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  • The problem is that office com automation doesn't work in a scheduled task out of the box. It's quite tricky to get this to actually work as it involves changing permissions in the 32bit dcom management console (C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dcomcnfg.exe). I don't have a proper documentation at hand atm, but that should point you into the right direction.
    – megamorf
    Commented Feb 27, 2017 at 14:10
  • I can find the file, but I'm not sure what to do with it. I am well out of my depth, I believe.
    – mbald23
    Commented Feb 27, 2017 at 14:12
  • You can try making a startup macro for office and then just run cscript Excel.exe and then the startup macro will run and close excel.
    – rrobben
    Commented Feb 27, 2017 at 14:14
  • Here's a MS link that explains how to do it: blogs.technet.microsoft.com/…
    – megamorf
    Commented Feb 27, 2017 at 14:15
  • @megamorf, I went in and gave all permissions, but it didn't change anything.
    – mbald23
    Commented Feb 27, 2017 at 14:28