Schedule one-time reboot:
schtasks /create /tn “Reboot” /tr “shutdown /r /t 1” /sc once /st 01:00:00 /sd 08/18/2009 /ru “System”
Create scheduled task to run twice daily:
schtasks /create /tn “TTF” /tr “C:TempTttf.bat” /sc daily /st 06:00:00 /sd 08/25/2009 /ri 720 /du 720 /ru “System”
Create scheduled task to run every weekday, M-F:
schtasks /create /tn “Reboot” /tr “shutdown /r /t 1” /sc WEEKLY /d “MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI” /st 01:00:00 /sd 08/18/2009 /ru “System”
Upon successful creation the OS will report, “SUCCESS: The scheduled task “Reboot” has successfully been created.”
You can also update an existing scheduled task from the Windows command line:
schtasks /change /tn “Reboot” /st 04:00:00 /sd 12/11/2009
SCHTASKS /Change [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]] /TN taskname
{ [/RU runasuser] [/RP runaspassword] [/TR taskrun] [/ST starttime]
[/RI interval] [ {/ET endtime | /DU duration} [/K] ]
[/SD startdate] [/ED enddate] [/ENABLE | /DISABLE] [/IT] [/Z] }
Description:
Changes the program to run, or user account and password used
by a scheduled task.
Parameter List:
/S system Specifies the remote system to connect to.
/U username Specifies the user context under which schtasks.exe
should execute.
/P [password] Specifies the password for the given user context.
Prompts for input if omitted.
/TN taskname Specifies which scheduled task to change.
/RU username Changes the user name (user context) under which the
scheduled task has to run. For the system account,
valid values are “”, “NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM” or “SYSTEM”.
For v2 tasks, “NT AUTHORITYLOCALSERVICE” and
“NT AUTHORITYNETWORKSERVICE” are also available as well
as the well known SIDs for all three.
/RP password Specifies a new password for the existing user
context or the password for a new user account.
This password is ignored for the system account.
/TR taskrun Specifies the new program that the
scheduled task will run.
/ST starttime Specifies the start time to run the task. The time
format is HH:mm (24 hour time) for example, 14:30
for 2:30 PM.
/RI interval Specifies the repetition interval in
minutes. Valid range: 1 – 599940 minutes.
/ET endtime Specifies the end time to run the task. The time
format is HH:mm (24 hour time) for example, 14:50
for 2:50 PM.
/DU duration Specifies the duration to run the task. The time
format is HH:mm. This is not applicable with /ET.
/K Terminates the task at the endtime or duration time.
/SD startdate Specifies the first date on which the task runs.
The format is mm/dd/yyyy.
/ED enddate Specifies the last date when the task should run.
The format is mm/dd/yyyy.
/IT Enables the task to run interactively only if the
/RU user is currently logged on at the time the job
runs. This task runs only if the user is logged in.
/RL level Sets the Run Level for the job. Valid values are
LIMITED and HIGHEST. The default is to not change it.
/ENABLE Enables the scheduled task.
/DISABLE Disables the scheduled task.
/Z Marks the task for deletion after its final run.
/DELAY delaytime Specifies the wait time to delay the running of the
task after the trigger is fired. The time format is
mmmm:ss. This option is only valid for schedule types
ONSTART, ONLOGON, ONEVENT.
/? Displays this help message.
Schtasks Examples:
SCHTASKS /Change /RP password /TN "Backup and Restore"
SCHTASKS /Change /TR restore.exe /TN "Start Restore"
SCHTASKS /Change /S system /U user /P password /RU newuser /TN "Start Backup" /IT
Dude, this is awesome. It has saved me a lot of time as I don't have to set this up manually on ever server any longer.
You rock!