Task Scheduler Task Completes Script Does not Run

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I have a simple powershell job that copies a file from my computer to a network folder. I have verified that it is able to run when manually triggered, but not through task scheduler. When triggering the task from Scheduler the history indicated that it has run as I get both "Action Completed" and "Task Completed".

copy C:\test.txt "\\network\folder\destination\" /Z /Y

On the job itself:

Action:

-Program/Script: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

-Arguments: -file "C:\Users\me\Desktop\move.ps1"

Its allowed to run on demand, running through a user with access to the network folder, with highest privileges. Any trouble shooting ideas are greatly appreciated.

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Have you verified that the script works when run manually? - Persistent13
Can the user login to run a batch job? technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc957131.aspx - Shawn Esterman
Yes, forgot to mention that, was about to update the post. - user8162541
You can use Windows PowerShell ISE, which will act as an IDE where you can have breakpoints as well to figure out where your script is debunking and/or any values you may want to check. - Dylan Wright
Normally, in PowerShell, copy is aliased to Copy-Item, which does not use the same syntax as the CMD.EXE copy command. The switches /Z /Y suggest that you are thinking of the CMD.EXE copy command, not the Copy-Item PowerShell cmdlet. - Jeff Zeitlin

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You're trying to call a cmd function from PowerShell which has copy aliased to the Copy-Item cmdlet by default. You'd need to modify your script to call cmd if you want to keep that line as it is.

& cmd /c copy C:\test.txt \\network\folder\destination /Z /Y