# Issue with Snapshot action

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/issue-with-snapshot-action/3229>\
**Category:** General Topics\
**Created:** [August 29, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/issue-with-snapshot-action/3229 "2024-08-29T21:11:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/issue-with-snapshot-action/3229/1 "2024-08-29T21:11:06Z")

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Hi,

I have a powershell script that looks to see if outlook is running and if so sleeps for 100 s. Script runs fine in vstudio.  
When I run a scheduled or manual snapshot I’m getting “exit status 1.”  
I have the before snapshot action defined as “powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -File C:\ZZ\_Policy\Close\_OutLook\_Sleep\_2\_Min.ps1” but the JSON rep has double \ ?

Not sure what’s causing this, any help would be appreciated.

```
"actions": {
    "beforeSnapshotRoot": {
        "path": "powershell",
        "args": [
            "-WindowStyle",
            "Hidden",
            "-file",
            "C:\\ZZ_Policy\\Close_OutLook_Sleep_2_Min.ps1"
        ],
        "timeout": 120,
        "mode": "essential"

```