Powershell – Add Scheduled Task to reset search indexes for Exchange 2007

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I simply want to run a ResetSearchIndex -force on a schedule. What is the correct usage for the command in the Scheduled Task properties? It seems I would first need to start Powershell, then load the console file or snap-in for Exchange, which one of these is the closest:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINDOW~2\v1.0\POWERS~1.EXE -"D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts" ResetSearchIndex.ps1 -force dbname

C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINDOW~2\v1.0\POWERS~1.EXE -PSConsoleFile "D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin\exshell.psc1" -noexit -command ".'D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts' ResetSearchIndex.ps1 -force dbname

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The third option should do what you want:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINDOW~2\v1.0\POWERS~1.EXE -PSConsoleFile "D:\Program 
Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin\exshell.psc1" -noexit -command ".'D:\Program 
Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts\ResetSearchIndex.ps1' -force dbname

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I'm blatantly cut/pasting this answer from another site (since linking is frowned upon and I don't have a better answer). I do believe this will resolve your problem.

...it looks like you can set up a Event watcher using Register-ObjectEvent using [microsoft.win32.systemevents] and watching for either SessionEnding or SessionEnded. I haven't had time to test this out, but you could look at using something like this:

$sysevent = [microsoft.win32.systemevents]
Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $sysevent -EventName "SessionEnding" -Action {"Shutdown/Logoff detected.";Get-Process -Name Powershell | Stop-Process -Force}

More information about this class can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.win32.systemevents_events.aspx

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You either need to modify your execution policy, or specify the -ExecutionPolicy Bypass as a commandline parameter.

powershell -Command "<path to .ps1 script>" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass

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