I am running Windows 7 on a Dell Precision workstation. I started having this issue right after changing my PC name. I get the error message when in the Task Scheduler Library folder and right-click a task to Disable it.
Also, when I click Create Basic Task I get an error saying "Task Scheduler service is not available or the folder does not exist. Verify that the service is running and that the folder exists."
I have already tried the following solutions. Things I have tried to resolve the issue so far, but have failed:
I also posted on the Microsoft Community support forum here https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-winapps/windows-7-task-scheduler-wont-let-me-modifycreate/03034fae-462e-4dfa-bd7a-e328079e0f06?tm=1537553306933&auth=1.
EDIT
I was able to fix my Task Scheduler issues by changing my PC back to it's name before it started giving me issues. This makes me believe a path variable isn't being updated properly when changing my PC name, but I've already checked the registry and can't find any entries with my new or old PC name in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\Taskcache
.
I still need to change my PC name and be able to use Task Scheduler which I haven't found a solution to yet, so I haven't truly found a solution yet.
services.msc
) and check if the Task Scheduler service is running and configured to start automatically; if the service is not running, run it manually and note any error messages. 2. If the service fails, check Event Viewer console (eventvwr.msc
) and look for errors from sources:TaskScheduler
andService Control Manager
. UseFilter Current Log...
option on right panel. Try to repeat running the service manually and then hitF5
in the Event Viewer console to check for most recent errors.TaskScheduler
andService Control Manager
items and the only items that showed up were informational. No warning or error messages.