Windows 10 Task Scheduler: How to program non-routine trigger

Hi, you'll have realised you can't do that directly with te task scheduler, although you can of course start a task on the 2nd day of each month.

I would create the task so as to launch a small Autohotkey script, which would basically do this:

Assign today = value representing the current day ; Mon Tue Wed etc
If today NE Saturday then
Run the task you want to run ; Executed except on Saturdays
Exit

(That's not a script, merely indicates the very simple logic).

Autohotkey is a well supported free scripting language with a good forum and help file.
https://www.autohotkey.com/

This command would help you obtain a string or number representing the day of the week

You could create a batch file (run daily) that returns day of week, jumps to specific location depending on day of week, then executes what ever command you want (assuming it can be executed from a command line)

you can download a batch file containing text below

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or create own.


I take no credit for this - it is an amalgamation of several batch files I found on web,

I tried it and it returns Tue which is today's date.
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@echo
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set DoW=Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
set /a Line=0
for /f "tokens=1-9" %%a in ('wmic Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,DayOfWeek^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Quarter^,Second^,WeekInMonth^,Year ^| find /v ""') do (
set /a Line += 1
if "!Line!"=="1" (set VarA=%%a&set VarB=%%b&set VarC=%%c&set VarD=%%d&set VarE=%%e&set VarF=%%f&set VarG=%%g&set VarH=%%h&set VarI=%%i)
if "!Line!"=="2" (set !VarA!=%%a&set !VarB!=%%b&set !VarC!=%%c&set !VarD!=%%d&set !VarE!=%%e&set !VarF!=%%f&set !VarG!=%%g&set !VarH!=%%h&set !VarI!=%%i)
)
for %%a in (Month Day Hour Minute Second) do (if !%%a! LSS 10 set %%a=0!%%a!)
set /a DoWIndex = DayOfWeek + 1
for /f "tokens=%DoWIndex%" %%a in ("%DoW%") do set DayOfWeekName=%%a
REM *** At this point, the variables DayOfWeekName, Day, DayOfWeek, Hour, Minute, Month, Quarter, Second, WeekInMonth, and Year are set.
REM *** Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second have leading zeros if less than 10.
echo DayOfWeekName: %DayOfWeekName%

pause

if %DayOfWeekName%==Mon goto :mon
if %DayOfWeekName%==Tue goto :tue
if %DayOfWeekNamegoto :wed
if %DayOfWeekName%==Thu goto :thu
if %DayOfWeekName%==Fri goto :fri
if %DayOfWeekName%==Sat goto :sat
if %DayOfWeekName%==Sun goto :sun

:mon
:: put your processing here
echo %DayOfWeekName%
pause
exit

:tue
:: put your processing here
echo %DayOfWeekName%
pause
exit

:wed
:: put your processing here
echo %DayOfWeekName%
pause
exit

:thu
:: put your processing here
echo %DayOfWeekName%
pause
exit

:fri
:: put your processing here
echo %DayOfWeekName%
pause
exit

:sat
:: put your processing here
echo %DayOfWeekName%
pause
exit

:sun
:: put your processing here
echo %DayOfWeekName%
pause
exit

Good.. Autohotkey is a remarkable scripting tool. You can use it for
- very simple scripts (like this one, which should be just 4 or 5 lines at most)
- writing complete programs
- manipulating existing Windows - e.g. clicking buttons, testing for presence, closing annoying popups etc etc
(that's supported by tools which let you inspect many window parameters so you can find the identity of elements in a window)

Scripts can be run as the source code alone (ahk files) or compiled with 1 click to produce an exe file.

There is a language sensitive editor to help writing scripts
SciTE4AutoHotkey Editor