running schtasks as system user do not bring up the GUI of the launched application

Hi I am trying to launch notepad.exe and if someone closes it, I will bring it back up (polling one time every minute). For this I am using schtasks When I run schtasks as the currently logged in user I have no problem at all. I am using the ...

Message posted on the May 12th, 2010 - 2:46 AM ET

schtasks.exe for non admin user

Hello, I'm looking for a way to allow a user (that isn't an administrator), from a batch file saved on the server, to run (just run, not edit) using schtasks.exe a scheduled task on the server. At the 'schtasks' line the user get a denied access. ...

Message posted on the February 18th, 2010 - 6:32 AM ET

can I use schtasks on 2003 sever to run a task on a 2008 server

How can I use a schtasks on a 2003 server to run or query tasks on a 2008 server in the same domain? regards frank

Message posted on the March 26th, 2009 - 12:21 PM ET

scripting schtasks

Hi, Need some advice please. My problem in short: How can I script a task to run under user/other credentials without user intervention and without exposing the password through the script? In more detail: I have a logon script that creates a ...

Message posted on the February 10th, 2009 - 12:48 PM ET

how to run a Scheduled Task when not loggged on

Hello: I have successfully created a task in DOS to run in the Windows Server 2008 Task Scheduler, using the DOS SCHTASKS command and syntax. The task runs successfully, but only if I as Administrator am logged in. If I am not logged in, the task ...

Message posted on the July 5th, 2009 - 1:02 PM ET

copy scheduled tasks task.job to Win2000 and Win2003

I have a job that copies a task to our servers. After the copy is complete, I set the Run As credentials using "schtasks /change /ru system /tn task" This successfully sets the credentials on the Win 2003 servers, but not for Win 2000. ...

Message posted on the July 5th, 2009 - 12:48 AM ET

question on a cool script

One thing I love about IT. no matter how long you do it (over 16 yrs for me) or how good you think you are (with .cmd .bat files) you can always learn something ... So today I'm ready to learn! Found a cool script today using this code. for /F ...

Message posted on the January 26th, 2010 - 4:04 PM ET

2008 task scheduler

I have a scheduled task on our 2000+ Windows servers that runs scripts from a shared resource and saves results there too. My shared location is being moved and I need to change the scheduled task on all the servers. I have created a new scheduled ...

Message posted on the June 24th, 2009 - 1:35 PM ET

Shortcut to scheduled task wont work

I'm trying to get a program to 'run as administrator' via a scheduled task and a shorcut on my desktop. I've created the scheduled task, and this runs OK from the Task Scheduler. Now I want a shortcut on my desktop to run the task, so I've created ...

Message posted on the August 8th, 2009 - 9:29 AM ET

Scheduled Tasks Doesn't Wait for Backup to Finish

i have win xp sp3. i'm backing up all the computers in my workgroup. when i run the backups, they all try to run at once, but only one of them runs. the others get errors because my backup program will only allow one instance of it running at a ...

Message posted on the June 9th, 2009 - 5:24 AM ET

how schtasks