I have a .vbs file which I execute using cscript. Now that the script is sable; I want to run in background all the time.
Hence, I want this .vbs file to run as a service.
How do I create (install) it?
Scripts are usually not prepared to run as a service (they don't provide the interfaces required for managing the service). You're probably better off creating a scheduled task that launches your script at system boot (or at logon).
schtasks /create /sc onstart /tn "name" /tr "cscript.exe C:\path\to\your.vbs" /ru SYSTEM
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I'm writing an updater for my application and want to change my "Windows Task Scheduler" task configured by:
schtasks /create /sc once /tn my_task /tr MyApp.exe /rl highest /st 00:00
The updater is running "with highest privileges" and I mainly want to change the path of MyApp.exe.
I've tried:
schtasks /Change /tn my_task /tr MyUpdatedApp.exe (But it asks: Please enter the run as password for... even though the script already runs as admin. And so is not user friendly or even working in my scripted update.)
A powershell script using Get-/Set-ScheduledJob (But it says: A scheduled job definition with Name my_task could not be found. The help text even states Although jobs that are created by using the Register-ScheduledJob cmdlet appear in Task Scheduler, Get-ScheduledJob gets only scheduled jobs. It does not get scheduled tasks created in Task Scheduler.)
How can I updated my scheduled task from my updater/script without user interaction?
I've resorted to exporting and recreating the task using an XML file with the following command:
schtasks /create /f /tn my_task /xml C:\somewhere\my_task.xml
I create the my_task.xml file by exporting it by hand in the GUI and storing it as part of my application.
There are some programs which can create some tasks for windows.
I need to create an exe file or batch file which will run, take some xml file(exported task by windows task manager) and create task.
The program Elevated Shortcut can do what I need, but i need to do the same with some command or by running the exe file, no user interface.
The commands like
schtasks.exe /create /tn MyTask /xml "C:\MyTask.xml" /f
NOT WORKING.
Hope someone can help.
Thank you.
Solved. To add the task the app must have administrator rights.
I want to write a Windows script (running in Windows 7) that runs every time when a new files has been created in a specified folder. It then checks weather the newly created file matches a certain naming convention and if so it moves it to a different folder.
How can I do the above?
If it doesn't have to be immediately after the files are created, then maybe simple task, checking the folder with interval and using robocopy to move the files will suffice? This can be accomplished with Task Scheduler:
schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 3 /tn FileCopy /tr ROBOCOPY C:\source_folder c:\destination_folder some_file_name*.* /MOV
/sc - Specifies the schedule frequency
/mo - Refines the schedule type to allow finer control over schedule recurrence. In this case it just specifies how many minutes until the task is run again
/tn - Name for the task that will be visible in task scheduler
/tr - Task to be executed /rl
You can also append /rl HIGHEST if you need more privileges to complete the task, and /ru SYSTEM to execute as SYSTEM user (you'll need admin privilege for that), so there won't be any console windows popping out every time tasks executes.
I would like to create a batch file in order to run a windows command on command prompt as administrator whenever I start the PC.
For example I would like to run the command prompt as administrator and run the command Ping 8.8.8.8 on startup of windows.
Can anyone please explain the full procedures with snapshots?
Thanks in advance
M. Ashraful Haque
You could try something like this create another batch file and add the below command it will run it as the user you specify
#echo off
Runas /env /user:PCNAME\Administrator test.bat
Or
you can add your batch file to the Scheduled task list link below on how to do this. In Scheduled Task you can set what account to use and when it should run.
Change when it runs in create task go to Triggers tab click new and change "Begin the task" to start up
Create Scheduled Task
First with SCHTASKS you can create add a batch file to run as a service and you can give the top privileges , example:
SCHTASKS /Create /TN "Ping My Web Host" /SC HOURLY /TR "C:\services\pinghost.cmd" /RU username /RP password /RL HIGHEST
Here's the documentation documentation and here
And this you'd wanted to read this.
I want to know how to schedule a task using the command prompt.
Now I know you can probably find this on the internet, but I haven't found what I've been looking for.
The problem is that the operating system I have to do it on is in Swedish (Windows Server 2003 in Swedish).
It needs to run a program located at: 'C:\Documents and Setting\Administratör\Skrivbord\Midnight.exe'.
It should run around midnight, every day.
Does anybody know how to schedule this in cmd?
I do have administrator rights, so privileges shouldn't be a problem.
Just use schtasks windows utility in a .bat file or manually in CMD :
schtasks /create /ru Admin /rp paswd /tn "daily work" /tr "C:\Documents and Setting\Administratör\Skrivbord\Midnight.exe" /sc daily /st 23:55:00
Swedish should'nt be a special case :)
off course /ru is the username which we'll be used to run the task
You want the AT command to put an entry in the scheduler service TechNet on AT