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jdiaz
Asked: 2010-06-19 11:09:38 +0800 CST

Query schtasks using Powershell

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On a Windows7 machine I am trying I can run a query to view all the scheduled tasks using schtasks.exe

This is fine but I would also like to filter the result set using something like

schtasks /query | where { $_.TaskName -eq "myTask" }

The problem is I don't this schtasks returns a properly formatted list for the where function to work.

I've also tried:

schtasks /query /FO LIST
schtasks /query | format-list | where ....

those don't work either.

What would be the best way to query the schtasks on a local computer using Win7 and be able to filter them

scheduled-task powershell windows-7

6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You could try to use schtasks, which will leave you parsing text. This is almost always error prone, and definitely more difficult than it is to take the output of a command.

    There happens to be a TaskScheduler module in the PowerShellPack. Once you install the PowerShell pack, to get all of the scheduled tasks, use:

    Import-Module TaskScheduler
Get-ScheduledTask -Recurse

    Since these are real objects, to find a task of a particular name, you can use:

    Get-ScheduledTask -Recurse |  Where-Object { $_.Name -like "*Task*"}

    In general, you will find that the PowerShell community has taken a lot of harder to use command lines, like schtasks, and turned them into easy-to-use cmdlets, like Get-ScheduledTask.

    See Also:

    Sending Automated Emails using the TaskScheduler Module

    Hope this helps

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  2. Here's a blog post I wrote about doing this. Essentially, I took the output of the /FO LIST /V, wrote that to a file, and imported it back in as objects using import-csv

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  3. if you don't need to do it in powershell then the following will work

    schtasks /query | findstr /i "mytask"

    ps version
    schtasks /query | ?{$_ -like 'mytask'}

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  4. You may try:

    schtasks /query /FO CSV | ConvertFrom-CSV | Where { $_.TaskName -eq "myTask" }

    The trick is in converting output to CSV first, and then back to a powershell object.

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  5. You are overthinking it.

    Commandline for what you want schtasks /query /s %computername%|FIND /I "%name_of_task%"

    example schtasks /query /s server01|FIND /I "schedule"

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  6. The best options is from Alex because you dont need library and you will convert the string's answers from schtasks in Powershell object.

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