Questions tagged [windows-task-scheduler]
Task Scheduler is a component of Microsoft Windows that provides the ability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at predefined times or after specified time intervals.
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How can I schedule a time for a song to play in Windows Media Player or iTunes?
How can I launch Windows Media Player or iTunes, playing a song, with the Windows task scheduler.
I already know how to create a task and how to trigger it at a given time (launching iTunes / WMP).
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How to schedule a task with the Task Scheduler on Windows 7 that runs one minute later each day?
How to schedule a task with the Task Scheduler on Windows 7 that runs one minute later each day? That is on day one it runs at say 10:00 then the next day at 10:01, etc.
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Vista - perform scheduled actions only if screen is not locked
Ok, here's the general idea of what I want to do.
After a certain time, I would like the computer to nag me to go to sleep. Maybe every five minutes or so. But I don't want the messages to pop up if ...
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schedule a task to run every day within a time range?
How do I schedule a task to run once any time within a time range?
and also, just once in a day without specifying a time?
can windows task scheduler do it?
and specifically, if my computer is off ...
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Scheduled task giving last run result 0x80041324
I've got a scheduled task set up in my Windows 7 machine which is meant to run a BAT file when I'm not around, i.e. the machine has been idle for 15 minutes.
Does anyone know how to track down the ...
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Starting scheduled task by detecting connection of USB device
I know it has been discussed that it is not possible to start an application from an usb drive upon connection due to limitations of autorun (or autoplay??) in Win 7. But it is possible to create a ...
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Windows 7 scheduled task returns 0x2
I have identical scheduled tasks running in Windows XP Pro and Windows 7. The XP Pro one runs fine, the Windows 7 one always returns 0x2 (which means, "The system cannot find the file specified"; ...
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Windows Task Scheduler: Can I export (save) my tasks?
I've setup a dozens of tasks on the Windows Task Scheduler. Everything is working fine but now I am concerned about being able to re-create these tasks if the PC needs to be replaced. The problem is ...
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windows 7 task schedule / mysqldump
I've created a batch file to create a dump of a database and save it in a file with the current date as part of the file name. The batch file works brilliantly and all the data is saved correctly.
I'...
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Windows stuck in reboot loop due to existing Scheduled Task
Is there a way to stop Task Scheduler on startup?
I ask because I have made mistake while creating task, and now my computer shuts down after 1 min. That's not enough time to open the Task ...
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Win7 Task Scheduler Crashes with Error Description "RpcServerUseProtseq:ncacn_ip_tcp"
I just installed my fresh Windows 7 and so far are not very happy with it. Much more problems than with Windows Vista.
The latest in a series:
My Task Scheduler crashes right at the moment when I ...
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Automatically close program at a scheduled time each day
Is there a way to automagically determine if a program is running and close it at scheduled time, say 3 am every day?
Maybe use task scheduler to close said application? if this is possible any ...
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Running bat file using Windows scheduler
I wanted to run a .bat file in Windows task scheduler, so I opened it, added a new task, browsed to the bat file, and... nothing happened.
So I changed the timing to see if it'll run, and it didn't. ...
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Using a USB HDD being connected to trigger a scheduled task
In the Windows Vista & 7 task scheduler you can chose an event to trigger a task to run.
I have been looking through various logs (mainly system & hardware events) and cannot seem to find any ...
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How can i initiate a windows task from a shortcut?
I've created 2 tasks in Task Scheduler on my Vista PC start uTorrent at 2am then close uTorrent (and shutdown PC) at 7am. However i'd like to only like this task to run if I've clicked a shortcut - ...
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