Script to enable a task in task scheduler not working!

[jameel]

Hello everyone!

I have created a script to run a task on task scheduler, which can open notepad program.

I imported the task with this code:

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run, schtasks /create /tn "Open Notepad" /xml "C:\Users\%user%\Downloads\A\Open Notepad.xml" /ru %computer_name%\username /rp password

And the task has been successfully imported.

But I tried to enable it using this code:

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!v::  ; Enable Task:
TaskEnabled("Test", "\", True)
return

!e::  ; Disable Task:
TaskEnabled("Test", "\", False)
return


; TaskName: Name of the Task.
; TaskFolder: Folder where the Task is located.
; Enabled: 'True' to enable Task or 'False' to disable it.

TaskEnabled(TaskName, TaskFolder="\", Enabled=True)
{
	Service := ComObjCreate("Schedule.Service")
	Service.Connect()
	Service.GetFolder(TaskFolder).GetTask(TaskName).Enabled := Enabled
}

When I hit "!v", the follwoing message appeared:

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I tried to replace "TaskName" and "TaskFolder" with the exact task name and its path to tasks folder inside System32, also the same dialogue box appeared.

Hope someone can help me.

Thanks in advance.

[mikeyww]

But your new task is not called "Test", right?

The following worked when I tested it.

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If !A_IsAdmin && !RegExMatch(DllCall("GetCommandLine", "str"), " /restart(?!\S)") {
 Try Run *RunAs "%A_AhkPath%" /restart "%A_ScriptFullPath%"
 ExitApp
}

TaskEnabled("Adobe Acrobat Update Task", "\", False)

TaskEnabled(TaskName, TaskFolder := "\", Enabled := True)
{
	Service := ComObjCreate("Schedule.Service")
	Service.Connect()
	Service.GetFolder(TaskFolder).GetTask(TaskName).Enabled := Enabled
}

Note Enabled := True, though it will not matter in this specific case.

[jameel]

Yes, my task name is "Open Notepad", not "Test"

Your script worked for me but when I tried to enable the task after importing it immediately, the following dialogur box appeared:

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I think it is because the script triggered quickly before it realizes that the task file exists

Can you fix this with a time interval between the two codes?

[mikeyww]

The following import routine worked for me.

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If !A_IsAdmin && !RegExMatch(DllCall("GetCommandLine", "str"), " /restart(?!\S)") {
 Try Run *RunAs "%A_AhkPath%" /restart "%A_ScriptFullPath%"
 ExitApp
}
task = Adobe Acrobat Update Task
xml  = e:\data\temp2\%task%.xml
RunWait, %A_WinDir%\System32\schtasks.exe /create /tn "%task%" /xml "%xml%" /ru SYSTEM,, Hide

[jameel]

It worked perfectly!

Thanks very much!

[DavidP]

Hello all,

I'm trying to delete multiple scheduled tasks that all begin with the string "Foobar".

On Stack Overflow I found this Windows CMD code:

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For /F "Tokens=1*Delims=\" %# In ('SchTasks /Query /FO List^|Find /I "Foobar"')Do @SchTasks /Delete /TN "%$" /F

Can the above be run directly in/from an AutoHotkey script, like the basic command below can?

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Run Schtasks /delete /tn "\Foobar-123" /F

[mikeyww]

You could try it like the ComSpec example, in case that works.

[DavidP]

Thank you, I will try that.