I'm using the below code to display the results of PowerShell Jobs with a timeout of 120 seconds. I would like to enhance this code by incorporating Write-Progress (based on number of jobs complete...

Assuming Get-Foo and Get-Foo2 and Deploy-Jobs are 3 functions that are part of a very large module. I would like to use Get-Foo and Get-Foo2 in Deploy-Jobs's Start-ThreadJob (below) without reloadi...

Please have a look at this test script and the conclusions I've made about how 'Receive-Job' works in detail. I have still issues to figure out, how exactly 'Receive-Job' pulls the streams from the...

within powershell I'd like to learn the best way to call a variable to a start job so I don't have to edit the script for each server as it will be specific based on the client I've placed my scrip...

I have a long script. i have a function for logging: function Log ([string]$Content){ $Date = Get-Date Add-Content -Path $LogPath -Value ("$Date : $Content") } In some point at the scr...

I would like to time my background jobs (started with start-job) and time them out after x seconds. I find it hard however to keep track of the running time on each separate job (I am running aprox...

I saw this question and this question but couldn't find solution to my problem. So here is the situation: I have two functions DoWork and DisplayMessage in a script (.ps1) file. Here is the code: ...

I'm having issues using Start-Process within a Start-Job, specifically when using -NoNewWindow. For example, this test code: Start-Job -scriptblock { Start-Process cmd -NoNewWindow -Wait -Argumen...

I have a script that reads a configuration file that results in a set of name value pairs that I would like to pass as arguments to a function in a second PowerShell script. I do not know what para...

I developed some custom cmdlets that serve for different importing tasks to a SharePoint system. Currently all those cmdlets are being run in a serial kind in a single PowerShell script. I want to ...

Is there a way to specify a working directory to the Start-Job command? Use-case: I'm in a directory, and I want to open a file using Emacs for editing. If I do this directly, it will block Power...

Overview Looking to call a Powershell script that takes in an argument, runs each job in the background, and shows me the verbose output. Problem I am running into The script appears to run, but...

I'm trying to do basic background jobs in PowerShell 2.0, and I'm seeing different things with start-job and invoke-command -asjob. If I do this: start-job -scriptblock {get-process} I get a job...

I'm trying to execute a cmd file on a list of 48 computers. I don't want to execute and wait for completion sequentially because each cmd takes about 10 minutes to complete. WinRM isn't an option. ...

I have a powershell script that starts a job start-job -scriptblock { while($true) { echo "Running" Start-Sleep 2 } } and then it continues executing the rest of the script. That job, is k...

I want to use background jobs in Powershell. How to make variables evaluated at the moment of ScriptBlock definition? $v1 = "123" $v2 = "asdf" $sb = { Write-Host "Values are: $v1, $v2" } $job ...

I would like to lower the priority of the jobs that I start with Start-Job in PowerShell scripts. Is this possible?

I created a function "Get-Uptime" in a module sysinfo.psm1 and imported the module. C:/pstools> get-command -Module sysinfo CommandType Name Definition ----------- ---- ---------- Fun...

I'm trying to run a job in a background which is a .exe with parameters and the destination has spaces. For example: $exec = "C:\Program Files\foo.exe" and I want to run this with parameters: f...