disable-scheduled-tasks.ps1

#   Description:
# This script will disable certain scheduled tasks. Work in progress!

$tasks = @(
    # Windows base scheduled tasks
    "\Microsoft\Windows\.NET Framework\.NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\.NET Framework\.NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319 64"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\.NET Framework\.NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319 64 Critical"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\.NET Framework\.NET Framework NGEN v4.0.30319 Critical"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Active Directory Rights Management Services Client\AD RMS Rights Policy Template Management (Automated)"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Active Directory Rights Management Services Client\AD RMS Rights Policy Template Management (Manual)"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\AppID\EDP Policy Manager"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\AppID\PolicyConverter"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\AppID\SmartScreenSpecific"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\AppID\VerifiedPublisherCertStoreCheck"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\ProgramDataUpdater"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\StartupAppTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\ApplicationData\CleanupTemporaryState"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\ApplicationData\DsSvcCleanup"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\AppxDeploymentClient\Pre-staged app cleanup"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Autochk\Proxy"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Bluetooth\UninstallDeviceTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\AikCertEnrollTask"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\KeyPreGenTask"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\SystemTask"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\UserTask"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient\UserTask-Roam"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Chkdsk\ProactiveScan"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Clip\License Validation"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\CloudExperienceHost\CreateObjectTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\Consolidator"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\KernelCeipTask"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\UsbCeip"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Data Integrity Scan\Data Integrity Scan"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Data Integrity Scan\Data Integrity Scan for Crash Recovery"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ScheduledDefrag"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Diagnosis\Scheduled"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\DiskCleanup\SilentCleanup"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic\Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\DiskFootprint\Diagnostics"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Feedback\Siuf\DmClient"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\File Classification Infrastructure\Property Definition Sync"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\File History (maintenance mode)"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\LanguageComponentsInstaller\Installation"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\LanguageComponentsInstaller\Uninstallation"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Location\Notifications"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Location\WindowsActionDialog"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance\WinSAT"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Maps\MapsToastTask"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Maps\MapsUpdateTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\ProcessMemoryDiagnosticEvents"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\RunFullMemoryDiagnostic"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Mobile Broadband Accounts\MNO Metadata Parser"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\MUI\LPRemove"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Multimedia\SystemSoundsService"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\NetCfg\BindingWorkItemQueueHandler"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\NetTrace\GatherNetworkInfo"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Offline Files\Background Synchronization"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Offline Files\Logon Synchronization"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\PI\Secure-Boot-Update"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\PI\Sqm-Tasks"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Device Install Group Policy"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Device Install Reboot Required"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Plug and Play Cleanup"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Plug and Play\Sysprep Generalize Drivers"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Power Efficiency Diagnostics\AnalyzeSystem"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Ras\MobilityManager"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\RecoveryEnvironment\VerifyWinRE"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Registry\RegIdleBackup"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\RemoteAssistance\RemoteAssistanceTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\RemovalTools\MRT_HB"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Servicing\StartComponentCleanup"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync\NetworkStateChangeTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\CreateObjectTask"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\FamilySafetyMonitor"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\FamilySafetyRefresh"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\IndexerAutomaticMaintenance"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTask"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTaskLogon"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SvcRestartTaskNetwork"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\SpacePort\SpaceAgentTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Sysmain\HybridDriveCachePrepopulate"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Sysmain\HybridDriveCacheRebalance"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Sysmain\ResPriStaticDbSync"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Sysmain\WsSwapAssessmentTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\SystemRestore\SR"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Task Manager\Interactive"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\TextServicesFramework\MsCtfMonitor"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\ForceSynchronizeTime"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization\SynchronizeTime"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Time Zone\SynchronizeTimeZone"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\TPM\Tpm-HASCertRetr"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\TPM\Tpm-Maintenance"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Maintenance Install"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Policy Install"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Reboot"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Resume On Boot"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Schedule Scan"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\USO_UxBroker_Display"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\USO_UxBroker_ReadyToReboot"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\UPnP\UPnPHostConfig"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\User Profile Service\HiveUploadTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\WCM\WiFiTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\WDI\ResolutionHost"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cache Maintenance"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Cleanup"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Scheduled Scan"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Defender\Windows Defender Verification"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\QueueReporting"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Filtering Platform\BfeOnServiceStartTypeChange"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Media Sharing\UpdateLibrary"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsColorSystem\Calibration Loader"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Automatic App Update"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\Scheduled Start"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\sih"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\sihboot"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Wininet\CacheTask"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\WOF\WIM-Hash-Management"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\WOF\WIM-Hash-Validation"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Work Folders\Work Folders Logon Synchronization"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Work Folders\Work Folders Maintenance Work"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\Workplace Join\Automatic-Device-Join"

    "\Microsoft\Windows\WS\License Validation"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\WS\WSTask"

    # Scheduled tasks which cannot be disabled
    "\Microsoft\Windows\Device Setup\Metadata Refresh"
    "\Microsoft\Windows\SettingSync\BackgroundUploadTask"
)

foreach ($task in $tasks) {
    $parts = $task.split('\')
    $name = $parts[-1]
    $path = $parts[0..($parts.length-2)] -join '\'

    Disable-ScheduledTask -TaskName "$name" -TaskPath "$path" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}