Task Scheduler Error 0x1--Running Bat File Daily

TONPumper · 26 Mar 2023

I have a bat file that I'm trying to setup to run daily; however, sometimes when task scheduler runs the bat file, it's giving a 0x1. If I run the bat file manually or copy/paste the command into command prompt, it works. I have the bat file setup to run with the highest privilege and to run whether the user is logged in or not. Here's the command that I'm trying to run from within the bat file:

Code:

hostlist-compiler -c C:\Users\{username}\Documents\AdGuard\config\aiofireboggreen.json -o C:\Users\{username}\Documents\GitHub\AIO-Firebog-Blocklists\aiofireboggreen.txt && hostlist-compiler -c C:\Users\{username}\Documents\AdGuard\config\aiofirebogblue.json -o C:\Users\{username}\Documents\GitHub\AIO-Firebog-Blocklists\aiofirebogblue.txt && hostlist-compiler -c C:\Users\{username}\Documents\AdGuard\config\aiofirebog.json -o C:\Users\{username}\Documents\GitHub\AIO-Firebog-Blocklists\aiofirebog.txt

I added the timeout at the end to see if I could read what was happening but task scheduler closed the cmd window anyway.

Paul Black · 26 Mar 2023

Hello @TONPumper,

Does using a Pause instead of the Timeout work in CMD Prompt ?

TONPumper · 26 Mar 2023

Hi Paul,

I don't intend on keeping the time command in the bat file. I only did that for a test. I removed it from my original post to reflect the code that isn't working when ran from task scheduler.

Thank you for the quick reply.

EDIT: It ignored the PAUSE command too. I manually ran the scheduled task and it worked fine. I'm using Adguard Host Compiler to make DNS blocklists, so there are many sources that it's pulling from. If one of them fails, the whole operation cancels. It's just odd to me that I can watch it fail, run it manually, and have it work fine only seconds later.

TONPumper · 28 Mar 2023

Couple of things I did--not sure what fixed it:

Set task to run with high priviledge whether the user is logged in or not
Changed the file path to be just the file name and extension
Added the full file path without the file name in the Start in section
Turned off the option in GitHub Desktop to periodically check for updates

garlin · 28 Mar 2023

Task Scheduler Error 0x1 is insufficient privilege. It's probably a race condition caused by your GitHub sync, which is locking one of the JSON files.

You could test this by running the same script in an infinite loop, and manually forcing GitHub to sync while it's going. If it fails because you're syncing, you will know why. The blocklists are several MB in size, so it's possible for the sync to finish in the few seconds before you re-run the script.

Try3 · 29 Mar 2023

TONPumper said:

task scheduler closed the cmd window anyway.

TONPumper said:

EDIT: It ignored the PAUSE command too.

Task scheduler does not close command windows or respond to Pause commands. It has no function for doing so nor any interest in doing so. All Task scheduler does is launch things.

Whatever is happening, it is being caused by the contents of your command.
The command is apparently crashing before it reaches the Pause command.

Personally, in order to understand what was happening after launch, I would rejig the three commands into three separate lines [as a batch file] with a Pause command in-between each one & one at the start & another at the end so I could see which command was failing when it was launched by TS.

Code:

Pause at start just to check the damn thing is being launched at all
hostlist-compiler -c C:\Users\{username}\Documents\AdGuard\config\aiofireboggreen.json -o C:\Users\{username}\Documents\GitHub\AIO-Firebog-Blocklists\aiofireboggreen.txt 
Pause after command 1
hostlist-compiler -c C:\Users\{username}\Documents\AdGuard\config\aiofirebogblue.json -o C:\Users\{username}\Documents\GitHub\AIO-Firebog-Blocklists\aiofirebogblue.txt 
Pause after command 2
hostlist-compiler -c C:\Users\{username}\Documents\AdGuard\config\aiofirebog.json -o C:\Users\{username}\Documents\GitHub\AIO-Firebog-Blocklists\aiofirebog.txt
Pause at the end, after command 3

Denis

Try3 · 29 Mar 2023

TONPumper said:

Couple of things I did--not sure what fixed it:

The fault is fixed?

Denis

TONPumper · 30 Mar 2023

Try3 said:

The fault is fixed?

Denis

Indeed it is. It has ran perfectly now.

garlin · 30 Mar 2023

Another idea is keep Desktop's sync disabled, but use GitHub's command-line to force a sync in the batch file.

Code:

call gh repo sync
hostlist-compiler -c C:\Users\{username}\Documents\AdGuard\config\aiofireboggreen.json -o C:\Users\{username}\Documents\GitHub\AIO-Firebog-Blocklists\aiofireboggreen.txt && hostlist-compiler -c C:\Users\{username}\Documents\AdGuard\config\aiofirebogblue.json -o C:\Users\{username}\Documents\GitHub\AIO-Firebog-Blocklists\aiofirebogblue.txt && hostlist-compiler -c C:\Users\{username}\Documents\AdGuard\config\aiofirebog.json -o C:\Users\{username}\Documents\GitHub\AIO-Firebog-Blocklists\aiofirebog.txt