Invoke-item not executing from scheduled task

Question

I'm wondering if some can point our why the last line in the script is not running via my scheduled task, the task runs at logon and as the system account. the Line runs when I run it manually

I have also tried start-process instead of invoke-item

$username = Get-WmiObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | select-object   -ExpandProperty username 
$username = $username.replace(Domainname\', '')

$FaxClientService = 'printclient'
$FaxClientexec = 'C:\program files (x86)\fax\client\bin\printclient.exe'

$WantFile = "c:\users\'+$username+'\appdata\roaming\fax\client\PrintToFaxUserSettings.xml"
$FileExists = Test-Path $WantFile
If ($FileExists -eq $true)
{
    exit
}

Else
{
    # Insert username into XML
    $xml = new-object XML
    $xml.PreserveWhiteSpace = $true
    $xml.load("C:\temp\faxprinter\PrintToFaxUserSettings.xml")
    $xml.usersettings.username = $username
    $xml.PreserveWhiteSpace = $true
    $xml.save("C:\temp\faxprinter\PrintToFaxUserSettings.xml")
    Start-Sleep -s 10
    $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
    Stop-Process -processname $FaxClientService -Force
    $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
    New-Item c:\users\$username\appdata\roaming\fax -type directory
    New-Item c:\users\$username\appdata\roaming\fax\Client -type directory

    $source = 'c:\temp\faxprinter\PrintToFaxUserSettings.xml'
    $dest = 'c:\users\' + $username + '\appdata\roaming\fax\client\PrintToFaxUserSettings.xml'
    Copy-Item -Force $source $dest
    Start-Sleep -s 30
    Invoke-Item $FaxClientexec
}

Answer 1

If the task

• Has a on logon-trigger
• Accesses the userprofile
• Includes an interactive action (starting an application)

then it really sounds like you would want it to run as Users and "only when a user is logged on" and not as SYSTEM.