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'''Task Scheduler''' is a component of [[Microsoft Windows]] that provides the ability to schedule the launch of programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals: [[job scheduling]] (task scheduling).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Keep your Windows desktop in shape with Task Scheduler|work=[[TechRepublic]]|date=2002-01-04|url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/keep-your-windows-desktop-in-shape-with-task-scheduler/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Task Scheduler?|work=[[Computer Hope]]|date=2020-11-30|url=https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/t/tasksced.htm}}</ref> It is implemented as a [[Windows service]]<ref>{{cite book|author-first=John Paul|author-last=Mueller|year=2010|title=Windows Command Line Administration Instant Reference|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=978-0470930908}}</ref> and was first introduced in the [[Microsoft Plus!]] for [[Windows 95]] as ''System Agent''<ref>{{cite web

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