Powershell: Pause SCCM Task Sequence with Message Box, Auto launch SMSTS.log

Hi All,

I put together this simple PS script that will generate a message box with a friendly message that your TS has failed. It will then auto launch your SMSTS.log file with CMTrace and add a Task Sequence variable of “TSFailed” which you can leverage as a step in your Task Sequence if you choose to do so.  I have selfish reasons for launching the log files automatically after “Ok” is pressed, i want my techs to learn some basic TS errors so they can come back to me with more information than.. “it broke”…

Hope you can find it useful 🙂

Tip: Place this in your Try/Catch steps in your TS where _SMSTSLastActionSucceeded (False)

	#Load SCCM TS Environment, Hide TS Progress to see error window.
	$TS = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment"
	$T1 = New-Object -ComObject "Microsoft.SMS.TsProgressUI"
	$T1.CloseProgressDialog()
	#Stop CM Trace Prompting for Default Viewer.
	reg add HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Trace32 /V "Register File Types" /d 0 /f
	#Load Form Code
	[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") | Out-Null
	#$SMSTSPackageName = $TS.Value("_SMSTSPackageName")
	#$OSDComputerName = $TS.Value("OSDComputerName")
	#$SMSTSLogPath = $TS.Value("_SMSTSLogPath")+"\smsts.log"
	#Generate Form Code
	[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("TS '$SMSTSPackageName' has failed on '$OSDComputerName'! `nPlease click OK to review logs and report the failure to your SCCM Admin before trying again." , "TS Failure")
	if ($OKButton -eq "OK" )
	{
	cmtrace.exe "$SMSTSLogPath"
	$TS.Value("TSFailed") = "true"
	}
	else
	{
	cmtrace.exe "$SMSTSLogPath"
	$TS.Value("TSFailed") = "true"
	}

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Another cool method to notify you of failures is Rich Mawdsley’s method here: https://richmawdsleyblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/guide-making-failed-osd-obvious/

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