Run a batch file with Windows task scheduler

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I have a batch file daily bat  this is the code   cd C  inetpub wwwroot infoweb factuur cron c  PHP php exe -f   cron pdf php ftp -s ftp upload txt ftp site be   And I created a task with task scheduler in Windows 7  When I run the batch manually  everything goes fine  but when I try to run it with the task scheduler nothing happens   My action is    run script   C  inetpub wwwroot site x cron daily bat    UAC is off and I am Admin   Any idea why this is not working

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It is working now  This is what I did  You probably won t need all these steps to make it work but just to be sure try them all    Check the account parameters of your scheduled task and make sure they are set to run whether or not someone is logged into the machine check run with most privileges rights Make sure you go to the full path first  cd C  inetpub wwwroot infoweb factuur cron Don t use double quotes in your batch files  don t know why but seems to help  Be super admin  enter  Net user administrator  active yes  in command prompt  log out and log in as the super admin  so UAC is off

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I messed with this for several hours and tried many different suggestions   I finally got it to work by doing the following           Action  Start a program          Program Script  C  scriptdir script bat          Add arguments  optional  script bat          Start in  optional   c  scriptdir          run only when user logged in          run with highest privileges           configure for  Windows Vista  Windows Server 2008

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If all of the rest fails for you here ensure that the user you are trying to run the task as has access to the file you re trying to use   In my case I was trying to run a batch file from C  Users Administrator Desktop which the account couldn t access  Moving it to a neutral location on C   resolved the issue

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For those whose bat files are still not working in Windows 8  Task Scheduler   one thing I would like to add to Ghazi s answer - after much suffering   1  Under Actions  Choose  Create BASIC task    not  Create Task   That did it for me  plus the other issues not to forget    Use the Start In path to your batch file  even though it says optional  use quotes  if you need to  in your  Start a program   program script entry i e  C  my scripts runme bat      BUT DON T use quotes in your Start in field   Crazy but true     This worked without any need to trigger a command prompt     Sorry my rep is too low to add my Basic Task tip to Ghazi s comments

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None of the above method worked  I tried it this way as said it in a tutorial and it worked   Action   Start a program    Program script   cmd   Add arguments    c start     E  Django-1 4 1 setup bat    Worked for me on Win7 Pro  You must have an account with a password  blank passwords are no good

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Action  Start a Program  Program script  C  Windows System32 cmd exe  Add arguments   k start     E  scripts example bat   Add exit to the end of your batch file   The cmd window will not show if you select Run whether user is logged in or not  You need to select Run only when user is logged on to see the window in action

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Please check which user account you use to execute our task  It may happen that you run your task with different user then your default user  and this user requires some extra privileges  Also it may happen that the task is executed but you cant see any effect because the batch file waits for some user response so please check task manager if you see your process running  Once it happen that I schedule a batch with svn update of some web page and the process hangs because svn asked for accepting server certificate

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Make sure  Start In   has NO QUOTES

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I faced the same problem  but I found another solution without having to modify my batch script   The only thing that I missed out is at the  Action  settings -  Start in  Optional   option   Go the task properties --  Action tab --  Edit --  Fill up as below    Action  Start a program Program script  path to your batch script e g  C  Users beruk bodo bat Add arguments  optional    lt if necessary - depending on your script gt  Start in  optional   Put the full path to your batch script location e g  C  Users beruk  Do not put quotes around Start In    Then Click OK  It works for me  Good Luck

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Don t use double quotes in your cmd batch file Make sure you go to the full path start in  optional   C  Necessary file Reqular task QDE cmd practice

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Under Windows7 Pro  I found that Arun s solution worked for me  I could get this to work even with  no user logged on   I did choose use highest priveledges   From past experience  you must have an account with a password  blank passwords are no good   and if the program doesn t prompt you for the password when you finish the wizard  go back in and edit something till it does   This is the method in case its not clear which worked  Action  start a program Program script   cmd        doesn t need the  exe bit   Add arguments       c start     E  Django-1 4 1 setup bat

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Using the Run button in the Task Scheduler main window to test several variations finally found the correct settings  This two options must be combined  -Run only when user is logged on -Run with highest privileges  All other variations failed  It s infuriating all the time wasted on this  but at least it works  OS  WINDOWS 8 CORE  BASIC  VERSION

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Had an issue where my task was not firing simply because it was running on a laptop without a power cord    Under the conditions tab  by default it is checked so that a task will not run while AC power is not connected

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Make sure  Start In  does NOT end with a BACKSLASH

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Try run the task with high privileges   put a    at the end of path in  start in folder  such as c  temp   I do not know why   but this works for me sometimes

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