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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View a program under a different login session? (Windows Server 2008)
we have a server which is running WinSrv 2008 (not R2). There is a scheduled task on this server which runs at startup and just runs continuously, waking on an interval per a db setting to do work and ...
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How to set up Windows Server 2003 to notify on scheduled task failure?
When trying to set up my Scheduled Task, I don't see an option to handle failures? Is there functionality that I'm missing?
What I would like to have is an email notification when a scheduled task ...
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SQL Server 2008 (SSMS) : Find next run date for a job
I would like to know if there is a way to get the next time a job is supposed to be running in SQL Server 2008, using a T-SQL query or even in SSMS if possible, without having to consult all the ...
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Why can't I create a scheduled task using a domain account?
I don't recall running into this problem before, but I've hit a brick wall today.
I'm trying to create a scheduled task, and I'm using credentials for my domain account, which is also an ...
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How to switch to gui-less vmware session in XP?
I have a scheduled task that runs a vmware session in the middle of the night (this in turn does a task from our legacy server). Last night, it did not complete. Is there a way to attach to the ...
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Scheduled Task to show console window when logged on but still run when not logged on
Is it possible (and if so, how) to set up a task (console application) in Server 2008 so that it'll run both when a user is logged in and when no user is logged in, AND - if the user is logged in (...
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wbadmin doesn't run as scheduled task
Continued from: wbadmin system state backup fails
When I put the following a bat file and run it as scheduled task, I see that the webadmin.exe process starts but it never seems to create backup:
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Scheduled Task has finished but still shows status as running
I have a scheduled task on a Windows Server 2000 box which is scheduled to run daily. On Monday, the task ran perfectly in that the thing it fires off (a console application) completed, but the ...
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check to see if a program is running, if it isn't then run it?
Is there a way in Windows to check to see if a program is running (in this case a java application) and if it isn't running (because of a crash) re-run it?
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"The user account does not have permission to run this task"
I'm trying to get a scheduled task to run on Windows Server 2008. It has been working fine for months, and then hung, so I killed it, and now I can't get it to start. (In case it's not obvious, I'm ...
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Is it possible to disable a scheduled task from the command line in Windows XP?
On my Windows 7 machine I can run something like:
schtasks.exe /Change /TN "MyTaskName" /Disable
But /Disable doesn't seem to be available in Windows XP - is there any way of disabling it from the ...
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How to automate turning on/off Windows VPN connection
I want to automate VPN connection to come ON nightly so that a database can replicate, then I would like to have it turned off. I know how to schedule Tasks, but is there a command line interface for ...
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Trying to use schtasks to run bubbaA.bat at 10:00 a.m each day using the following
schtasks /c1reate /tn "bubbaA.bat" /tr "\"\d:\1\sapd\tastks\" arguments" /sc daily /sd 07/22/2010 /st 10:00:00 /Ru system /RP *
INFO: The Schedule Task "bubbaA.bat" will be created under user name ("...
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Detecting and flagging Scheduled Tasks that have run incorrectly
I have a number of scheduled tasks that run on various Windows servers. They are mostly custom console applications which we have written.
Currently, when the app has finished running, we send out an ...
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Looking for something to execute a webpage every day using windows server!
I have windows server 2008 and ASP.NET application running on it. There is a page that renews all subscribers and should be run every 1 hour or so. I want to have this done automatically every hour.
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Windows Server 2003 scheduled tasks not running
The task which I want to run runs fine manually. But when I set a time for it to run using "Scheduled Tasks", it doesn't run.
What may be causing the problem? How do I fix it?
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How to find which services/tasks in a domain are using domain credentials?
I've got an old service account that is attached to an undetermined amount of scheduled tasks and services across 7 or 8 servers.
Unfortunately, this account was created by a previous employee who ...
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Failed Scheduled Task Does Not Restart
On a Windows 2008 Server I have a scheduled task which is configured to restart if the task fails. Everything works fine if the command succeeds.
However, if the command runs and returns a failure ...
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How to run powershell script as Logon/logoff script on Windows 2003?
I've installed PowerShell Version 1.0 on my Windows 2003 server. How do I run a PowerShell script during logon or logoff event? I tried this through
Local Computer policy>User
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"No mapping between account names and security IDs was done" when importing Scheduled Tasks In Windows 2008?
OK, I have a Windows 2008 Server scheduled task that runs on system startup. This works fine. But I want to move this task to another box (actually, I'm using Amazon and need this to work on other ...
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Searching for Scheduled Tasks (WIN2K3)
First off, I'm not a sysadmin but a developer.
We're performing some system maintenance that will require our production servers to be offline for a period of ~14 hours. I've been tasked with making ...
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How do I give a user permisson to view scheduled task history on Server 2008?
I've set up a scheduled task on Server 2008 and want to run it as a user other than the local administrator. So I choose a domain account created specifically for this task and once I've closed the ...
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Query schtasks using Powershell
On a Windows7 machine I am trying I can run a query to view all the scheduled tasks using schtasks.exe
This is fine but I would also like to filter the result set using something like
schtasks /...
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Process runs slower as a scheduled task than it does interactively
I have a scheduled task which is very CPU- and IO-intensive, and takes about four hours to run (building source code, if you're curious). The task is a Powershell script which spawns various sub-...
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How do you monitor and react when some scheduled job fails? - general question
In many projects my team faced problems with 'silent fails' of some important components. There are lot of tasks executed behind the scenes and if somethings fails (either by errors in logic or ...
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Linux: Schedule command to run once after reboot (RunOnce equivalent)
I'd like to schedule a command to run after reboot on a Linux box. I know how to do this so the command consistently runs after every reboot with a @reboot crontab entry, however I only want the ...
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How to disable scheduled task services
As I am still fighting with Conficker infection on my Win Server 2003.
I will like to temporarily disable scheduled task services on server.
Until I can be sure that infection of network is over.
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How to schedule opening of command line or application in another PC
I am trying to schedule the opening of a command line to run task in another pc. But I am not able to open them.
AT \\OTHERPC 15:00 "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" BATCHJOB.bat
Any ideas?
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Script for run script on vbs
Hello everybody I have a script on vbscript
Dim WSHShell, WinDir, Value, wshProcEnv, fso, Spath
Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim objFSO, objFileCopy
Dim strFilePath, strDestination
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Automate creation of Windows startup script?
Is there a good way to automate installing local startup (rather than login) scripts in Windows XP and Windows 7, via the command line, WMI, COM, or otherwise (even Win32 if it comes to that)?
I need ...
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Schedule a batch file with parameters containing spaces
I need to schedule a task in Windows Server 2003 that executes this script that deletes files older that n days in the specified folder. The script needs 3 parameters:
%1 path to folder where files ...
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scheduled task share permissions
I would like to know if there is a way I can share :
\\server\Scheduled Tasks
On server 2003 with normal users, cause as far as I can tell it seems only administrators can see this share, is there ...
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Cannot schedule task to run under domain user account other than current user
On our Win 2008 machines I can't schedule tasks for domain users because the domain name does not resolve to network name but the AD dc name.
The "network name" looks like ABCDEFGE-HIJKLM and the "dc"...
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Task Scheduler permissions error for some jobs
I have recently moved to a 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2. I setup my Scheduled Tasks to run under one user (TaskUser) specifically created for the scheduler and most run just fine. However some of ...
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cron job executing every minute but should be setup to execute every 4 hours
Note: I've viewed cron: can’t lock /var/run/crond.pid, otherpid may be 3759 but I believe my question is different (but with the same resulting problem.)
I'm very new to cron. I setup a script to run ...
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Can I disable Windows Server 2008 R2 Customer Experience Tasks?
Can I disable the CEIP and Application Experience Tasks in the task scheduler without hesitation?
I'm talking about:
\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience:
"AitAgent" and "...
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How can I run a job when the server load is low?
I have a command that runs a disk snapshot (on EC2, freezing an XFS disk and running an EBS snapshot command), which is set to run on a regular schedule as a cron job. Ideally I would like to be able ...
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Problem with creation of scheduled task from IIS6 on SR2003
I have also posted this question on stackoverflow, but will also try here, since it might be more system-related
I am writing a webapplication using .NET. The webapp creates scheduled tasks using the ...
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There are no email addresses or profiles when trying to configure a scheduled job to use email notification in SQL Server 2008?
I have configured and tested the database mail. That all works.
I configured SQL Server agent to use the profile I created.
I restarted SQL Server agent.
When I configure the job and go to ...
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Open Web Page in Windows 2008 R2 Task Scheduler runs forever
I have a number of scheduled tasks which simply open a web page in Windows Server 2008 R2. They used to run and end without abending, but now they open and stay open and I have to setup the task to ...
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How do I backup scheduled tasks in Windows 2008
"once" I did backup my scheduled tasks by xcopy'ing %winDir%\Tasks\*.job
However this does not seem to work in Server 2008.
How do I backub my scheduled tasks using xcopy/7zip/winrar ?
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Run task every 90 minutes with cron
Trying to adjust a cron job to run every 90 min. It was previously running every 20 min, which was a simple cron job:
*/20 * * * * whatever
To change it to every 90, it seems like I need to split it ...
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can a scheduled task run a c# console app or a java command?
I have 2 tasks that need to be run, 1 of them is a c# console application and another is a java application (main/console app also).
Can a scheduled task make a call to the cmd prompt like:
java -...
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L character in Cron Expression for "Last Day of the Month"
I'm currently writing an article on cron aimed at people who are familiar with the tool, but don't necessarily use it often. I want the examples to be compatible with most common Unix desktops in use (...
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Schedule Task run Without Being Logged in
I have seen similar threads here and on the net, but I think my question is slightly different than what I can find...
I have a script that runs perfectly when logged in with a service account I ...
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Windows Scheduled Task - 'Ping' webpage every xx minutes
What's the best way to have a Windows Server request some webpage every xx minutes? Coming from the Linux world, I know I can do this with a cron job using curl or wget. I don't need to save the ...
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Windows Scheduled Task - "could not start"
I'm trying to add a task to the windows task scheduler, but the path for my .exe is in a directory with spaces so it cannot find the file. It gives me an error of "could not start" and in the log it ...
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Is it possible for a Scheduled Task to run as NETWORK SERVICE?
It is quite simple to set up a task to run as a SYSTEM, but when setting it to NETWORK SERVICE it show "Access is denied" error message.
Is there any way to get this working? (The problem is that I ...
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A tool to acquire tasks [closed]
I have several machines that I want to use them in the following way: There is a central queue of tasks/jobs(that i can define) on some machine, there are other machines that when are free of tasks ...
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How do I kick off iexplore.exe to open a url from a windows 2003 scheduled task? It only seems to open the required url when I am logged in as the user it runs under
I want to startup iexplore once an hour pointed at a specific url to kick off some processing.
It's a Windows 2003 server with Internet Explorer 7 running in enhanced security configuration.
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