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    Windows 7 How to edit (e.g. name) of a task in built-in Task Scheduler?

    Assume I setup a task in Task Scheduler. It appears in Task Scheduler as active task with the status "Ready". Now I want to edit this task e.g. the name of the task. How can I achive this? If I mark e.g. the task in task list or double click on it then I still can not edit the entry...
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    Windows 10 UpdateOrchester messed up, TS is dead, Windows is dying

    Hello! i have a big problem waiting for quick solution, but spendig hours over it did not produce any solution. I needed to disable Windows Update, so I opened Task Scheduler and deleted the triggers of all tasks in UpdateOrchester directory under Windows. It would be enough to disable update...
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    Windows 10 scheduled tasks

    Hey, so i recently started using the task scheduler to have my pc shutdown a few hours after i leave it, but its becoming a bit cumbersome to manually delete the tasks everytime they stack up, as well as making new ones everytime. So im asking for advice, is there a way to make an ongoing task...
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    Windows 10 Pros and cons of Windows updates

    I have adopted a fairly old IT philosophy of 'If its not broken, don't fix it' when it comes to Windows 10. After all, the only 'valuable' stuff on your computer are documents and emails which you spent time on - if these are 'lost' there is a cost to recover this data. So - for the past...
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    Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Task Scheduler

    Our domain is at the Windows Server 2008 R2 Forest level. Our servers are running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Windows 2012 R2 Standard Our workstations are running a mix of operating systems including Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. I have created a scheduled task in Group...
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    Windows 10 How check every x minutes if there is specific bat file in the folder, and execute if present

    I want to do the following - first deploy new version of software to multiple PCs, and then restart all PCs for changes to take effect. First part is not a problem, for second part is it possible to check if there is restart.bat in Dropbox folder every x minutes, and if there is, execute it...
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    Windows 7 conhost.exe sc.exe

    Hello Is it normal for a windows to run this two files at/after boot (always delayed) for time to time and at specific time always 1:00 AM (conhost) or is some kinda virus ?? I'm using win 7 ultimate x64 Thanks for help
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    Windows 7 windows 7 task idle

    Trying to run a task on my Windows7 (Home Premium 64bit) notebook, when it is "idle". But task does not start. Task has a second trigger, running at certain time, this works. But idle is working, because when screensaver is acticated, it starts after "idle" time. Trying same task on my Windows7...
  9. mememaine

    Windows 8 problem with black screen win 10

    I have had this problem for about a month...when my desktop image closes...my desktop goes to black, until i bring up task scheduler, my program comes back, and I then have to close task scheduler in order to get back. also goes to black after 10 min or so...and then i have to go back thru the...
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    Windows 10 Task scheduler

    I have created a task that will run once every night 01:00 on my Windows machine. It worked OK before upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. Now it doesn't. When I try to run it manually from Task Scheduler following error occurs: Task Scheduler service is not available. Task Scheduler will attempt to...
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    Windows 10 How to run concurrent batch jobs in task scheduler

    hi, This should be an easy answer. I want to create one scheduled task, it will be called "CLEAR_PHOTOSBYDATE", see attached pic or (approximate example, not literal job...yet) In this task I will have several batch jobs. I know how to set it up to run them consecutively, 1st one runs, the 2nd...
  12. Cardinal System

    Windows 7 Grant Admin Privileges To Batch File - Solved

    I have a batch file that runs on logon as a task, but it does not work on non-admin desktops because it uses admin level commands. I want it to run as administrator without prompting the user for a password. I tried going into the file properties, clicking compatibility, and checking "Run This...
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    Windows 8 Event error every thirty seconds (ID 16385)

    I noticed a few days ago that in my event logs every 30s I'm getting Failed to schedule Software Protection service for re-start at [....] Error Code: 0x80070005. [...] = time/date I've tried Googling the errors and following their instructions, making sure Task Scheduler, RPC & RPC Locator...
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    Windows 10 completely disable windows defender schedules

    I can stand no more windoes defender automated schedules. My laptop CPU rockets to 70% for half and hour and the lappy gets boiling. I have attempted to disable each entry in task scheduler however this will not stop defender to run randomly How can I stop this? PS - I want to keep real time...
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    Windows 7 Task Scheduler corrupted after Win 10 reversion

    Couldn't find anything in searches but I gather this has become a problem for a few others possibly. I only had one task manually set up (as opposed to those Windows does) but after I'd reverted from Windows 10 it didn't run any more. I presumed it was the only one with any issues so didn't...
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    Debugging a background task on a time trigger

    Link Removed The TimeTrigger class is extremely useful when your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app has background tasks you want to run periodically. For instance, if you are writing a mail app, you will want to regularly poll for new messages in the background with a time trigger. If you...
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    Windows 10 Background Processes

    Hi guys. I was wondering if anyone could explain something weird I found today. I went to my recycle bin and found some files in there that while I have no idea what they are for, I have a feeling they are not supposed to be there. I'm using windows 10 64 bit btw. These are the files in there...
  18. Jin Chua

    Open WebMartix3 on Windows Startup

    Please advise me how to setup WebMartix3 open when Windows Server 2012 R2 bootup. I want it to start the program (WebMartix3) before I login my account. (meaning it will start the program before I keying my password in the login screen of Windows Server 2012 R2) I had tried Task Scheduler but...
  19. Lylio

    Windows 10 Task Scheduler - how to run program on different drive?

    Hi, I'm trying to set up a task using Task Scheduler to run a game which is on one of my secondary drives, drive F: - I have Windows 10 installed on the C: drive. The problem I'm having is Task Scheduler doesn't seem able to start a program if it's on any drive except C: - I can create a task...
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    Windows 7 Task scheduler won't launch a task

    Hi. I'm trying to wake my win 7 pc from sleep (not from hibernation) using task scheduler but I'm having some problems. The pc does not wake up. I have set a task that has an action to starts cmd.exe and argument is "/c "exit"". Windows runs as a shell and apparently running windows as a shell...
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