JSI Tip 0938. Some programs don't work with the Task Scheduler.

Jerold Schulman

December 21, 1998

1 Min Read
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Some programs, like SOON from the Resource Kit, require the Schedule Service (ATsvc.exe) and won't run under the Task Scheduler.

You have two options:

1. Uninstall Task Scheduler.

2. Find a program that runs with it.

Don't actually unistall Task Scheduler, simply morph it into the Schedule Service by modifying the registry Values at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesSchedule

Value Name

Type

From

DependOnGroup

REG_MULTI_SZ

 *Delete the Value Name* 

DependOnService

REG_MULTI_SZ

 RpcSs 

DisplayName

REG_SZ

 Task Scheduler 

ErrorControl

REG_DWORD

 0x1 

Group

REG_SZ

 . . .  

ImagePath

REG_EXPAND_SZ

 %SystemRoot%System32MSTask.exe 

ObjectName

REG_SZ

 LocalSystem 

Start

REG_DWORD

 0x3 

Type

REG_DWORD

 0x120 

In the case of SOON, you can use the Task Scheduler by simply calculating the start time. Replace SOON with 3 lines:

JSITimeM
JSITimeM %AHH% %AMM% + 00 02
AT [\ComputerName] %AHH%:%AMM% . . . . . . . .

Note: I added 2 minutes to insure that the command ran today.

See More on removing Task Scheduler.

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