I have a script that I need to have run every time a certain Windows XP machine boots up. I've written it in Powershell, and it works. But how do I get it to run when the machine starts? Not when I log in, but on machine start.
Thank you
Task Scheduler - Run at Startup
add a new key to the following registry hive.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
if you want the program be executed once only then add it to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
keys in this hive will be deleted after it is executed. You can add ! at the beginning of the name to force the deletion to happen at the end of the execution.
The sequence of execution is listed in the following link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/179365
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We've got several servers running MAR's the lastest version 2.0.9145.0
I can run all backup's manually and its runs without problems. But when i try to run it from scehduled backups it shows in task scheduler that its run but gives this error code:2147942401
If i manually input the arguements into powershell it runs fine. However the task scheduler is not kicking in the backups.
I've altered the permissions to a domain admin, changed PS path to syswow64. So now i'm lost.
Has anyone had similar and any ideas on how to fix it or at least run the commands from a bat file instead?
I am trying to run a script to startup some services after windows reboot.
I have tried one method: copying shortcuts of batch script in shell:startup folder. which eventually will start the scripts automatically but someone has to login to the system.
I am thinking about the possible ways to run the script after server restart without logon to the server.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Create a Windows scheduled task and set it to run on system startup:
We have a .CMD script that we are triggering from Control-M.
A main.cmd is being called from Control-M. This script is run as 'accnt_svc' service account which we also configured in Control-M. Prior to setting up in Control-M, we testing this running fine when ran from command prompt (as administrator) and via Windows Task Scheduler being run as the 'acct_svc' service account.
When running in Control M, the log shows error saying a subscript (say sub.cmd is being called from main.cmd) saying the sub.cmd is invalid.
We checked the permissions and they both have the same settings.
We tried another script, this time we created a wrapper which 'calls' the main script. This worked fine.
Please check following wrapper:
SET V_CMDDRV=E:
%V_CMDDRV%
CD %V_CMDDIR%
CALL CALL %V_CMDDIR%\main.cmd
When we create a Main_Wrapper.cmd calling the main.cmd this works fine.
May I know why Control-M behaves this way?
Thanks
When issuing a command via Control-M it will by default run from your run as users home directory. From the output you've attached it looks like main.cmd might need to be run from E: instead of the %HOMEPATH% of the acct_svc service account.
I created an exe with NSIS that installs my application, but if the application is already running, it gets updated at startup.
It seems this simplest way to achieve this is by added a registry entry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
My entry looks like this:
Value name: InstallRUS
Value data: cmd /C "C:\Location\of\my\program.exe /S"
This executable simply copies files to a directory and runs a script to register the app as a windows service.
If I restart windows, it runs twice, the first time in silent mode, and the second time it seems to ignore the silent flag.
If I log out and log back in, it's correctly ran once in silent mode.
This leads to the conclusion that the task is ran at windows startup and login, yet the documentation states :
Run and RunOnce registry keys cause programs to run each time that a
user logs on...By default, the value of a RunOnce key is deleted before the command line is run.
Does windows starting up counts as "user login"?
Why is the entry not deleted after the first run?
How can I fix this?
Why is windows lying to me?
Note:
I'm using Windows 7 Professional x32
Seems to be related to this: Windows Registry RunOnce Loop but I am not writing to the registry
I have been trying to configure regular automated backups to a shared network drive using the Windows Server Backup console. When I backup manually, it works, however it does not run on its own as scheduled. I have made sure to enable run backup while not logged in. There are no error messages when it does not run according to schedule, it just skips to logging the next scheduled backup as the next day.
I have also tried using the wbadmin command line. My script is similar to the following:
wbadmin enable backup –addtarget:\backupshare\myshare –include: c:\ –user:DOMAIN\mylogin –password:mypassword –schedule:19:00 -systemState -quiet -allowDeleteOldBackups -
I have not received any errors with my script and the windows command line acknowledges that there is a scheduled backup to run. However, the backup does not run and when I check wbadmin get status at the time it is scheduled, it will tell me there is no back up running at the moment with no error codes.
I am not sure why my back ups will not run as scheduled as they will run manually.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks!
I’m going to assume that you’re running it with heightened privileges and for running the task you’re using a Domain Admin account, I would suggest running the command manually from command line and add in this argument “get status > \task.log”