functions/Uninstall-DbaWatchUpdate.ps1
function Uninstall-DbaWatchUpdate { <# .SYNOPSIS Removes the scheduled task created for Watch-DbaUpdate by Install-DbaWatchUpdate so that notifications no longer pop up. .DESCRIPTION Removes the scheduled task created for Watch-DbaUpdate by Install-DbaWatchUpdate so that notifications no longer pop up. .NOTES Tags: JustForFun, Module Author: Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net Website: https://dbatools.io Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT .LINK https://dbatools.io/Uninstall-DbaWatchUpdate .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Uninstall-DbaWatchUpdate Removes the scheduled task created by Install-DbaWatchUpdate. #> process { if (([Environment]::OSVersion).Version.Major -lt 10) { Write-Warning "This command only supports Windows 10 and higher." return } <# Does not utilize message system because of script block #> $script = { try { $task = Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "dbatools version check" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($null -eq $task) { Write-Warning "Task doesn't exist. Skipping removal." } else { Write-Output "Removing watchupdate.xml." $file = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\dbatools\watchupdate.xml" Remove-Item $file -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Write-Output "Removing Scheduled Task 'dbatools version check'." $task | Unregister-ScheduledTask -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Stop Write-Output "Task removed" Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 } } catch { Write-Warning "Task could not be deleted. Please remove 'dbatools version check' manually." } } # Needs admin credentials to remove the task because of the way it was setup $task = Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "dbatools version check" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($null -eq $task) { Write-Warning "dbatools update watcher is not installed." return } if (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator")) { Write-Warning "Removal of this scheduled task requires elevated permissions." Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList Uninstall-DbaWatchUpdate -Wait } else { Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $script } Write-Output "All done!" } } |