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Windows 7 scheduling tasks code#
Windows 7 scheduling tasks windows 8#

This script requires admin rights to create a new scheduled task.

Register-ScheduledTask -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -TaskName "AppLog" -Description "Daily dump of Applog" $trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 9am Powershell -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -command "& "' (This is a single-line command that wraps in this post.) Following is the command I decided to use. I then use CTRL-V to paste it into the Run dialog box.īy directly executing my command line, I can fine tune the command easily and quickly. In addition, by using Notepad, I can work with a long command and then use CTRL-A and CTRL-C to select and copy my command. Typing the command in Notepad provides me the chance to scroll and see exactly what I am typing, and it provides a convenient way for me to store my working command for later reference and reuse. So I type my commands in Notepad until I have something that works the way I want it to. Because the Run dialog box is not resizable (in fact, it doesn’t even scroll), it is frustrating to use.

But I use the Run dialog box to see if I have my command working properly. The hardest parameters to figure out are Execute and Argument. The Start in box translates to the –WorkingDirectory parameter of the cmdlet. For me, this is everything I want to pass to the PowerShell.exe command. The Add arguments box translates to the –Argument parameter. For me, that generally translates to PowerShell.exe. In the New-ScheduledTaskAction cmdlet, this is the –Execute parameter, and I specify the name of the program I want to run. The action that I want is to start a program. Here is the form for creating a new scheduled task action: The graphical form can provide some clues. Not only is this a requirement, but it can also be really frustrating. What do I want the scheduled task to do? Without specifying an action, there is no reason to create a scheduled task. There are a few things that are required when it comes to creating a schedule task.

Windows 7 scheduling tasks windows 8#

Note The Scheduled Task module first appeared with Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Luckily, with Windows PowerShell, it is much easier. Mistakes like that mean you cannot really bill the customer for it, which becomes a double whammy-the lost time and the lost billing.

Windows 7 scheduling tasks code#

Often, my code was simply missing a comma, a quotation mark, or a space. When I was consulting, I hated creating scheduled tasks because if I messed up, I had to drive across town to try to troubleshoot the thing. And when I am done creating a scheduled task, I am not really sure what it is going to do until it runs (or does not run) at the next scheduled time. Not only that, it is easy to make a mistake. Snow in the deep south is about as rare as-well…as rare as people who enjoy manually creating scheduled tasks.ĭude, creating scheduled tasks is boring. At least then there would be an excuse for the dreariness. Today, it is cold, wet, and rainy-not exactly my favorite combination. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here.

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create a scheduled task.