powershell scheduled task always shows running even once completed

Question

I have a PowerShell script set to run daily as a scheduled task, it is setup with an action of: Run Program PowerShell.exe Arguments: -executionpolicy bypass -file D:\Scripts\SomeScript.ps1

The script completes successfully and in task manager I can see PowerShell start then close, but Task Scheduler still shows it Running.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 31 '18 at 10:20

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Just a tiny note: If you run a task manually it will go to "running" in task scheduler library. Wait until your task finishes and then hit F5 to refresh.

answered Oct 31 '18 at 10:20

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OMG that works - but isn't it ridiculous that you have to do this?! – Simon E Nov 03 '21 at 19:11
You save my day. I've spent whole day trying to figure out what's wrong with my schedule or powershell. Ended up I just need a F5 – walterhuang Apr 02 '22 at 02:55

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 20 '16 at 13:53

Even though the script was doing everything it was configured to it seems I needed to place all of the arguments inside quotes.

Old arguments (everything completed fine but task hung): -executionpolicy bypass -file 'D:\Scripts\SomeScript.ps1'

New arguments (everything still completes fine including the Task): "-executionpolicy bypass -file 'D:\Scripts\SomeScripts.ps1'"

Not sure why this one server is requiring quotes, I run this exact script on multiple servers running the save version of Windows and same version of PowerShell, NONE of them have the quotes, but it works.

powershell scheduled task always shows running even once completed

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