Powershell run job at startup with admin rights using ScheduledJob

To ease some of my work I have created a powershell script which needs to :

Run at startup.
Run with admin rights as it has to write in c:\program files folder.

I created the startup service using powershell like this :

function MakeStartupService
{
    Write-Host "Adding script as a startup service"
    $trigger = New-JobTrigger -AtStartup -RandomDelay 00:00:15
    Try
    {
      Register-ScheduledJob -Trigger $trigger -FilePath "absolute_path" -Name "Job-name" -EA Stop
    }
    Catch [system.exception]
    {
        Write-Host "Looks like an existing startup service exists for the same. Overwriting existing job"
        Unregister-ScheduledJob "Job-name"
        Register-ScheduledJob -Trigger $trigger -FilePath "absolute_path" -Name "Job-name"
    }
}

The job is registered as a startup service successfully and is visible inside task scheduler. If I start it using Start-Job -DefinitionName Job-name or by right clicking from Task Scheduler, it works fine but it doesn't start when windows starts.

Currently I am testing this on my personal Windows 10 system, and have checked in another windows 10 system but the behavior remained name. I am attaching screenshot of task scheduler window for this job.

Sorry if this questions sounds repeated or dumb (I am a beginner in powershell), but believe me, none of the solutions I found online worked for this.

Thanks in advance !!

This is code that is already in production that I use. If it does not work for you, you must have something else going on with your system.

function Invoke-PrepareScheduledTask
{
    $taskName = "UCM_MSSQL"
    $task = Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($task -ne $null)
    {
        Unregister-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -Confirm:$false 
    }

    # TODO: EDIT THIS STUFF AS NEEDED...
    $action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'powershell.exe' -Argument '-File "C:\Invoke-MYSCRIPT.ps1"'
    $trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup -RandomDelay 00:00:30
    $settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -Compatibility Win8

    $principal = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -UserId SYSTEM -LogonType ServiceAccount -RunLevel Highest

    $definition = New-ScheduledTask -Action $action -Principal $principal -Trigger $trigger -Settings $settings -Description "Run $($taskName) at startup"

    Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -InputObject $definition

    $task = Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName $taskName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    # TODO: LOG AS NEEDED...
    if ($task -ne $null)
    {
        Write-Output "Created scheduled task: '$($task.ToString())'."
    }
    else
    {
        Write-Output "Created scheduled task: FAILED."
    }
}

If it works, it's not a script problem. Assign it to the SYSTEM account or make a separate service account instead of the Gagan account shown. Make sure that service account has "Permission to run as batch job" in your local security policy.

Please check the checkbox for "Run with highest privileges" for the task in the task scheduler and try again. Currently in the screenshot above it is unchecked.

I have circled it below in red for your easy reference:

Here is a blog article from Microsoft what you can check, if your scheduled task is not running: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askperf/2015/02/18/help-my-scheduled-task-does-not-run/

As also mentioned in other answeres here it also says:

Try running your script with the SYSTEM account

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36846688/powershell-run-job-at-startup-with-admin-rights-using-scheduledjob

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