How to launch Windows Scheduler by command-line

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I mean to open the built-in Windows GUI from command line- not to launch by Schtasks

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This launches the Scheduled Tasks MMC Control Panel:

%SystemRoot%\system32\taskschd.msc /s

Older versions of windows had a splash screen for the MMC control panel and the /s switch would supress it. It's not needed but doesn't hurt either.

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Here is an example I just used   at 8am  EVERY M T W Th F S Su cmd  c c  myapp exe   The result was   Added a new job with job ID   1   Then  to check my work   at

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You can make a new shortcut to   control schedtasks   Name it something easy like  tsks lnk  and then save it in c  windows system32   You can now press Windows Key   R  then type  tsks  and press Enter and voila   No mouse necessary at that point  Or in Windows Vista 7 2008  just press Windows Key  then type  tsks  and press Enter

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If you   re asking what I think you   re asking  you can open it by executing this   explorer exe  C  WINDOWS Tasks

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This launches the Scheduled Tasks MMC Control Panel:

%SystemRoot%\system32\taskschd.msc /s

Older versions of windows had a splash screen for the MMC control panel and the /s switch would supress it. It's not needed but doesn't hurt either.

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I m also running XP SP2  and this works perfectly  from the command line        start control schedtasks

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Yes  the GUI is available in XP   I can get the list of scheduled tasks  but not the GUI  to open with the following command   control exe  schedtasks   Then you can use the wizard to add a new scheduled task  for example   In XP  you can find the Scheduler GUI from within Windows Help if you search for  Scheduled Tasks  then click on  Step by Step instructions  and open the scheduler GUI   Clicking on the last link executes the following command  which likely could be translatedinto something that would open the Scheduler GUI from the command line   Does anyone know how   ms-its C  WINDOWS Help mstask chm   EXEC  control exe  schedtasks CHM ntshared chm FILE alt url windows component htm

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You can make a new shortcut to   control schedtasks   Name it something easy like  tsks lnk  and then save it in c  windows system32   You can now press Windows Key   R  then type  tsks  and press Enter and voila   No mouse necessary at that point  Or in Windows Vista 7 2008  just press Windows Key  then type  tsks  and press Enter

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Yes  the GUI is available in XP   I can get the list of scheduled tasks  but not the GUI  to open with the following command   control exe  schedtasks   Then you can use the wizard to add a new scheduled task  for example   In XP  you can find the Scheduler GUI from within Windows Help if you search for  Scheduled Tasks  then click on  Step by Step instructions  and open the scheduler GUI   Clicking on the last link executes the following command  which likely could be translatedinto something that would open the Scheduler GUI from the command line   Does anyone know how   ms-its C  WINDOWS Help mstask chm   EXEC  control exe  schedtasks CHM ntshared chm FILE alt url windows component htm

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I m using Windows 2003 on the server  I m in action with  SCHTASKS EXE       SCHTASKS  parameter  arguments       Description          Enables an administrator to create  delete  query  change  run and         end scheduled tasks on a local or remote system  Replaces AT exe       Parameter List           Create         Creates a new scheduled task            Delete         Deletes the scheduled task s             Query          Displays all scheduled tasks            Change         Changes the properties of scheduled task            Run            Runs the scheduled task immediately            End            Stops the currently running scheduled task                           Displays this help message       Examples          SCHTASKS         SCHTASKS            SCHTASKS  Run            SCHTASKS  End            SCHTASKS  Create            SCHTASKS  Delete            SCHTASKS  Query             SCHTASKS  Change          -------------------------------------         Executed Wed 02 29 2012 10 48 36 65         -------------------------------------    It s quite interesting and makes me feel so powerful

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You might want to have look at simple command line scheduler  at      C  Documents and Settings mahendra patil gt at     The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date  The Schedule service must be running to use the AT command   AT    computername     id    DELETE     DELETE   YES   AT    computername  time   INTERACTIVE         EVERY date          NEXT date         command     computername     Specifies a remote computer  Commands are scheduled on the                    local computer if this parameter is omitted  id                 Is an identification number assigned to a scheduled                    command   delete            Cancels a scheduled command  If id is omitted  all the                    scheduled commands on the computer are canceled   yes               Used with cancel all jobs command when no further                    confirmation is desired  time               Specifies the time when command is to run   interactive       Allows the job to interact with the desktop of the user                    who is logged on at the time the job runs   every date        Runs the command on each specified day s  of the week or                    month  If date is omitted  the current day of the month                    is assumed   next date         Runs the specified command on the next occurrence of the                    day  for example  next Thursday    If date is omitted  the                    current day of the month is assumed   command           Is the Windows NT command  or batch program to be run

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You can use either TASKSCHD MSC or CONTROL SCHEDTASKS  Here are some more such commands

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You might want to have look at simple command line scheduler  at      C  Documents and Settings mahendra patil gt at     The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date  The Schedule service must be running to use the AT command   AT    computername     id    DELETE     DELETE   YES   AT    computername  time   INTERACTIVE         EVERY date          NEXT date         command     computername     Specifies a remote computer  Commands are scheduled on the                    local computer if this parameter is omitted  id                 Is an identification number assigned to a scheduled                    command   delete            Cancels a scheduled command  If id is omitted  all the                    scheduled commands on the computer are canceled   yes               Used with cancel all jobs command when no further                    confirmation is desired  time               Specifies the time when command is to run   interactive       Allows the job to interact with the desktop of the user                    who is logged on at the time the job runs   every date        Runs the command on each specified day s  of the week or                    month  If date is omitted  the current day of the month                    is assumed   next date         Runs the specified command on the next occurrence of the                    day  for example  next Thursday    If date is omitted  the                    current day of the month is assumed   command           Is the Windows NT command  or batch program to be run

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taskschd msc is available in Windows Vista and later   http   technet microsoft com en-us library cc721871 aspx  I could have sworn I d seen a little task scheduler GUI like you re talking about prior to Vista  but maybe I was thinking of the  Add Scheduled Task  wizard   You might have to settle for opening the scheduled tasks explorer with this command   control schedtasks   I couldn t find any way to launch the  Add Scheduled Task  wizard from the command line  unfortunately  there has to be a way

User · Answer

This launches the Scheduled Tasks MMC Control Panel:

%SystemRoot%\system32\taskschd.msc /s

Older versions of windows had a splash screen for the MMC control panel and the /s switch would supress it. It's not needed but doesn't hurt either.

User · Answer

Here is an example I just used   at 8am  EVERY M T W Th F S Su cmd  c c  myapp exe   The result was   Added a new job with job ID   1   Then  to check my work   at

User · Answer

You can use either TASKSCHD MSC or CONTROL SCHEDTASKS  Here are some more such commands

User · Answer

You might want to have look at simple command line scheduler  at      C  Documents and Settings mahendra patil gt at     The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date  The Schedule service must be running to use the AT command   AT    computername     id    DELETE     DELETE   YES   AT    computername  time   INTERACTIVE         EVERY date          NEXT date         command     computername     Specifies a remote computer  Commands are scheduled on the                    local computer if this parameter is omitted  id                 Is an identification number assigned to a scheduled                    command   delete            Cancels a scheduled command  If id is omitted  all the                    scheduled commands on the computer are canceled   yes               Used with cancel all jobs command when no further                    confirmation is desired  time               Specifies the time when command is to run   interactive       Allows the job to interact with the desktop of the user                    who is logged on at the time the job runs   every date        Runs the command on each specified day s  of the week or                    month  If date is omitted  the current day of the month                    is assumed   next date         Runs the specified command on the next occurrence of the                    day  for example  next Thursday    If date is omitted  the                    current day of the month is assumed   command           Is the Windows NT command  or batch program to be run

User · Answer

I m using Windows 2003 on the server  I m in action with  SCHTASKS EXE       SCHTASKS  parameter  arguments       Description          Enables an administrator to create  delete  query  change  run and         end scheduled tasks on a local or remote system  Replaces AT exe       Parameter List           Create         Creates a new scheduled task            Delete         Deletes the scheduled task s             Query          Displays all scheduled tasks            Change         Changes the properties of scheduled task            Run            Runs the scheduled task immediately            End            Stops the currently running scheduled task                           Displays this help message       Examples          SCHTASKS         SCHTASKS            SCHTASKS  Run            SCHTASKS  End            SCHTASKS  Create            SCHTASKS  Delete            SCHTASKS  Query             SCHTASKS  Change          -------------------------------------         Executed Wed 02 29 2012 10 48 36 65         -------------------------------------    It s quite interesting and makes me feel so powerful

User · Answer

If you   re asking what I think you   re asking  you can open it by executing this   explorer exe  C  WINDOWS Tasks

User · Answer

I m also running XP SP2  and this works perfectly  from the command line        start control schedtasks

User · Answer

taskschd msc is available in Windows Vista and later   http   technet microsoft com en-us library cc721871 aspx  I could have sworn I d seen a little task scheduler GUI like you re talking about prior to Vista  but maybe I was thinking of the  Add Scheduled Task  wizard   You might have to settle for opening the scheduled tasks explorer with this command   control schedtasks   I couldn t find any way to launch the  Add Scheduled Task  wizard from the command line  unfortunately  there has to be a way

User · Answer

You might want to have look at simple command line scheduler  at      C  Documents and Settings mahendra patil gt at     The AT command schedules commands and programs to run on a computer at a specified time and date  The Schedule service must be running to use the AT command   AT    computername     id    DELETE     DELETE   YES   AT    computername  time   INTERACTIVE         EVERY date          NEXT date         command     computername     Specifies a remote computer  Commands are scheduled on the                    local computer if this parameter is omitted  id                 Is an identification number assigned to a scheduled                    command   delete            Cancels a scheduled command  If id is omitted  all the                    scheduled commands on the computer are canceled   yes               Used with cancel all jobs command when no further                    confirmation is desired  time               Specifies the time when command is to run   interactive       Allows the job to interact with the desktop of the user                    who is logged on at the time the job runs   every date        Runs the command on each specified day s  of the week or                    month  If date is omitted  the current day of the month                    is assumed   next date         Runs the specified command on the next occurrence of the                    day  for example  next Thursday    If date is omitted  the                    current day of the month is assumed   command           Is the Windows NT command  or batch program to be run

User · Answer

This launches the Scheduled Tasks MMC Control Panel:

%SystemRoot%\system32\taskschd.msc /s

Older versions of windows had a splash screen for the MMC control panel and the /s switch would supress it. It's not needed but doesn't hurt either.

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