Task Scheduler & EMS script

Hi All,
I am trying to get Task Scheduler to run a script that needs to be run throught the exchange management shell but can't get it to work. If I run it just using powershell it runs but I don't get the correct results as some funtionality needs EMS.
I have followed this article:
http://mikepfeiffer.net/2010/02/creating-scheduled-tasks-for-exchange-2010-powershell-scripts/ but it doesn't work. I have looked at other article as well and they all say similar thiings.
Here is my line:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -command “. ‘E:\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\bin\RemoteExchange.ps1′; Connect-ExchangeServer -auto; D:\PowerShellScripts\mailboxcount3.ps1″
This matches the information in the above webpage.
Any ideas what I am missing or doing wrong?

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مع تحيات الادارة العامة لتقنية المعلومات
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HELP!!!
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Hi,
The issue might be related to the script or schedule task settings your configured. You’d better check the settings.
For example, which option do you set to run the scheduled task? You may select “Run whether user is logged on or not” instead of “run only when user is logged on” as shown in this article:
http://blog.pointbeyond.com/2010/04/23/run-powershell-script-using-windows-server-2008-task-scheduler/
Hope it helps.
Best Regards,
Sally Tang

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Sub CheckFilesIntegrity()
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Dim ObjFileSys, objFile,objCleanFile
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