Start-CMClientAction.ps1
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<#PSScriptInfo
.VERSION 1.0 .GUID 51eb4c04-c8cd-40f7-8426-c2a7ebcb4995 .AUTHOR Uriah Patton .COMPANYNAME .COPYRIGHT Uriah Patton .TAGS SCCM,configmgr,MECM,Configuration Manager .LICENSEURI https://github.com/urpatton/Start-SCCMClientActions/blob/main/LICENSE .PROJECTURI https://github.com/urpatton/Start-SCCMClientActions .ICONURI .EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ps2exe .REQUIREDSCRIPTS .EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES .RELEASENOTES .PRIVATEDATA #> <# .DESCRIPTION Run SCCM client actions policy check from an executable. #> <# .SYNOPSIS Run SCCM client actions policy check from an executable. .DESCRIPTION A simple script to run a few SCCM client actions without needing to open the Control Panel applet. I recommend converting the .ps1 script to an exe file. (I use Start-CMClientActions.exe) .NOTES To get a list of actions to run use the below command (New-Object -ComObject CPApplet.CPAppletmgr).GetClientActions() | select Name,DisplayNameResID Name DisplayNameResID ----------------------------------- ---------------- Hardware Inventory Collection Cycle 10001 Discovery Data Collection Cycle 10004 Software Inventory Collection Cycle 10005 Standard File Collection Cycle 10006 Request & Evaluate User Policy 10007 Request & Evaluate Machine Policy 10008 Software Metering Usage Report Cycle 10009 MSI Product Source Update Cycle 10010 Software Updates Assignments Evaluation Cycle 10011 Updates Source Scan Cycle 10013 Application Global Evaluation Task 10014 I highly recommend converting the .ps1 file to an exe. I have had success converting it using the PSGallery module "ps2exe" but there are other methods available. .EXTERNALHELP ps2exe module - https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ps2exe ps2exe github - https://github.com/MScholtes/PS2EXE .EXAMPLE Convert the .ps1 to exe using the ps2exe module with the below command $FileInput = "\\Your\Path\To\SourceFolder\Start-CMClientAction_Public.ps1" $IconFile = "\\Your\Path\To\SourceFolder\SMSCFGRC_8.ico" $OutputPath = "\\Your\Path\To\SourceFolder\PSToExe Output" $OutputFileName = "Start-CMClientActions.exe" Invoke-ps2exe -Verbose -STA -configFile -DPIAware -longPaths ` -inputFile $FileInput ` -outputFile "$OutputPath\$OutputFileName" ` -iconFile $IconFile ` -version "1.0.0.0" ` -title "Initiate SCCM Control Panel applet client actions." ` -description "Initiate SCCM Control Panel applet client actions." ` -copyright "Uriah Patton Copyright (c) 2020 All rights reserved" ` -product "Start-CMClientActions" .FUNCTIONALITY Will open a PowerShell command window and will run the client actions as it finds them. If the action is not available, then the action is skipped. By default it will run the below actions Name DisplayNameResID ----------------------------------- ---------------- Discovery Data Collection Cycle 10004 Request & Evaluate Machine Policy 10008 Software Updates Assignments Evaluation Cycle 10011 Updates Source Scan Cycle 10013 Application Global Evaluation Task 10014 =========================================================================== Created with: SAPIEN Technologies, Inc., PowerShell Studio 2025 v5.9.252 Created on: 4/25/2025 4:34 PM Created by: Uriah P. Organization: Indiana University Filename: Start-CMClientAction.ps1 =========================================================================== #> [CmdletBinding()] param () #TODO: Check if SCCM control panel applet exists if ((Test-Path -Path "$($env:SystemRoot)\ccm\SMSCFGRC.cpl") -eq $false) #Applet does not exist, SCCM client is missin { Write-Output -Verbose "SCCM client control panel applet missing. Please install the SCCM client." Write-Output -Verbose "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" pause } else #Applet found { #TODO: Load control panel applets to check $Config = (New-Object -ComObject CPApplet.CPAppletmgr).GetClientActions() | ? { $_.DisplayNameResID -eq "10004" -or $_.DisplayNameResID -eq "10008" -or $_.DisplayNameResID -eq "10011" -or $_.DisplayNameResID -eq "10013" -or $_.DisplayNameResID -eq "10014" } foreach ($a in $Config) { Write-Output -Verbose "`r`nRunning CM Action - $($a.Name)" $a.PerformAction() Write-Output -Verbose "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" } Write-Output -Verbose "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" pause } |