Good morning,
I need to remove or delete certain printers from client devices. I have written a script in Powershell and cloned and modified the Predefined procedure named “Run PowerShell script” to come up with the following complete script in C1. The script is supposed to delete the specific printer if it exists and then write a message to the Application event log.
ps_content=r'''
# Description: This script removes specific printers
# Create new event log source if it does not exist
if (!([System.Diagnostics.EventLog]::SourceExists('System Administrator')))
{
# Register new source if source does NOT exist
New-EventLog -LogName "Application" -Source "System Administrator"
}
# Remove 'Send to OneNote*' printers if it exists
if (Get-Printer -Name *onenote*)
{
# Run this if printer exists
$Printer = Get-Printer -Name *onenote*
Remove-Printer -InputObject $Printer
$Message = "The following printer was uninstalled by the System Administrator: " + $Printer.Name
}
# Remove 'Fax' printers if it exists
if (Get-Printer -Name *fax*)
{
# Run this if printer exists
$Printer = Get-Printer -Name *fax*
Remove-Printer -InputObject $Printer
$Message = "The following printer was uninstalled by the System Administrator: " + $Printer.Name
}
# Remove 'XPS' printers if it exists
if (Get-Printer -Name *XPS*)
{
# Run this if printer exists
$Printer = Get-Printer -Name *XPS*
Remove-Printer -InputObject $Printer
$Message = "The following printer was uninstalled by the System Administrator: " + $Printer.Name
}
# Remove Canon MG3000 printer if it exists. This printer is used only by Leita.
if (Get-Printer -Name *MG3000*)
{
# Run this if printer exists
$Printer = Get-Printer -Name *MG3000*
Remove-Printer -InputObject $Printer
$Message = "The following printer was uninstalled by the System Administrator: " + $Printer.Name
}
'''
import os
def ecmd(command):
import ctypes
from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
class disable_file_system_redirection:
_disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection
_revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection
def __enter__(self):
self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()
self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))
def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
if self.success:
self._revert(self.old_value)
with disable_file_system_redirection():
obj = Popen(command, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
out, err = obj.communicate()
ret=obj.returncode
if ret==0:
if out:
return out.strip()
else:
return ret
else:
if err:
return err.strip()
else:
return ret
file_name='powershell_file.ps1'
file_path=os.path.join(os.environ['TEMP'], file_name)
with open(file_path, 'wb') as wr:
wr.write(ps_content)
ecmd('powershell "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned"')
print ecmd('powershell "%s"'%file_path)
os.remove(file_path)
When running the procedure with the logged in user (who are all local administrators), I see the following additional information in the log detail:
File C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\Temp\powershell_file.ps1 cannot be loaded b ecause the execution of scripts is disabled on this system. Please see "get-hel p about_signing" for more details. At line:1 char:56 + C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\Temp\powershell_file.ps1 <<<< + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], PSSecurityException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException
How do I enable execution of scripts on all my network computers (Workgroup NOT domain) without having to enable on each device?
I am still testing and any interim assistance would be appreciated.
