Questions tagged [scheduled-task]
A scheduled-task means the launch of a program or script at predefined times or after specified time intervals.
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My scheduled task to run MpCmdRun.exe works with one set of flags but not another (fails with 0x2 "File not found")
I have a GPO that gives my Win10 workstations two scheduled tasks.
Task one runs C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe -removedefinitions -dynamicsignatures
Task two runs C:\Program Files\...
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Windows Defender Anti-Malware / Anti-Virus Does Not Reliably Update
Problem: Windows Domain environment with Windows 10 workstations that will not reliably update Windows Defender.
I use ACAS to scan my environment weekly, and every week at least a few of these ...
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Scheduled task to upload a file to S3 with PowerShell ignores user profile settings
I am using Windows task scheduler with a user that has an AWS profile configuration under C:\Users<username>.aws\configuration (content below)
[default]
s3 =
max_concurrent_requests = 300
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Schedule task in Windows 2012 R2 after all services are up
We have a Windows 2012 R2 with some services configured as delayed start due to having dependencies on other services, but not being shown in the corresponding tab. If such services are not configured ...
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Practice of high frequency scheduled Ansible playbook runs
I'm fairly new to administrating servers with configuration managers such as Ansible. I plan on running playbooks automatically on a schedule (via something like Ansible Semaphore, or even just Cron) ...
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Output file is empty when running powershell script from Task Scheduler
I have a powershell script, that write http response body to output.
When I run it from command line like this, it writes the response to Emails.log file
powershell "./InvokeMyApi.ps1 /api/emails/...
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Scheduled task with powershell won't restart when the script fails
Scenario
I want to invoke a rest api on daily basis with some retry mechanism in case the rest api is not available
Problem
Even when the action exits with a non zero exit code, it is not restarted.
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Scheduled Task not being deployed via GPO
I have created a FailedLogon task in GPO similar to this https://woshub.com/scheduled-task-gpo/
The task gets deployed if I run it as SYSTEM. But when trying to run it under a service account ...
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"Schedule Query Error" appeared while creating Schedule query in Big Query
I have been facing problem while Scheduling my query to get daily update.
Every time after scheduling my query when I click on saving that query "schedule query error" appears, after ...
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GPO Create Scheduled task to run only on specific network
I created a scheduled task over GPO and this one is available on a test machine. On my computer i am able to specify a specific network connection to execute the task. On our server, I can only select ...
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Windows scheduler : will same process instances concurrently run across different Tasks?
I have configured Windows Scheduler to not run many instances of my application :
But i am not sure about how windows will detect many instance. I mean i have an executable that deeply change its ...
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Google cloud VM instance schedules do nothing
I have an issue with my google cloud VMs: when I try to set a scheduled startup or stop for them via google cloud's "instance schedules" nothing happens at the specified time. I will walk ...
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ReFS scheduled tasks?
Does ReFS do any kind of automated tasks (reindex, consistency check, something like that) and if so, what/where/when?
I have a Server 2019 system that locks up every Saturday at midnight due to ReFS-...
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Syntax for creating SCHTASK.EXE tasks to run batch files that take parameters
I have a set of older batch files that scheduled the running of some maintenance tasks for a database that I look after. They used the AT command.
The database has been moved to Windows server 2016 ...
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how to stop scheduled auto reboots on Ubuntu
i installed a encrypted script on my server. all works as expected but there is a scheduled reboot after installing that script.
server auto reboots at a specific time everyday.
how can i stop this ? ...
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Windows Server 2012 scheduled task errors running program that runs fine when run at command line
I have a command line program (that I wrote) that I can run on Windows Server 2012. It connects to the MS SQL Database server on a different server which has a linked server to a Access database. It ...
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Can you copy a file to share with scheduled task not logged in?
On Server 2016, I'm trying to copy a file to a synology drive. I want the scheduled task to perform this task, without me being logged in.
The network path, requires a username and password.
NET USE I ...
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Why does a scheduled task access the database as anonymous (vs configured acct)?
**Update: I added a much shortened script which generates the same issue. See the bottom of this port:
I have a PowerShell script that runs a SQL query against a MSSQL server (different server). The ...
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Windows 2012 Server - Task not running with same setting as others which run perfectly
I have a Task created on Windows 2012 Server, that is set to run when I login, and it does just that, when I login it starts running, and if I want to I can run it manually:
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run task in the background
i have powershell script that check if the service is up and of not it starts it up,
$ServiceName = 'mapguideserver3.1'
$arrService = Get-Service -Name $ServiceName
while ($arrService.Status -ne '...
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Scheduled tasks created with schtasks are interactive only. How do I create a task on a server that will always run?
I have a web app deployed with an azure pipeline. Part of the deployment is to create scheduled tasks with schtasks. The line of DOS that creates my task is as follows.
schtasks /create /sc minute /mo ...
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How to delete a Scheduled task folder with PowerShell?
I need to delete a scheduled task folders on a lot of machines, ideally with PowerShell. I couldn't find anything on how to do that - it seems like the documentation covers everyting but folders.
Did ...
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Group Policy scheduled task for running .bat file applies, but task does not create
I am trying to add a scheduled task to run a batch file that updates / installs software. I created a GPO to create the task, using these settings:
Task Settings
Task settings 2
Task settings 3
For ...
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Service Account Permissions for Task Scheduler READ
I have a PowerShell script I've written to do a comparison of Scheduled Tasks between two nodes of our application server cluster. It uses this code to query the tasks from a given server...
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How to catch item that triggers a trigger in Task Scheduler?
I want to write a powershell script that get executed whenever a new item/eventlog entry in the eventlog 'Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Gateway/Operational' gets written.
It is easy to create a ...
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Alternate a task Windows Task Scheduler
I'm looking for a good way to alternate a task within the Windows Task Scheduler.
One Saturday, run Task A. Then the next Saturday, run Task B. Then repeat.
Any suggestions on how to accomplish that ...
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Best Method For Clearing User Data On Shared Windows Device?
I have had a client request that I setup a user account on a Windows device that will clear all user profile data once the account has been logged off. The computer is a shared device that will be ...
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Which server specs to look for for a Scheduler in a data stack?
I'm in the process of building a data stack for a small company : the choice has been made to have a UNIX server running as a "Scheduler". The goal of this scheduler is just to extract data ...
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Windows Server sometimes has wrong date
Having a Windows Server 2016 (hosted at Amazon AWS EC2) that is running successfully for years.
Since some month I'm experiencing that the Scheduled Tasks (e.g. a task that is configured to run daily) ...
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How to automatically save and force update of a dynamic DNS on pfSense?
Everytime the IP address of my pfSense changes i need to manually log-in to the panel, go to Services > Dynamic DNS > Actions [Edit] > ♻ Save & Force Update
Please, how do i do this using ...
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Task Scheduler jobs run with expired password user account, but not with locked user account
When setting up a task in task scheduler, our practice for over a decade is that the user who sets it up puts their domain account in the "Security Options -> When running the task, use the ...
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scheduled task to logon to remote windows 10 [closed]
I need to start some services on another Win10 machine every day which is not available as Service, and requires that someone logs on to the windows machine. The only way to do this is to login to ...
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Task Scheduler GPO for purging files does not apply due to OneDrive
I am trying to create a task with the following PS script:
$locations="$env:userprofile\Desktop\New folder (2)","$env:userprofile\Desktop\New folder (3)"
$Daysback = "-30"...
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Scheduled startup on Win10 Dell Inspiron?
I want my Dell Inspiron 15 3567 laptop to automatically switch on every morning at a particular time. I have been trying to work it out, opened my laptop's BIOS settings, but couldn't find anything ...
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How to close SFTP session with Azure logic app after task is finished?
We have an Azure logic app that checks every five minutes for files on an external SFTP server. Sometimes the requests fail. The external party indicated that this might be because the SFTP sessions ...
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Windows scheduled task - task with cmd script runs, but .NET console app doesn't
I'm creating Windows scheduled tasks in a Docker container with Powershell. As a test, I've got a simple batch file which writes the current date/time to a text file once an hour. This works perfectly:...
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Executing a PowerShell Script With Spaces in Arguments via Task Scheduler on Windows Server 2012
I'm attempting to create a scheduled task on Windows Server 2012 that will execute a powershell script that will create an archive of a specific directory once per day.
The arguments to execute the ...
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Windows 10 Run Task On Any Domain User Login and then Delete Task
I have a scenario where I need a non-domain joined Windows 10 to reboot after it gets joined to a domain and there's a logon of a domain user - any domain user, not a specific one. I'd also need this ...
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Is it possible to use both `After=` and `Before=` options towards the same unit (service) together in systemd service?
The Type=oneshot unit A.service is started hourly by A.timer and it Wants=B.service, but runs Before=B.service. Unit B.service is also Type=oneshot. The requirement here is that their processes ...
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Google Jobs: Quota exceeded for the number of App Engine Cron jobs
Yesterday at 8:00 am, I had a quota of 250 app-engine jobs.
At 9:00 am, I deployed a yaml file with 280 jobs, I got this error:
"error": {
"code": 429,
"message": "...
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Create a Windows Schedule Task via GPO to run as specified user
I am trying to create a Scheduled Task via Group Policy (Computer Configuration\Preferences\Control Panel Settings\Scheduled Tasks), to run as a specified domain service account.
However, when Group ...
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How does update management works for virtual machines in Azure?
We defined the execution's time of the update management with a runbook for 6 hours.
But I would like to know : Does update management work asynchronously (every virtual machines are getting updated ...
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Unable to modify Scheduled Task Windows 2008 SP2
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The server is a VM on vCenter, OS is Windows 2008 SP2.
There is no performance issue.
Everything is fine except, unable to modify Scheduled Task.
We can create a new Scheduled task, but once ...
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Server 2019 custom PowerShell script is getting queued (Code 325)
I'm a newbie to Windows Server so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if the server is at fault here.
I come from a Linux background and I wanted to make something similar to a cronjob. In ...
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Task scheduler history on who enabled a task
We have several deactivated scheduled tasks and someone activated one. Is there a way to see who did that?
There is no such information on the task's history.
It is on windows server 2012
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Task scheduler job not terminating after specified timeout
I have updated the "stop the task if it runs longer than" to 1 min. But the task job won't terminate after a minute. What am I missing here? And the job doesn't have any triggers configured.
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How to use gMSA account with Task Scheduler and Powershell to manage DHCP filters
I am struggling to keep DHCP filters in sync between multiple DHCP servers, each of them is running on a domain controller. I wrote a simple script to get filters from master DHCP server and push them ...
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Windows Server: scheduled backup not visible in Scheduled Tasks?
I have set Windows Server 2016 Standard to perform a local backup to a usb drive on a nightly basis at 9pm. The last several runs failed because the destination was disconnected. I've since ...
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OpenSSH Windows server 2012 : SCP process randomally working : with passowrd authentication
I have created a openSSH SCP bat script and scheduled task to run as SYSTEM. I use publickkey authentication method. For that converted a private key of winscp to openSSH key using putty key gen and ...
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Powershell script to create scheduled Task with argument
i have this Script which is checking if a named service is running. In the actual case its checking for "RSCDsvc" service.
if(!(Get-ScheduledTask | Where-Object {$_.TaskName -like "...
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