---
title: "Logoffcleanup PowerShell Script Opening in Notepad"
slug: "logoffcleanup-powershell-script-opening-in-notepad"
description: "Sometimes, when configured to launch a PowerShell script in the registry, the script is opened in Notepad when a user logs out of XA:"
updated: 2022-06-01T19:53:55Z
published: 2022-06-01T19:53:55Z
canonical: "healthcare.rapididentity.com/logoffcleanup-powershell-script-opening-in-notepad"
---

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# Logoffcleanup PowerShell Script Opening in Notepad

## Logoffcleanup PowerShell Script Opening in Notepad

### PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

When configured to launch a PowerShell script in the registry, the script is opened in Notepad when a user logs out of XA:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HealthCast\eXactACCESS\LogoffCleanup Settings\LogoffScript\MyScript.ps1] "Path"="C:\Program Files (x86)\HealthCast\eXactACCESS\wrappers\xaLogoffCleanup\"

### EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

The PowerShell script should run (and not open in Notepad) when a user logs out of XA.

### OTHER BEHAVIOR

If you double-click the PowerShell script file, it also opens in Notepad.

### AFFECTS:

All versions of XA running on Windows 10.

### ROOT CAUSE: Security Behavior in Windows 10

Windows 10 sets the default app for PS1 files to Notepad rather than PowerShell, as a security precaution (to prevent the accidental running of a malicious script).

### RESOLUTION

1. In Windows, change the default program for opening PowerShell scripts to PowerShell (most customers will be unwilling to do this).
2. Rather than running a script file, run PowerShell and pass the script name as a parameter:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HealthCast\eXactACCESS\LogoffCleanup Settings\LogoffScript\powershell.exe] Path=C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\ Param=-executionPolicy bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -file \"C:\Program Files (x86)\HealthCast\eXactACCESS\wrappers\xaLogoffCleanup\MyScript.ps1"

## Related

- [Logoff Cleanup](/xa-configure-logoff-cleanup.md)