Windows Task Scheduler: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox software

| name = Windows Task Scheduler

| screenshot = Windows Task Scheduler.png

| screenshot_size = 300px

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* [[Windows 98]] and later<br />(Windows 9x family)

* [[Windows 2000]] and later<br />(Windows NT family)

* [[ReactOS]]<br />(Windows NT-like)

| genre = [[Windows service]]

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|archive-date=April 12, 2006

}}</ref> Windows Vista uses Task Scheduler 2.0 to run various system-level tasks;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939039|title=Description of the scheduled tasks in Windows Vista|date=August 24, 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022033307/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939039|archive-date=October 22, 2007}}</ref> consequently, the Task Scheduler service can no longer be disabled (except with a simple registry tweak).

[[Image:Windows 7 Task Scheduler.png|thumb|right|Task Scheduler 2.0 in [[Windows 7]]]]

Task Scheduler 2.0 exposes an [[API]] to allow computer programs and scripts create tasks.<ref name="VBSPR" /><ref name="kerr">{{cite web

| url = http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/10/WindowsCPP/

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* 0x80041327: The task has properties that are not compatible with earlier versions of Windows.

* 0x80041328: The task settings do not allow the task to start on demand.

* 0x80070002: The Task Scheduler cannot find the file.

* 0x800710E0: The operator or administrator has refused the request.

* 0xC000013A: The application terminated as a result of a CTRL+C.

* 0xC0000142: The application failed to initialize properly.