Query schtasks using Powershell

On a Windows7 machine I am trying I can run a query to view all the scheduled tasks using schtasks.exe

This is fine but I would also like to filter the result set using something like

schtasks /query | where { $_.TaskName -eq "myTask" } 

The problem is I don't this schtasks returns a properly formatted list for the where function to work.

I've also tried:

schtasks /query /FO LIST
schtasks /query | format-list | where ....

those don't work either.

What would be the best way to query the schtasks on a local computer using Win7 and be able to filter them

From serverfault jdiaz

• Here's a blog post I wrote about doing this. Essentially, I took the output of the /FO LIST /V, wrote that to a file, and imported it back in as objects using import-csv

  Link

  Joey : You're on the right track but writing to a temporary file is unnecessary here: `schtasks /query /fo csv /v|convertfrom-csv` works just fine

  jdiaz : this is neat but still not easily queryable

  Mike Shepard : Johannes: you're right, but I really (really) dislike properties that have embedded spaces/colons/slashes. jdiaz: What's not queryable? The script I posted and Johannes' revision both return native powershell objects with properties. They should be just as queryable as any other powershell entities.
  From Mike Shepard

• if you don't need to do it in powershell then the following will work

  schtasks /query | findstr /i "mytask"

  ps version
  schtasks /query | ?{$_ -like 'mytask'}

  From tony roth

• You could try to use schtasks, which will leave you parsing text. This is almost always error prone, and definitely more difficult than it is to take the output of a command.

  There happens to be a TaskScheduler module in the PowerShellPack. Once you install the PowerShell pack, to get all of the scheduled tasks, use:

  Import-Module TaskScheduler
  Get-ScheduledTask -Recurse
  

  Since these are real objects, to find a task of a particular name, you can use:

  Get-ScheduledTask -Recurse |  Where-Object { $_.Name -like "*Task*"}
  

  In general, you will find that the PowerShell community has taken a lot of harder to use command lines, like schtasks, and turned them into easy-to-use cmdlets, like Get-ScheduledTask.

  See Also:

  Sending Automated Emails using the TaskScheduler Module

  Hope this helps

  Mike Shepard : This works great if you're using Win2k8 boxes (or vista/W7). Unfortunately, it doesn't work with W2k3 servers (which are still very common in my environment).
  From Write-PowerShell

• You are overthinking it.

  Commandline for what you want schtasks /query /s %computername%|FIND /I "%name_of_task%"

  example schtasks /query /s server01|FIND /I "schedule"

  From Chris Gould