Scheduled Tasks

[Greg Gerlach]

I need some help with a problem I'm having with getting
scheduled tasks to work. The scheduled application does
not start at the scheduled time even though the "Status"
in the Scheduled Task window says "Running" and the log
indicates the application was started. Despite those two
indications, the application does not start. I've tried
scheduling various applications and none will start. I
don't have any user or administrator passwords set up for
my computer, so that shouldn't be a factor.

Greg Gerlach
Lexington, KY

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I need some help with a problem I'm having with getting
scheduled tasks to work. The scheduled application does
not start at the scheduled time even though the "Status"
in the Scheduled Task window says "Running" and the log
indicates the application was started. Despite those two
indications, the application does not start. I've tried
scheduling various applications and none will start. I
don't have any user or administrator passwords set up for
my computer, so that shouldn't be a factor.

Greg Gerlach
Lexington, KY

- How do you know that the scheduled task does not start?
- Have you tried placing your task command inside a batch
file, adding some simple diagnostics, then examining the
log files?

@echo off
echo %date% %time% Start of task > c:\test.log
c:\Tools\SomeJob.exe 1>>c:\test.log 2>c:\test.err
echo %date% %time% End of task >> c:\test.log

 

[Greg Gerlach]

I first noticed the problem when my Norton AntiVirus
wouldn't begin a scheduled scan. So I did some testing
with the Task Scheduler. I tried to schedule simple tasks
that would open programs such as Microsoft Word. No matter
what I asked the Task Scheduler to do, I got the same
results as indicated in my original post. I tried this on
my other computers and the programs opened up right on
schedule, including NAV.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I can't really help you unless you take the time to run
a test like the one I suggested in my first reply.