Powershell cannot find file
Consider the following PowerShell code:
IF(Test-Path -Path "C:\Windows\System32\File123")
{Remove-Item -Force -Path "C:\Windows\System32\File123"}
If the code was executed in the x86 PowerShell Console, the following Get-ChildItem error occurs: Cannot find path "C: \ Windows \ System32 \ File123" because it does not exist.
However, when the code is run in the x64 Powershell console, the command behaves as expected.
Is there any scripting method to solve this problem?
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The hacky workaround would be to detect that the script is run with x86 PowerShell and called with x64 PowerShell by putting this snippet at the beginning of your script:
if ($env:Processor_Architecture -eq "x86")
{
&"$env:windir\sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noprofile -file $myinvocation.Mycommand.path -executionpolicy bypass
exit
}
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Thanks for the great answers, I had time to do some work and came up with the following. I am using Powershell v4. You can put anything after the ps64 alias like script or functions. Credit for the alias goes to this page . Also thanks to fooobar.com/questions/2248178 / ... for a hint [ScriptBlock]::Create("")
, before doing this, the script block will not decode $ server correctly.
The purpose of this is to remove the Powershell Job Schedule / File so that it can be re-created.
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
HelpMessage="ServerName goes here")]
[string]$server,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
HelpMessage="Enter a Date/Time 07-28-15 16:00 For July 28th, 2015 at 4:00 PM")]
[ValidatePattern('\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}\s\d{2}[:]\d{2}')]
$date)
if($env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE -eq "x86")
{
set-alias ps64 "$env:windir\sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
ps64 -command "IF(Test-Path -Path C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ScheduledJobs\RebootOnce2){Remove-Item -Force -Path C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ScheduledJobs\RebootOnce2}" #End 64 bit powershell.
}
Else{
Get-ScheduledJob | Unregister-ScheduledJob
}
$user = Get-Credential -UserName $env:USERNAME -Message "UserName/password for scheduled Reboot"
$trigger = New-JobTrigger -once -at $date
$script = [ScriptBlock]::Create("D:\Scripts\Scheduled-Reboot-Single.ps1 -server $server | Out-File -Force \\LogServer\d$\scripts\$server-Reboot.log")
Register-ScheduledJob -Name RebootOnce2 -Credential $user -Trigger $trigger -ScriptBlock $script
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