Create, delete, edit, list, start or stop a scheduled task.
Works on local or remote computers.
Syntax:
SCHTASKS /Create create_options
SCHTASKS /Delete [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] /TN taskname [/F]
SCHTASKS /Query [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] [/FO format] [/NH] [/V]
SCHTASKS /Run [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] /TN taskname
SCHTASKS /End [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] /TN taskname
SCHTASKS /Change [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] {[/RU username] [/RP password] [/TR taskrun]} /TN taskname
create_options:
[/S system #remote system (default is local)
[/U username [/P password]]] #submit job under this name
[/RU username [/RP password]] #run job under this name
/SC schedule [/MO modifier] #When to run, see below
[/D day] #day = MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI,SAT,SUN
[/M months] #month=JAN,FEB,MAR,APR,MAY,JUN,JUL,AUG,SEP,OCT,NOV,DEC.
[/I idletime] #1 – 999 minutes (ONIDLE task only)
/TN taskname /TR taskrun #Name and pathname for task
/ST starttime #HH:MM:SS (24 hour)
[/SD startdate] [/ED enddate] # start and end date "dd/mm/yyyy"
query_del_options:
/F Force delete, ignore warnings even if the task is currently runnning.
/FO format Output format: TABLE, LIST, CSV
/NH No header
/V Verbose outputNotes:
For MONTHLY schedules give the DAY as a number 1 – 31 (default=1)
To prompt for the password, specify /RP * or /RP none
The User Account under which the Schedule service runs may require specific file access permissions, user permissions and drive mappings.
For the system account, /RU username can be written as &qt;, "NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM" or "SYSTEM", a Password is not required.
/SC schedule The schedule frequency.
Valid schedules: MINUTE,HOURLY,DAILY,WEEKLY,MONTHLY, ONCE,ONSTART,ONLOGON,ONIDLE.
/MO modifiers allow finer control:
MINUTE: 1 – 1439 minutes.
HOURLY: 1 – 23 hours.
DAILY: 1 – 365 days.
WEEKLY: weeks 1 – 52.
ONCE: No modifiers.
ONSTART: No modifiers.
ONLOGON: No modifiers.
ONIDLE: No modifiers.
MONTHLY: 1 – 12, or FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, LAST, LASTDAY.Task Scheduler options are stored in the registry
HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftSchedulingAgentExamples:
Create a daily task to run at 11 pm
SCHTASKS /Create /SC weekly /D MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI /TN MyDailyBackup /ST 23:00:00 /TR c:ackup.cmd /RU MyDomainMyLogin /RP MyPassword
Delete the task above
SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "MyDailyBackup" /f