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'''Task Scheduler''' (formerly '''Scheduled Tasks''')<ref name=":0" /> is a [[job scheduler]] in [[Microsoft Windows]] that launches [[computer program]]s or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals.<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> Microsoft introduced this component in in the [[Microsoft Plus!]] for [[Windows 95]] as ''System Agent.''<ref>{{cite web|author=Al Fasoltd|date=March 29, 1998|title=Windows 98: Stable and fast, as well as 'new and improved'|url=http://www.technofileonline.com/texts/tec032998.html|access-date=2007-10-06|publisher=The Syracuse Newspapers}}</ref> Its core component is an eponymous [[Windows service]].<ref name="Mueller-2010">{{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> The Windows Task Scheduler infrastructure is the basis for the [[Windows PowerShell]] scheduled jobs feature introduced with PowerShell v3.<ref>{{cite book|author-last=Warner|author-first=Timothy L.|year=2015|title=Sams Teach Yourself Windows PowerShell in 24 Hours|publisher=[[Sams Publishing]]|isbn=978-0134049359}}</ref>

Task Scheduler can be compared to [[cron]] or [[anacron]] on [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s. This service should not be confused with the [[Scheduling (computing)#Windows|scheduler]], which is a core component of the OS [[kernel (computing)|kernel]] that allocates [[CPU]] resources to processes already running.