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[Solved] File conditions: hidden files?

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helpdesk

[PDQ Deploy 17.2.0.0 Enterprise]

Hi,

I have a simple 1-step Deploy task, to run command "powercfg.exe /h off" (turn off Windows hibernation). I have a file condition set to

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My task fails when I target it at a machine which I can see has this file on the C: drive.

File Condition(s) not satisfied

      Summary : Exists Condition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Fail]
  File Exists : hiberfil.sys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Fail]
              : Condition failed because hiberfil.sys was not found.
 File Version : (not set)


Product Version : (not set)
      Description : (not set)
     Product Name : (not set)
     Company Name : (not set)
            [*] means that the condition was not checked because of previous failures

           Directory : C:\


Include Subdirectories : No
              Also match : 
                Filename : hiberfil.sys

Any idea why this fails? The hiberfil.sys file has the hidden attribute set - is this breaking the task?

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    Colby Bouma

    I did some digging and it looks like the File Condition supports hidden files, but not system files. I will open an internal ticket about this, but I doubt this will be changed anytime soon. In the meantime, here's a PowerShell script you can use as a workaround:

    $Hiberfil = Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:SystemDrive\" -Force | Where-Object Name -eq "hiberfil.sys"

if ( $Hiberfil ) {

    "Found: $($Hiberfil.FullName)"
    "Size : $($Hiberfil.Length)"
    Exit 10

} else {

    "Could not find hiberfil.sys"

}
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    helpdesk

    If File Conditions don't (and won't in future versions) support system files, it would be nice to see that as the reason in the log files - perhaps a feature for a future version?

    Thanks for the Powershell script. That's great. I have just tested that with success, but replaced Exit 10 with powercfg -h off to actually turn off hibernation. We have some machines with a lot of RAM but small SSD's out there, so removing a 6GB hibernation file from the C drive on machines that don't need the feature is a real help.

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    Margus Potter

    I am using for years only Command step: powercfg.exe -h off and never failed.

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