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How can I run scheduled tasks in the background when they run as the currently logged-on user?
John Savill
January 31, 2002
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A. Scheduled tasks usually run under the SYSTEM context and run in the background. However, if you change a service to run as a user account and that account is currently logged on to the machine, the scheduled task will run in the foreground. To change this behavior, perform the following steps:
Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon.
Double-click Shell (which is explorer.exe).
Modify this value to 'Explorer.exe,' (don't type the quotes but do type the comma) where is your local machine's system root.
Click OK.
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