asked on 5/8/2021

Not Launching Chrome from a Powershell within a Task Scheduler

Hello Guys,
I have in various PS scripts within the Task Scheduler and they all work fine except for this one that launches a chrome website.

for the sake of the purpose the below would fit my question

$googlePath = "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
$Google     = "https://www.google.com"
$msn        = "https://www.msn.com"
$getMDate   = (Get-Date).Month


if ($getMDate -eq "5") {
    Start-Process -FilePath $googlePath -ArgumentList $($Google) -Verb RunAs -PassThru
}else{
    Start-Process -FilePath $googlePath -ArgumentList $($msn) -Verb RunAs -PassThru
}

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here's a view from the Task Sequence:

Use in Program/script field

%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

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and add argument

-NoProfile -NoLogo -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File “C:\Temp\kicks.ps1”

any thoughts? :)

Last Comment

5/9/2021

5/8/2021

if chrome is your default browser

$Google     = "https://www.google.com"
$msn        = "https://www.msn.com"
$getMDate   = (Get-Date).Month


if ($getMDate -eq "6") {
    Start-Process  $($Google) 
}else{
    Start-Process  $($msn)
}

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ivan rosa

5/8/2021

ASKER

Yes, chrome is default browser
by the way thanks for the comment, however I run into the same issue. It runs perfect in the console, but if you run it from the "Task Scheduler" then it fails.

furthermore I even added in the "Environment Variable" list

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footech

5/9/2021

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David Johnson, CD

5/9/2021

the user needs to be logged in so change it from logged in or not