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opened on Feb 22, 2024

Please see Ylianst/MeshCentral#5850
And console.txt

I discovered that a bunch of client devices had multiple Gigabytes worth of ps1 and txt files in the Mesh Agent folder on the C:\ drive going back a couple of years.

After posting to the MeshCentral issues page, we discovered that the most recent ps1 and txt files were from July 2023, which is around the time I stopped using this plugin because I switched to using Proactive Remediations in Microsoft Intune.

We figured out it had to be this plugin because it saves ps1 and txt files to, you guessed it, the Mesh Agent folder.

You probably should build in some garbage collection to prevent these files from filling up client disks.
It also might be a security issue leaving all these scripts in an easy to find location that users have access to.

The fix on my end was to stop using the plugin and purge the c:\Program Files\Mesh Agent\ folder of all the ps1 and txt files

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Repeating Scripts being saved in the Mesh Agent folder and filling up the client disk · Issue #46 · ryanblenis/MeshCentral-ScriptTask · GitHub
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      opened on Feb 22, 2024
      Please see Ylianst/MeshCentral#5850
      
And console.txt
      I discovered that a bunch of client devices had multiple Gigabytes worth of ps1 and txt files in the Mesh Agent folder on the C:\ drive going back a couple of years.
      After posting to the MeshCentral issues page, we discovered that the most recent ps1 and txt files were from July 2023, which is around the time I stopped using this plugin because I switched to using Proactive Remediations in Microsoft Intune.
      We figured out it had to be this plugin because it saves ps1 and txt files to, you guessed it, the Mesh Agent folder.
      You probably should build in some garbage collection to prevent these files from filling up client disks.
      
It also might be a security issue leaving all these scripts in an easy to find location that users have access to.
      The fix on my end was to stop using the plugin and purge the c:\Program Files\Mesh Agent\ folder of all the ps1 and txt files
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Repeating Scripts being saved in the Mesh Agent folder and filling up the client disk · Issue #46 · ryanblenis/MeshCentral-ScriptTask · GitHub
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          @fireball8931
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          opened on Feb 22, 2024
          Please see Ylianst/MeshCentral#5850
          
And console.txt
          I discovered that a bunch of client devices had multiple Gigabytes worth of ps1 and txt files in the Mesh Agent folder on the C:\ drive going back a couple of years.
          After posting to the MeshCentral issues page, we discovered that the most recent ps1 and txt files were from July 2023, which is around the time I stopped using this plugin because I switched to using Proactive Remediations in Microsoft Intune.
          We figured out it had to be this plugin because it saves ps1 and txt files to, you guessed it, the Mesh Agent folder.
          You probably should build in some garbage collection to prevent these files from filling up client disks.
          
It also might be a security issue leaving all these scripts in an easy to find location that users have access to.
          The fix on my end was to stop using the plugin and purge the c:\Program Files\Mesh Agent\ folder of all the ps1 and txt files
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              @fireball8931
              fireball8931
              opened on Feb 22, 2024
              Please see Ylianst/MeshCentral#5850
              
And console.txt
              I discovered that a bunch of client devices had multiple Gigabytes worth of ps1 and txt files in the Mesh Agent folder on the C:\ drive going back a couple of years.
              After posting to the MeshCentral issues page, we discovered that the most recent ps1 and txt files were from July 2023, which is around the time I stopped using this plugin because I switched to using Proactive Remediations in Microsoft Intune.
              We figured out it had to be this plugin because it saves ps1 and txt files to, you guessed it, the Mesh Agent folder.
              You probably should build in some garbage collection to prevent these files from filling up client disks.
              
It also might be a security issue leaving all these scripts in an easy to find location that users have access to.
              The fix on my end was to stop using the plugin and purge the c:\Program Files\Mesh Agent\ folder of all the ps1 and txt files
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Repeating Scripts being saved in the Mesh Agent folder and filling up the client disk · Issue #46 · ryanblenis/MeshCentral-ScriptTask · GitHub
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                  @fireball8931
                  fireball8931
                  opened on Feb 22, 2024
                  Please see Ylianst/MeshCentral#5850
                  
And console.txt
                  I discovered that a bunch of client devices had multiple Gigabytes worth of ps1 and txt files in the Mesh Agent folder on the C:\ drive going back a couple of years.
                  After posting to the MeshCentral issues page, we discovered that the most recent ps1 and txt files were from July 2023, which is around the time I stopped using this plugin because I switched to using Proactive Remediations in Microsoft Intune.
                  We figured out it had to be this plugin because it saves ps1 and txt files to, you guessed it, the Mesh Agent folder.
                  You probably should build in some garbage collection to prevent these files from filling up client disks.
                  
It also might be a security issue leaving all these scripts in an easy to find location that users have access to.
                  The fix on my end was to stop using the plugin and purge the c:\Program Files\Mesh Agent\ folder of all the ps1 and txt files
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Repeating Scripts being saved in the Mesh Agent folder and filling up the client disk · Issue #46 · ryanblenis/MeshCentral-ScriptTask · GitHub
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                      @fireball8931
                      fireball8931
                      opened on Feb 22, 2024
                      Please see Ylianst/MeshCentral#5850
                      
And console.txt
                      I discovered that a bunch of client devices had multiple Gigabytes worth of ps1 and txt files in the Mesh Agent folder on the C:\ drive going back a couple of years.
                      After posting to the MeshCentral issues page, we discovered that the most recent ps1 and txt files were from July 2023, which is around the time I stopped using this plugin because I switched to using Proactive Remediations in Microsoft Intune.
                      We figured out it had to be this plugin because it saves ps1 and txt files to, you guessed it, the Mesh Agent folder.
                      You probably should build in some garbage collection to prevent these files from filling up client disks.
                      
It also might be a security issue leaving all these scripts in an easy to find location that users have access to.
                      The fix on my end was to stop using the plugin and purge the c:\Program Files\Mesh Agent\ folder of all the ps1 and txt files
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Repeating Scripts being saved in the Mesh Agent folder and filling up the client disk · Issue #46 · ryanblenis/MeshCentral-ScriptTask · GitHub
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                          @fireball8931
                          fireball8931
                          opened on Feb 22, 2024
                          Please see Ylianst/MeshCentral#5850
                          
And console.txt
                          I discovered that a bunch of client devices had multiple Gigabytes worth of ps1 and txt files in the Mesh Agent folder on the C:\ drive going back a couple of years.
                          After posting to the MeshCentral issues page, we discovered that the most recent ps1 and txt files were from July 2023, which is around the time I stopped using this plugin because I switched to using Proactive Remediations in Microsoft Intune.
                          We figured out it had to be this plugin because it saves ps1 and txt files to, you guessed it, the Mesh Agent folder.
                          You probably should build in some garbage collection to prevent these files from filling up client disks.
                          
It also might be a security issue leaving all these scripts in an easy to find location that users have access to.
                          The fix on my end was to stop using the plugin and purge the c:\Program Files\Mesh Agent\ folder of all the ps1 and txt files
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Repeating Scripts being saved in the Mesh Agent folder and filling up the client disk · Issue #46 · ryanblenis/MeshCentral-ScriptTask · GitHub
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                              @fireball8931
                              fireball8931
                              opened on Feb 22, 2024
                              Please see Ylianst/MeshCentral#5850
                              
And console.txt
                              I discovered that a bunch of client devices had multiple Gigabytes worth of ps1 and txt files in the Mesh Agent folder on the C:\ drive going back a couple of years.
                              After posting to the MeshCentral issues page, we discovered that the most recent ps1 and txt files were from July 2023, which is around the time I stopped using this plugin because I switched to using Proactive Remediations in Microsoft Intune.
                              We figured out it had to be this plugin because it saves ps1 and txt files to, you guessed it, the Mesh Agent folder.
                              You probably should build in some garbage collection to prevent these files from filling up client disks.
                              
It also might be a security issue leaving all these scripts in an easy to find location that users have access to.
                              The fix on my end was to stop using the plugin and purge the c:\Program Files\Mesh Agent\ folder of all the ps1 and txt files
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