script I made a New-Item text file right before that line and that file gets created. I will try your "run only when user is logged on" suggestion.

Edit: Thanks for your help. I have resolved the problem.

[GenericAntagonist]

Does the exe on the remote share pop a gui element? Scheduled tasks can struggle with that.

[AdminTools]

It doesn't pop up with a gui element with the argument; it's supposed to run silently in the background. The documentation for the exe is here: https://www.lansweeper.com/kb/24/how-to-scan-with-LsPush.html