How to automatically mount a VHD at Startup in Windows 8

How to automatically mount a VHD at Startup in Windows 8 (PowerShell)

Introduction

This PowerShell script sample shows how to automatically mount a VHD at Startup in Windows 8.

Scenarios

When users restart the computer, all mounted VHD files need to be mounted again. This script is to solve this problem.

Script

Step 1: Right click PowerShell and select Run as Administrator.

Step 2: Then drag the script to PowerShell console and enter the command shown below.

Note If you do not want to mount the VHD file at start up, you can use run schtasks, find the schedule task MountVHD and delete it.

Here are some code snippets for your reference.

PowerShell

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param
(
    [Parameter(Mandatory= $True)]
    [String]$Identity,
    [Switch]$ChangePassowrd
)


Try
{


    $Users = Get-ADGroupMember  -Identity $Identity 
    if(!$ChangePassowrd)
    {
       
        foreach($user in $Users)
        {
            $user | Set-ADUser -CannotChangePassword:$true
            Write-Progress -Activity "set 'CannotChangePassword'" -Status "$user.Name"
            Write-Host "Set user $($user.Name) can not change password successfully." -ForegroundColor Green 
        }
    }
    Else
    {
        foreach($user in $Users)
        {
            $user | Set-ADUser -CannotChangePassword:$False
            Write-Progress -Activity "uncheck 'CannotChangePassword'" -Status "$user.Name"
            Write-Host "Set user $($user.Name) can change password successfully." -ForegroundColor Green 
        }
    }


}
Catch
{
    Write-Error $_
}

param
(
    [Parameter(Mandatory= $True)]
    [String]$Identity,
    [Switch]$ChangePassowrd
)


Try
{


    $Users = Get-ADGroupMember  -Identity $Identity 
    if(!$ChangePassowrd)
    {
       
        foreach($user in $Users)
        {
            $user | Set-ADUser -CannotChangePassword:$true
            Write-Progress -Activity "set 'CannotChangePassword'" -Status "$user.Name"
            Write-Host "Set user $($user.Name) can not change password successfully." -ForegroundColor Green 
        }
    }
    Else
    {
        foreach($user in $Users)
        {
            $user | Set-ADUser -CannotChangePassword:$False
            Write-Progress -Activity "uncheck 'CannotChangePassword'" -Status "$user.Name"
            Write-Host "Set user $($user.Name) can change password successfully." -ForegroundColor Green 
        }
    }


}
Catch
{
    Write-Error $_
}

Prerequisite

Windows Server 2012

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