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BatchKing70
BatchKing70

Reputation: 65

How to use Powershell to get all users profiles and assign a value

I have the following Command and it gets the username:

((Get-WMIObject -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem).Username).Split('\')[1]

The trouble I am having is figuring out how to have a letter (Value) assigned to each profile

Example:

User1
User2
User3 

User1=%A%
User2=%B%
User3=%C%

so I can use the variables in a later part of the script.

I have tried adding code, looking up similar commands and scripts with no luck.

Can someone please tell me where I went wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2759

Answers (1)

pelin72
pelin72

Reputation: 93

Here are some different ways to solve this.

The powershell way:

$admin=get-credential -Message "Admin credentials"
$paths=Get-WMIObject -ClassName Win32_UserProfile -Filter "special=false and localpath like 'C:\\users\\%'" -Property localpath |select -ExpandProperty localpath
$destination="\\server\d$\desktopbackups"
foreach ($source in $paths) {
    $user = Split-Path -Path $source -leaf
    $sourceDesktop = join-path $source "Desktop"
    $DestFolder = Join-Path $destination $user
    write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Backing up $sourceDesktop to folder $destfolder"
    
    # First delete the destination
    remove-item $destfolder -Filter *.* -Recurse -Credential $admin -WhatIf

    # Copy the files
    Copy-Item $sourceDesktop $DestFolder -Recurse -Credential $admin -WhatIf
}

The above solution allows you to enter the admin credentials and the file operations are done as your admin user. You don't have to log in as a different user to use this.

The output-cmdscript way:

$paths=Get-WMIObject -ClassName Win32_UserProfile -Filter "special=false and localpath like 'C:\\users\\%'" -Property localpath |select -ExpandProperty localpath
$destination="\\server\d$\desktopbackups"
$cmdscriptfile="c:\temp\backupDesktops.cmd"
foreach ($source in $paths) {
    $user = Split-Path -Path $source -leaf
    $srcfolder = join-path $source "Desktop"
    $DestFolder = Join-Path $destination $user
    "xcopy $srcfolder $Destfolder" | out-file -Append $cmdscriptfile
}

The above script creates a cmd-script which you can log in as admin and run.

The output-cmdscript-variables way:

$paths=Get-WMIObject -ClassName Win32_UserProfile -Filter "special=false and localpath like 'C:\\users\\%'" -Property localpath |select -ExpandProperty localpath
$cmdscriptfile="c:\temp\backupDesktops.cmd"
Clear-Content $cmdscriptfile
$i=65
foreach ($source in $paths) {
    $user = Split-Path -Path $source -leaf
    "set {0}={1}" -f [char]$i,$user | out-file -Append $cmdscriptfile
    $i++
}
"xcopy c:\users\%A%\Desktops ..."|Out-File -Append $cmdscriptfile

The above lets you edit the cmd file and use the different variables for the paths. This is what you asked for (if I understood correctly).

Personally I would use Powershell.

Upvotes: 2

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