Windows 10: Schedule a task to periodically delete certain folders of non admin user

Hi friends, I have a windows 10 home premium computer with two users, one admin controlled by me and one non-admin user that I want to make for friends. The user will be local to my computer. I want to accomplish two things:
1 every 48 hours I want a powershell script to run that will delete Downloads, Desktop, Music, Pictures and Videos folders of the non-admin user.

2 Every day at 11:00 PM I want a powershell script to run that will log off the non-admin user if not already logged off.


I have tried to do the following:

I created a powershell script like this

Remove-Item -Path $env:UserProfile\Downloads\ -Recurse -Force
Remove-Item -Path $env:UserProfile\Desktop\ -Recurse -Force
Remove-Item -Path $env:UserProfile\Pictures\ -Recurse -Force
Remove-Item -Path $env:UserProfile\Videos\ -Recurse -Force
Remove-Item -Path $env:UserProfile\Music\ -Recurse -Force

Saved it as remove-folders-48hrs.ps1 in C:\program_files\Windows Powershell\scripts\ C:\ of admin user


Then I created the following task:


















Update: I changed the username to sam_and_jimmy.


Its not deleting the folder contents. I see the task running but when I log into the non-admin user the files are still there.


I haven't even tried to make the log off script work.


Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.


Thank you very much

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Windows 2016 - Scheduled Task Access for non-admin Domain users

Hi,

We are unable to provide access on scheduled tasks for non-admin domain users. This is doable in windows 2012 by adding the permissions to C:\Windows\System32\Tasks folder but it is not working in windows 2016.

How do we handle this in windows 2016 ?

Thanks

 

Task scheduler user account list includes user accounts that have already been deleted from the computer.

Thanks for providing the results of the troubleshooting steps we provided. Since the credentials are still showing up in task scheduler, we suggest that you follow the steps below to check the entries in the credential manager and delete the entries manually:

• Type the words Credential Manager in Cortana or the search box.
• From the list of results select Credential Manager
• From this screen, you can manage Web Credentials and
  Windows Credentials.

Once you have the screen open verify if any of the credentials you saw in task scheduler is present and manually delete them.

Regards.

 

where user account for running the tasks are stored? How to delete and edit them?

John,

Task scheduler records both the computer name & user name in its Author
field, hence me-pc/me, but only the username me in the field for
When running the task, use the following user account. That is its normal behaviour and not a sign of any fault.

When intending to alter the user name for a task, always open Task scheduler as Admin or it will object to any change.

[Right-click on the shortcut to Task scheduler & select Run as Admin.]

You can delete user accounts in Settings, Accounts, family & other users. If the user account entries in the dropdown list have already been deleted then that is a caching issue & I suggest you post another question called something like
Task scheduler user account list includes user accounts that have already been deleted from the computer. In your question text, include the dropdown list picture to avoid any misunderstandings.

Denis