Run Backup/Restore script for current logged in user

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I am using a backup and restore script I found on github, that backs up user profiles to a network share, but I’m running into an issue. When I tested it with my other IT folks, they are all Admins, so there wasn’t an issue, but when I tested it on a non-Admin user, there was an issue. When I run the backup script, it’s supposed to look for the currently logged in user to the system, not PS. I’m using $env:username for the current user, but it must think I’m logged in, even though I only logged into PS prompt as Admin.

I just need to figure out how to force it to backup the system user, not the PS prompt user. I hope that makes sense.

Brian

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I’m using $env:username

Not having access to your code, I am going to assume that your “PS Prompt” is a result of an Enter-PSSession command? If that is the case, then $ENV:UserName will return the username of that Runspace which will be you. You might try something like this to get the current logged in user?? Again, I am making assumptions …

(Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LoggedOnUser).Antecedent.Name
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I’m actually not using Enter-PSSession, as I run the script from the source computer. Let me post my code just in case you have a different idea. This is not my script; I just modified it to remove things I don’t need to backup/restore.

##region Switch to Backup
Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
Write-Host “”
Write-Host “”
Write-Host “”
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow “Standby Loading Backup Script…”
Start-Sleep -Seconds 5
Clear-Host
##end region Switch to Backup

#region DeclaringBackuplocation
$destination = Join-Path -Path “\server\share” -ChildPath $env:USERNAME

#endregion DeclaringBackuplocation

#region DeclaringDataBackupSources
$folder = “Desktop”,
#“Downloads”,
#“Favorites”,
“Documents”,
“Pictures”,
“Videos”,
“AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures”
#“AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default”

#endregion DeclaringDataBackupSources

#Backup Chrome bookmarks
#$chromeBookmarksPath = Join-Path -Path $env:USERPROFILE -ChildPath #“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks.bak”
#$chromeBookmarks = Get-ChildItem $chromeBookmarksPath
#$chromeBookmarks

#$chromeBookmarks_DestinationPath = Join-Path $destination -ChildPath #"\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default"

#“ChromeBookmarks_DestinationPath: $chromeBookmarks_DestinationPath”

#Copy-Item -Path $chromeBookmarks_DestinationPath -Destination $chromeBookmarks.BaseName

#Robocopy.exe /mir $chromeBookmarksPath $chromeBookmarks_DestinationPath

Backup Data section

Write-Host “”
Write-Host “”
Write-Host “”
Write-Host -ForegroundColor green “Backing up data from local machine for $env:USERNAME”

#region DataBackup
ForEach ($f in $folder) {
$currentLocalFolder = Join-Path -Path $env:USERPROFILE -ChildPath $f

$currentRemoteFolder = Join-Path -Path $destination -ChildPath $f

$currentFolderSize = (Get-ChildItem -ErrorAction silentlyContinue $currentLocalFolder -Recurse -Force | Measure-Object -ErrorAction silentlyContinue -Property Length -Sum ).Sum / 1MB
$currentFolderSizeRounded = [System.Math]::Round($currentFolderSize)
Write-Host -ForegroundColor cyan "  $f... ($currentFolderSizeRounded MB)"

Copy-Item -Force -ErrorAction silentlyContinue -recurse $currentLocalFolder $currentRemoteFolder

}

#endregion DataBackup

Write-Host “”
Write-Host -ForegroundColor green “Registry Backup Complete”
#>
Write-Host “”
Write-Host “”
Write-Host -ForegroundColor green “Backup complete!”

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would typing the in the username be acceptable? maybe something like:

$user = read-host "Enter a username"

or do you want it totally unattended?

5

Good question. What is your use case? Also, you dont give any details on how it is failing for non admin users. Please provide those details.

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I want it unattended.

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It’s not failing; it grabbed my profile, but it’s an empty one. I found what I needed:

$currentUser = gwmi Win32_ComputerSystem | select UserName

$currentUser = $currentUser.UserName.Split("")[1]

$destination = Join-Path -Path \veeam2\usmt -ChildPath $currentUser

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Glad you got it figured and thanks for sharing for others to benefit.