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PoweShell script to stop a remote pc's service, edit values in a remote PC's XML file, and restart the remote PC's service
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| #Get host from command line argument | |
| Param ( | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] | |
| [ValidateNotNull()] | |
| $remotepc | |
| ) | |
| #Stop the service on the remote machine | |
| Write-Host "STOPPING SERVICE..."; | |
| (get-service -ComputerName $remotepc -Name "Name of Service").Stop() | |
| #Wait for the service to be stopped, up to 10 seconds, then continue script | |
| (get-service -ComputerName $remotepc -Name "Name of Service").WaitForStatus('Stopped','00:00:10') | |
| Write-Host "SERVICE STOPPED"; | |
| #Modify XML file | |
| Write-Host "OPENING CONFIG.XML"; | |
| $path = "\\$remotepc\c$\path\to\file\config.xml" | |
| [xml] $xml = Get-Content $path | |
| #set values for the XML nodes you need. This uses the XPath of the value needed. | |
| $xml.XMLRoot.Settings.Setting = "https://google.com" | |
| $xml.XMLRoot.Settings.AnotherSetting = "email@address.com" | |
| $xml.XMLRoot.Settings.SecretPassword = "LamePassw0rd" | |
| #Add additional values as needed | |
| #Save the file | |
| $xml.save($path) | |
| Write-Host "CONFIG.XML SAVED"; | |
| #Start the Service | |
| (get-service -ComputerName $remotepc -Name "Name of Service").Start() | |
| Write-Output "SERVICE RESTARTED"; | |
| #Write the remotepc's name to a new line in a text file to keep track of completions | |
| Add-Content c:\folder\log.txt `n $remotepc |
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