Why can a PowerShell script work interactively but fail as a scheduled task?
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The task may run under a different identity, engine, working directory, profile, environment, network context or permission scope.
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The task may run under a different identity, engine, working directory, profile, environment, network context or permission scope. Capture those facts from the task itself before changing the script.
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1PS> $PSVersionTable
2PS> ; whoami;
3PS> Get-Location
4PS> ;
5PS> $env:PSModulePath
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How would you capture useful diagnostics without writing secrets to the task log?
