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Export-ScheduledTask : example 2 is inconsistent with actual behaviour #4112
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Example 2 shows:
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskPath "\UpdateTasks\" | Export-ScheduledTaskThis implies that the cmdlet supports multiple pipeline input objects.
However, in practice, piping multiple tasks results in:
HRESULT 0x80070057 (The parameter is incorrect)
Details
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskPath '\Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\' | Export-ScheduledTask
....
Export-ScheduledTask : El parámetro no es correcto.
En línea: 1 Carácter: 74
+ ... ndows\Time Synchronization\' | Export-ScheduledTask -ErrorVariable kk
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (PS_ScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/...S_ScheduledTask) [Export-ScheduledT
ask], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070057,Export-ScheduledTaskSeems it is not related to the collection:
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskPath '\Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\' -TaskName ForceSynchronizeTime | Export-ScheduledTask
Export-ScheduledTask : El parámetro no es correcto.
En línea: 1 Carácter: 105
+ ... nchronization\' -TaskName ForceSynchronizeTime | Export-ScheduledTask
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (PS_ScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/...S_ScheduledTask) [Export-ScheduledTask], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070057,Export-ScheduledTaskSuggested Fix
Support -OutputPath to save scheduled task in a file
Document about how to use Out-File and/or the encoding necesary
Change the example to use
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskPath '\Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\' | Foreach-Object {
Export-ScheduledTask -TaskPath $_.taskpath -TaskName $_.taskname -ov "+tasks"
} | Out-Null
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