PS – Retrieve desktop content of many computers

Hello all,

here i have an example which shows how to get the desktop content from many computers.
A nice feature here is that it gets the desktops of the signed on users. So you won´t grab unnecessary contents.

$Computers = 'localhost'

foreach ($Computer in $Computers){

    #Gets the logged on user
    $User = Get-WmiObject win32_logonsession -ComputerName $Computer -Filter "Logontype = '2' or Logontype='11' or logontype='10'" |
                foreach {Get-WmiObject win32_loggedonuser -ComputerName $Computer -filter "Dependent = '\\\\.\\root\\cimv2:Win32_LogonSession.LogonId=`"$($_.logonid)`"'" | select Antecedent } |
                foreach { ($_.antecedent.split('"'))[1] + "\" + ($_.antecedent.split('"'))[3] } | Where-Object{$_ -notlike "*DWM*"} | select -unique

    #Catches Domain name
    if ($user -like "*\*")
    {
        $user = $user.Split('\')[-1]
    }

    $searchPath="\\$Computer\C$\Users\$User\Desktop\"
    Get-ChildItem -Path $searchPath -Recurse
}

This logic can also be modified easily for other purposes.

Have fun with it!

~David

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