Creating Scheduled task in Windows 7

lukin

I am creating a scheduled task from a DOS command that shuts down my PC at 1.00 every day. It adds it to the task scheduler but I want it to run "whether user is logged in or not" but I don't know how to do it in DOS.

As I say, it is added to task scheduler but the option "Run only when user is logged on" is always ticked. This is what I have so far:

SCHTASKS /CREATE /SC DAILY /MO 1 /TN ShutdownTask /TR "C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe" /ST 13:00:00


I just need the extra bit that goes into the command above that makes it run whether the user is logged in or not.

ressem

You'll get the "Run whether user is logged in or not" by including the /S Computername /RU username /RP password, so the scheduler knows the credentials that it's to use when running the program.

If you just type in /RP, without entering the password within the command line, as below, it'll simply prompt you for the password to use, so that your password is not stored in the command buffer.

SCHTASKS /CREATE /S mylocalcomputername /RU theusersname /RP /SC DAILY /MO 1 /TN ShutdownTask /TR "C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe" /ST 13:00:00

Try typing

schtasks /create /?

into a console to see the other examples.

If you get the error "Error: Access is denied" then you need to use an elevated command prompt.

lukin

Just adding /ru "System" to the end of it fixed it.

SCHTASKS /CREATE /SC DAILY /MO 1 /TN ShutdownTask /TR "C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe" /ST 13:00:00 /ru "System"