Task Scheduler not Working

Hi - I have been using Task Scheduler for years running automated tasks. Suddenly, it doesn't run a task I have scheduled in the middle of the night. Nothing changed other than it stopped working. Has there been an update or something I am missing?

Thanks,

W10 version 22H2

I have had NOTHING but issues with Task Scheduler in Winblows 10. And like you I have used it with great success in the past with Windows XP and Windows 7. So, I now use a couple different ways of conducting task related functions. And they are as follows:

1) WhatInStartup WhatInStartup - Disable/delete programs at Windows startup

2) System Scheduler System Scheduler - schedule applications and reminders

Splinterware - Scheduler

WhatInStartup is nice to show what programs and whatnot are starting, but Autoruns does that job a lot better. However, Autoruns doesn't allow you to add a startup item. So that's where WhatInStartup shines. What I do is create a batch file to launch a program or whatever and have WhatInStartup launch it on Windows start.

Code:

start "" "C:\Program Files\some_program\some_program\widget.exe"

If the program requires Admin rights, then add all this crap to the top of the command:

Code:

@echo off

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
    IF "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%" EQU "amd64" (
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\config\system"
) ELSE (
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
)

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    set params= %*
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c ""%~s0"" %params:"=""%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"
:--------------------------------------

So for example, flushing the DNS cache.

Code:

@echo off

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
    IF "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%" EQU "amd64" (
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\config\system"
) ELSE (
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
)

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    set params= %*
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c ""%~s0"" %params:"=""%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"
:-------------------------------------- 
ipconfig /flushdns

Now with System Scheduler you can have things fire off on a schedule. In my case I have a couple police scanners connected to a laptop sitting here recording audio 24/7. I have System Scheduler fire off a backup via the FreeFileSync program for that audio once every hour to an external USB drive. I even save the audio to the cloud with the program S3 Browser which is for Amazon AWS S3. You could use a NAS and Syncthing too I guess...

So there you have it. I could never rely on Windows built-in programs to do things correctly. It's why I absolutely refuse to use things like RDP and instead use TightVNC over a reverse VPN with ZeroTier or whatever. RDP is hacker plagued and the ever popular TeamViwer is also hacker plauged. If anyone uses TeamViewer it's strongly advised to 2FA the account. And for that there's the Aegis App, Bitwarden or the KeepassOTP plug-in for Keepass...

Thanks everyone, problem solved. It was user error. I'll be more specific next time. Than you again for your responses.