Exeuting power shell script via BigFix action has an issue

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Hi All,

I am trying to execute an Power shell which will stop the BES Client service, delete the BES Data and start the BES client service via BIgFix action script. The script that I am suing is as follows:-

# STOP BES client service
Stop-Service -Name BESClient -Force
# Delete the __BESData folder
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\__BESData" -Recurse -Force
# Start the besclient.service
Start-Service -Name "BESClient"

BigFix Action script that I am using is as follows:-

prefetch EUC_Fix.ps1 sha1:e7fe5ff1fdc7c7d805e00dae5a05dda27ff21602 size:256 http://localhost:52311/Uploads/EUC_Fix.ps1 sha256:878d4a45a2ec531332c4819dd4974a9540a770d9b577652dd361513374123f7d


// Check if the folder exists

if {exists folder "c:\temp"}

    // Delete the folder if it exists

    folder delete "c:\temp"

endif


// Create the folder

folder create "c:\temp"


// Move ps1 file to c:/temp

move "__Download\EUC_Fix.ps1" "c:\temp\EUC_Fix.ps1"


action uses wow64 redirection false


waithidden {{ pathname of file ((it as string) of value "c:\temp\EUC_Fix.ps1" of key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell" of native registry) } -File "c:\temp\EUC_Fix.ps1"


action uses wow64 redirection {x64 of operating system}

Execution error is shows as follows:-
Command failed (Thread execution failed (2)) waithidden { pathname of file ((it as string) of value “c:\temp\EUC_Fix.ps1” of key “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell” of native registry) } -File “c:\temp\EUC_Fix.ps1” (action:3117852)

Can you please suggest if the execution of the PS script could be an issue.

Regards,
VT

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Why are you trying to evaluate the pathname of the script file you just copied? that shouldn’t be in the relevance substitution at all

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so it should be

waithidden {{ "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell" of native registry) } -File "c:\temp\EUC_Fix.ps1"

Correct?

Regards,
VT

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No I don’t think that relevance to find PowerShell.exe is correct, and shouldn’t be escaped (use one { instead of two {{ )

I’m typing from phone now but you should be able to find lots of PowerShell examples here int he forum

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