{"id":38465,"date":"2012-10-12T18:15:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=38465"},"modified":"2012-10-12T18:15:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:15:37","slug":"automatically-run-defined-tasks-with-task-scheduler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/automatically-run-defined-tasks-with-task-scheduler\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatically run defined tasks with Task Scheduler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Fred Langa for Windows Secrets Newsletter<\/p>\n

Automatically run defined tasks with Task Scheduler<\/h4>\n

Task Scheduler is part of Windows\u2019 Administrative Tools, a suite of professional-quality, system-management utilities used to adjust and control many of the operating system\u2019s essential functions and features.<\/p>\n

Starting with XP, these tools are either built into Windows or are offered as free add-ons. This guide to using Task Scheduler is the fourth installment in our Windows Administrative Tools series.<\/p>\n

Part One<\/a> of theseries explains what the tools are and how to make them easily available from the Windows Start menu.<\/p>\n

Part Two<\/a> discusses Windows\u2019 Performance Monitor, which reports in real time what\u2019s happening within the OS as programs run \u2014 or fail to run!<\/p>\n

Part Three<\/a> describes how to use Windows\u2019 Memory Diagnostic tool to thoroughly test your system\u2019s random-access memory.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll focus on the Windows 7 version of Task Scheduler because that\u2019s the OS most Windows Secrets readers are currently running. Windows XP\u2019s and Vista\u2019s Task Schedulers are similar, so many of the instructions given below also apply to those operating systems. I\u2019ll also include links for Vista- and XP-specific information.<\/p>\n

The basics of how Task Scheduler works<\/strong><\/p>\n

To understand how Task Scheduler automatically runs defined tasks, you have to understand triggers. In many cases, a trigger is simply a specific time when Task Scheduler should run a task. You set both the time and the task. Time-based triggers can be once-only (such as \u201cat 8 p.m.\u201d) or repeating (\u201cevery Tuesday at 8 p.m. for the next 52 weeks\u201d).<\/p>\n

There are, however, other kinds of triggers \u2014 for example, system events (such as startup, sign-on, sign-off, or shutdown) or just about any kind of error condition.<\/p>\n

You can define any number of tasks. For example, you might have Task Scheduler run a cleanup tool at every system shutdown, automatically launch Windows Network Diagnostics when a connection fails, or start a malware scan late at night when your PC is otherwise idle.<\/p>\n

Task Scheduler can do much more than merely launch a program. Obviously, once a program is launched, you want it to actually do something \u2014 not just idly sit there.<\/p>\n

To specify what the program should do once it\u2019s running, you use special commands \u2014 technically called command line inputs or arguments \u2014 which are really nothing more than plain-text equivalents of the mouse clicks normally used to control a program.<\/p>\n

In short, any program that accepts command-line inputs can be controlled via Task Scheduler.<\/p>\n

An app\u2019s online support pages will tell you what command-line inputs are allowed \u2014 if any \u2014 and how to use them. Here are two examples:<\/p>\n

Piriform\u2019s CCleaner clean-up tool accepts a few command-line inputs; they\u2019re listed and explained on the app\u2019s advanced usage page. You can, for instance, use Task Scheduler to automatically run CCleaner and then shut down Windows when CCleaner is done.<\/p>\n

Searching the Microsoft site, you\u2019ll find that Windows\u2019 Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) accepts command-line inputs. An MS Help & How-to page lists supported command-line options.<\/p>\n

Searching a publisher\u2019s support pages will sometimes reveal that there are two versions of an app \u2014 one with a normal graphical user interface and another, nongraphical version specifically intended for command-line use. That stripped-down version will work nicely in Task Scheduler. (I\u2019ll give an example below.)<\/p>\n

Rest of the Story Here…<\/a><\/p>\n

This excerpt appears with permission from Windows Secrets Newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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