Trying something new, using Invoke-Command to install software, using this script.
$computername = Get-Content 'c:\Computers.txt'
$sourcefile = "\\server\path\install.exe"
foreach ($computer in $computername)
{
$destinationFolder = "\\$computer\C$\Temp"
if (!(Test-Path -path $destinationFolder))
{
New-Item $destinationFolder -Type Directory
}
Copy-Item -Path $sourcefile -Destination $destinationFolder
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -ScriptBlock { & cmd /c "c:\Temp\Install.exe" /s /v" /l*v ""%TEMP%\install.log"" /qn"}
}
That script will result in:
Get-Content : Cannot find path 'C:\Computers.txt' because it does not exist.
At D:\PowerShell\RemoteInstall.ps1:10 char:1
+ Get-Content 'c:\Computers.txt' | ForEach-Object {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Computers.txt:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand
But if specify computers ($computername = 'test-vm-001.test.com,test-vm-002.test.com'), it works fine.
Also if I just type Get-Content 'c:\Computers.txt, I get a list of what is in computers.txt in console.
I tried dropping copies of Computers.txt at the same location as the script, and on the remote computers with no change in results.
What am I missing, that ForEach doesn't like about using Get-Content?
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