SCHTASKS
Schtasks.exe is a command-line utility in Windows that enables administrators to manage scheduled tasks.
Schtasks allows you to create, delete, query, change, run, and end scheduled tasks on both local and remote computers. Running Schtasks.exe without arguments displays the status and next run time for each registered task.
Syntax:
SCHTASKS /Create create_options
SCHTASKS /Delete [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] /TN taskname [/F]
SCHTASKS /Query [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] [/FO format] [/NH] [/V]
SCHTASKS /Run [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] /TN taskname
SCHTASKS /End [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] /TN taskname
SCHTASKS /Change [/S system [/U username [/P password]]] {[/RU username] [/RP password] [/TR taskrun]} /TN taskname
create_options:
[/S system #remote system (default is local)
[/U username [/P password]]] #submit job under this name
[/RU username [/RP password]] #run job under this name
/SC schedule [/MO modifier] #When to run, see below
[/D day] #day = MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI,SAT,SUN
[/M months] #month=JAN,FEB,MAR,APR,MAY,JUN,JUL,AUG,SEP,OCT,NOV,DEC.
[/I idletime] #1 - 999 minutes (ONIDLE task only)
/TN taskname /TR taskrun #Name and pathname for task
/ST starttime #HH:MM:SS (24 hour)
[/SD startdate] [/ED enddate] # start and end date "dd/mm/yyyy"
query_del_options:
/F Force delete, ignore warnings even if the task is currently runnning.
/FO format Output format: TABLE, LIST, CSV
/NH No header
/V Verbose outputNotes:
For MONTHLY schedules give the DAY as a number 1 - 31 (default=1)
To prompt for the password, specify /RP * or /RP none
The User Account under which the Schedule service runs may require specific file access permissions, user permissions and drive mappings.
For the system account, /RU username can be written as "", "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" or "SYSTEM", a Password is not required.
/SC schedule The schedule frequency.
Valid schedules: MINUTE,HOURLY,DAILY,WEEKLY,MONTHLY, ONCE,ONSTART,ONLOGON,ONIDLE.
/MO modifiers allow finer control:
MINUTE: 1 - 1439 minutes.
HOURLY: 1 - 23 hours.
DAILY: 1 - 365 days.
WEEKLY: weeks 1 - 52.
ONCE: No modifiers.
ONSTART: No modifiers.
ONLOGON: No modifiers.
ONIDLE: No modifiers.
MONTHLY: 1 - 12, or FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, LAST, LASTDAY.
Task Scheduler options are stored in the registry at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SchedulingAgent\
Examples:
Create a daily task to run at 11 pm
SCHTASKS /Create /SC weekly /D MON,TUE,WED,THU,FRI /TN MyDailyBackup /ST 23:00:00 /TR c:\backup.cmd /RU MyDomain\MyLogin /RP MyPassword
Delete the task above
SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "MyDailyBackup" /f
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