Hi,

Can anyone tell me a wat to create RDP shortcuts using powershell?

I have written a script for mountpoints where in it compares the mountpoints with the mounpoints in the text file

for Ex:-

 $volume= get-wmiObject -class win32_volume -computername $server | Where-object{$_.DriveLetter -eq $null} | select label, name, Freespace

$volume gives me C:\Yo-01

$test="C:\Y0-01"

if ($volume -contains $test)

{

return (Pass) } else {return (Fail)}

when i execute, i get pass not  Fail though the mountpoints names are different. And please let me know how to create shortcuts as well?

If you can use search engines you can find it easely. I have googled for you:

http://everydaynerd.com/microsoft/create-multiple-rdp-files-with-powershell

http://poshcode.org/674

You cannot use -contains with an PowerShell Object!

This should work (untested):

 $test="C:\Y0-01"
 
 Get-WmiObject -class win32_volume -computername $server | Where-object{$_.DriveLetter -eq $null} | ForEach-Object {
    If ($_.Name -Like $test) {
		"Volume $($_.Name) found!"
	} Else {
		"Volume $($_.Name) NOT found!"		
	}
} # end ForEach-Object		

Thanks, but it doens't work.

I get all the blank values for mountpoints.

One more thing, i would like to add is i am pulling the mountpoints for comparsion from a text file so it takes each value as an array.

I dont have mount point with directory here to test.

So i have to help you blind !

untested!

# remove this line if you run with a test.txt file!
$Testers = @("C:\Y0-01")


#example to read test volume-names from file
# $Testers = Get-Content 'C:\My\amazing\file\test.txt' # <<<< uncomment line !  


 # Get all mount points
 Get-WmiObject -class win32_volume -computername $server | ForEach-Object {
    
    # the current object in the pipeline is contained in the variable named $_ !
    $CurrentVolume = $_

    # flag for the volume test message
    $VolumeFound = $False

    # for each entry in the test.txt file we test the current volume
    ForEach($Test in $Testers) {

        If ($CurrentVolume.Name -Like "*$test*") {
		    # display found message
            ">>> Volume $($CurrentVolume.Name) found! <<<"
            # Set Flag to $True to supress not found message
             $VolumeFound = $True
            # Display found volume
            $CurrentVolume
	    }
    } # end ForEach ($Test in $Testers)

    # If $VolumeFound is $False we dont have found a matching volume
    If(-not $VolumeFound) {
        "Volume $($CurrentVolume.Name) NOT found!"
    }

} # end ForEach-Object

Thanks for the reply.

In between, can you tell how to catch error handling in Powershell.

i have tried many methods for catching the error, but none works.

 $_.Exception.GetType()

 $_.Exception.Message

nothing works.

it doesn;t work. Can you also tell how to catch "rpc server is unavailable exception from hresult" ?

Try
    { 
    
	   Write-Verbose "timezone check - Started"
	   $timezoneobj= get-wmiobject win32_timezone -computername $server 
	   $time= $timezoneobj.Caption
	   return ($time)
    } 
    Catch
    {
      return ('Failed to access "{0}" : {1} in "{2}"' -f $server, $_.Exception.Message)
     
    }
} 

Hi can anyone help?

Hi,

Give this a try:

Try { 

    $server = ""
    Write-Verbose "timezone check - Started"
    $timezoneobj= get-wmiobject win32_timezone -computername $server -ErrorAction Stop
    $time= $timezoneobj.Caption
    return ($time)
} 

Catch { return ('Failed to access "{0}" : {1}' -f $server, $_.Exception.Message) }

I added in an empty $server variable for you to fill in for testing and removed the unused {2} from the catch block.

EDIT: Here's some additional information on the topic:

http://www.vexasoft.com/blogs/powershell/7255220-powershell-tutorial-try-catch-finally-and-error-handling-in-powershell

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