Run scripts at a specific time with powershell

Question

I created a script file and I want this script to run at the time I set every day

I have used the following code for this operation but it does not work.

 $app = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "C:\Users\XXX\Desktop\script.ps1";
 $time = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 22:58pm
 Register-ScheduledTask TEST1 -Action $app -Trigger $time;

How do I run script.ps1 at a specific time every day? Where did I make a mistake? How can I solve my problem?

NOTE : my powershell version

PSVersion                      5.1.17134.407                                                                                                                                         
PSEdition                      Desktop                                                                                                                                               
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                                                                               
BuildVersion                   10.0.17134.407                                                                                                                                        
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000                                                                                                                                       
WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                                                                                   
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                                                                                                                                   
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1       

Answer 1

There could be multiple issues. With the script itself, you did not provide the source. There could be also issue with the rights (do you have rights to create a task? Do you have rights to run the script from the destination?)

Anyways, from what you have posted the issue is that you are trying to run the script directly but you should --execute powershell.exe first and then run the script.

This is one way to have your powershell script scheduled (note that it is running with the highest possible priviliges):

$TaskName = 'MyScript'
$User= "domain\user"
$ScriptPath = "C:\Users\XXX\Desktop\script.ps1"

$Trigger= New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -At 22:58 -Daily 
$Action= New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "PowerShell.exe" -Argument "-executionpolicy bypass -noprofile -file $ScriptPath" 
Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName $TaskName -Trigger $Trigger -User $User -Action $Action -RunLevel Highest -Force