Scheduled Tasks Not Running

[Guest]

I'm updating from a previous question started much earlier today. Thge
scheduled tasks that I have set do not seem to be running for several reasons
that I will list later in this question. Although I doubt the tasks are
running, the scheduled tasks window says everything has been running on time.
And that is one of my suspicions....

When I took my computer in to get a check over for an unrelated problem, I
left it over night. The store does not plug in all their computers at nght
(which is when my tasks are set to run) and mine certainly didn't break that
rule... So how come when I got my computer back, the scheduled tasks window
still said all the tasks had run while the computer didn't even have a power
source? It ALWAYS says that all the tasks have run perfectly and on time.
It's like a routine that no matter what, the computer follows, even if the
tasks didn't run.

Another suspicion I have is that of the statistics window in my Ad-Aware SE
Pro. Apparently it has only run 3 times in the last 3 months. Does that sound
right to anyone when it's set to run every night?

If anyone has any ideas or can instruct me on all the different options I
should be selecting when creating a scheduled task to run while I'm logged
off, I would greatly appreciate it... Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I'm updating from a previous question started much earlier today. Thge
scheduled tasks that I have set do not seem to be running for several reasons
that I will list later in this question. Although I doubt the tasks are
running, the scheduled tasks window says everything has been running on time.
And that is one of my suspicions....

When I took my computer in to get a check over for an unrelated problem, I
left it over night. The store does not plug in all their computers at nght
(which is when my tasks are set to run) and mine certainly didn't break that
rule... So how come when I got my computer back, the scheduled tasks window
still said all the tasks had run while the computer didn't even have a power
source? It ALWAYS says that all the tasks have run perfectly and on time.
It's like a routine that no matter what, the computer follows, even if the
tasks didn't run.

Another suspicion I have is that of the statistics window in my Ad-Aware SE
Pro. Apparently it has only run 3 times in the last 3 months. Does that sound
right to anyone when it's set to run every night?

If anyone has any ideas or can instruct me on all the different options I
should be selecting when creating a scheduled task to run while I'm logged
off, I would greatly appreciate it... Thanks

Unfortunately you chose not to inform us WHAT task
you're actually running with your scheduled task, hence
I can only offer some general advice. Rather than running
your task directly from the Task Scheduler, embed it in
the following batch file, then invoke that batch file with
the task scheduler.

@echo off
echo %date% %time:~0,5% Start of task > c:\test.log
echo User=%UserName%, Path=%path% >> c:\test.log
c:\Tools\YourTask.exe 1>>c:\test.log 2>c:\test.err
echo ErrorLevel of c:\Tools\YourTask.exe=%ErrorLevel% >> c:\test.log
echo %date% %time% End of task >> c:\test.log

Now examine the two log files and all will become clear.

 

[lopcan]

thunderstruck_302:

I'm updating from a previous question started much earlier today. Thge

scheduled tasks that I have set do not seem to be running for several reasons
that I will list later in this question. Although I doubt the tasks are
running, the scheduled tasks window says everything has been running on time.
And that is one of my suspicions....

When I took my computer in to get a check over for an unrelated problem, I
left it over night. The store does not plug in all their computers at nght
(which is when my tasks are set to run) and mine certainly didn't break that
rule... So how come when I got my computer back, the scheduled tasks window
still said all the tasks had run while the computer didn't even have a power
source? It ALWAYS says that all the tasks have run perfectly and on time.
It's like a routine that no matter what, the computer follows, even if the
tasks didn't run.

Another suspicion I have is that of the statistics window in my Ad-Aware SE
Pro. Apparently it has only run 3 times in the last 3 months. Does that sound
right to anyone when it's set to run every night?

If anyone has any ideas or can instruct me on all the different options I
should be selecting when creating a scheduled task to run while I'm logged
off, I would greatly appreciate it... Thanks

maybe you have turn off Task service, try turn it on: Start > run > type
"services.msc" enter, find it and turn it on