Run a task every x-minutes with Windows Task Scheduler

Question

I m trying to get Windows Task Scheduler to run a particular  exe every 10 minutes or so  but the options only allow for once a day execution   Is there a way I can get it to run a  exe every 10 or 20 minutes

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To schedule the update to be automatic you should:

Go to Control Panel » Administrative Tools » Scheduled Tasks
Create the (basic) task
Go to Schedule » Advanced
Check the box for "Repeat Task" every 10 minutes with a duration of, e.g. 24 hours or Indefinitely
Leave End Date unchecked

If you cannot find the Schedule settings, look under: Properties, Edit, Triggers.

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You can also create a batch file like the following if you need finer granularity between calls    loop CallYour Exe timeout  t timeToWaitBetweenCallsInSeconds  nobreak goto  loop

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While taking the advice above with schtasks  you can see in the UI what must be done to perform an hourly task   When you edit trigger begin the task on a schedule  One Time  this is the key    Then you can select  Repeat task every   1 hour or whatever you wish   See screenshot

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The task must be configured in two steps   First you create a simple task that start at 0 00  every day  Then  you go in Advanced     or similar depending on the operating system you are on  and select the Repeat every X minutes option for 24 hours   The key here is to find the advanced properties  If you are using the XP wizard  it will only offer you to launch the advanced dialog once you created the task   On more recent versions of Windows  7  I think      Double click the task and a property window will show up  Click the Triggers tab  Double click the trigger details and the Edit Trigger window will show up  Under Advanced settings panel  tick Repeat task every xxx minutes  and set Indefinitely if you need  Finally  click ok

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In the  Repeat Task every   just type 2 minutes instead of choosing from the dropdown list

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Some of the links provided are only settings for Windows 2003 s version of  Scheduled Tasks   In Windows Server 2008 the  Tasks  setup only has a  box with options for  5 Minutes  10 minutes  15 minutes  30 mins  and 1 hour   screen shot  http   i46 tinypic com 2gwx7r8 jpg      where the Window 2003 was a  enter whatever number you want  textbox   I thought doing an  Export  and editing the XML from      PT30M to     PT2M  and importing that as a new task would  trick  Tasks into repeating every 2 mins  but it didn t like that  My workaround for getting a task to run every 2 mins in Windows 2008 was to  ugggh  setup 30 different  triggers  for my task repeating every hour but staring at  00   02   04   06 and so on and so on        took me 8-10 mins to setup but I only had to do it once   -

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On XP  I clicked the Advanced button on the Schedule tab  There is a checkbox for Repeat task  The default is every 10 minutes   Additionally  you can create scheduled task via the command line  I haven t tried this myself  but it looks like you d want something along the lines of  not tested    schtasks  create  tn  Some task name   tr  app exe   sc HOURLY

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After you select the minimum repeat option  5 minutes or 10 minutes  you can highlight the number and write whatever number you want

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