windows Scheduled Taks cannot runnnig from visual studio

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Dear All ,

How are You ??

I have created a Windows Task named "MytestTask"

and I am executing the following code for running the task ,I dont know why it is not working

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C#

 protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var p = new Process
       {
           StartInfo =
           {
               UseShellExecute = false,
               FileName = "SCHTASKS",
               RedirectStandardError = true,
               RedirectStandardOutput = true,
               CreateNoWindow = true,
               WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden,
               Arguments = "/Run/TN MytestTask"
           }
       };
       p.Start();
}

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Can anyone tell me where i missed ???
Thanks
sreejesh

Posted 23-Apr-14 23:34pm

ali_1

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phil.o 24-Apr-14 6:15am

Please define 'not working'.

ali_1 24-Apr-14 7:20am

Not working means I cannot run the Scheduled task.. Griff below saying for using username and password also i have used SCHTASKS.exe ,but still not working ?? can you guess where could be the problm?

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-04-24T00:19:00

Probably, it's your arguments: Look at the documentation and I suspect your "/Run/TN" part ios wrong: RUN needs a username which doesn't seem to be optional.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb736357(v=vs.85).aspx[^]

I would also suggest that you add the path to your EXE file, as otherwise it may not find it.