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Need help with a PowerShell Script

Greeting Experts,

I need help updating the following script below with a function to ask for the user's credentials before starting the script. The purpose of the script is to copy files from a UNC path and copy them to a list of pc's in a text file, then execute the command to install the software. Can somebody help me with this script? .

$computers = Get-Content -“Path C:\Computers.txt"
foreach ($pc in $computers) {
    {
        Copy-Item "\\domain.com\ens_software\deployment\Folder\program.exe" -Destination "\\$pc\c$\Folder" -Force -Recurse
        Invoke-Command -ComputerName $pc -ScriptBlock {"C:\Folder\program.exe /install /quiet /norestart "}
    }
    Remove-Item -Path "\\$pc\c$\Folder"

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David Johnson, CD

Where?

$computers = Get-Content -“Path C:\Computers.txt"
$credential = get-credential
foreach ($pc in $computers) {
    {
        Copy-Item "\\domain.com\ens_software\deployment\Folder\program.exe" -Destination "\\$pc\c$\Folder" -Force -Recurse -credential $credential
        Invoke-Command -ComputerName $pc -ScriptBlock {"C:\Folder\program.exe /install /quiet /norestart "} -credential $credential
    }
    Remove-Item -Path "\\$pc\c$\Folder"

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or here?

$computers = Get-Content -“Path C:\Computers.txt"

foreach ($pc in $computers) {
    {
$credential = get-credential

        Copy-Item "\\domain.com\ens_software\deployment\Folder\program.exe" -Destination "\\$pc\c$\Folder" -Force -Recurse -credential $credential
        Invoke-Command -ComputerName $pc -ScriptBlock {"C:\Folder\program.exe /install /quiet /norestart "} -credential $credential
    }
    Remove-Item -Path "\\$pc\c$\Folder"

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Qlemo

In the second case you should add a prompt containing the computer name:

    $credential =Get-Credential -Message "Login for $pc"

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BTW you should not store data in variables if you do not need to. Your first two lines can be compressed to the following without losing anything:

foreach ($pc in Get-Content -Path 'C:\Computers.txt') {

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Your first line is wrong anyway, the double quotes must surround the path instead of the complete option:

Get-Content -Path "C:\Computers.txt"

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Mike

ASKER

Thanks

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