Task Scheduler will not start, getting error message...can't find

[Guest]

When trying to start apply a task the task wouldn't start, so I went to
ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS, clicked on SERVICES, and then clicked on START when
TASK SCHEDULER was highlighted. I subsequently recieved the following error
message.... Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

Did I accentally delete something? Can I reinstall?

Thanks,
Robe

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

When trying to start apply a task the task wouldn't start, so I went to
ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS, clicked on SERVICES, and then clicked on START when
TASK SCHEDULER was highlighted. I subsequently recieved the following error
message.... Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

Did I accentally delete something? Can I reinstall?

Thanks,
Robe

Run regedit.exe, than navigate to this spot:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule

Now have a look at ImagePath, then check out the file that
is refrenced there. Did you delete it? If so then you must
restore it from the i386 folder of your WinXP CD, then
re-apply the current Service Pack.

 

[S.Sengupta]

Other option is to repair install.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

 

[Guest]

Run regedit.exe, than navigate to this spot:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule

Now have a look at ImagePath, then check out the file that
is refrenced there. Did you delete it? If so then you must
restore it from the i386 folder of your WinXP CD, then
re-apply the current Service Pack.


I ran regedit. exe and I was able to find the following file data in the above listed ImagePath folder .......%SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

Does this mean that I didn't delete the necessary file? What else could it
be?

 

[Guest]

When trying to start apply a task the task wouldn't start, so I went to
ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS, clicked on SERVICES, and then clicked on START when
TASK SCHEDULER was highlighted. I subsequently recieved the following error
message.... Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

Did I accentally delete something? Can I reinstall?

Thanks,
Robert

I ran regedit. exe and I was able to find the following file data in the
above listed ImagePath folder .......%SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k
netsvcs
Does this mean that I didn't delete the necessary file? What else could it
be?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

the above listed ImagePath folder
........%SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

Does this mean that I didn't delete the necessary file? What else could it
be?

What type is ImagePath? It must be RegExpand_SZ.

 

[Guest]

the above listed ImagePath folder
........%SystemRoot%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

What type is ImagePath? It must be RegExpand_SZ.


I checked and the "TYPE" is RegExpand_SZ

What else could it be?
Thanks, I really appreciate the help...I'm lost.
Robert

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

What else could it be?
Thanks, I really appreciate the help...I'm lost.
Robert

AFAIR, the Task Scheduler is bundled with IE6, hence a
re-installation of IE6 might fix the problem.

I also note that the following files appear to relate to the
Task Scheduler. They are all located in the System32
directory.
- mmtask.tsk
- mstask.dll
- schtasks.exe
Perhaps one of them is missing on your machine, or maybe
one of them has inappropriate NTFS permissions.