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Wednesday, september 9, 2015, using windows scheduler and net start/stop to restart a windows service.

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Configure a Windows service to restart on a schedule using Task Scheduler

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Currently have to manually restart a Windows service daily, would like to auto schedule a task to restart the service.

  • Open Notepad (Start > in search type notepad and select when found). Note: You may need to run notepad with elevated privileges if you want to save the file to the root of C:\  (right-click and select Run as administrator  when found from the search results).  
  • net stop servicenamehere
  • To locate the correct service name, right-click the service in Services and select Properties, use the "Service Name:".
  • Add a /y to the end of the line to stop the service as well as all dependant services.   Example: net stop "DS FrameServer Service" /y
  • If the service is slow to stop it could cause a failure when trying to start the service, add the following command to create a pause between the stop and start of the service(s).  timeout /t 10   (10 = 10 seconds, can change to suite needs).

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  • In Notepad click on the File menu and select Save As.  

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  • Navigate to the saved file and right-click > select Run as administrator.

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  • Open Task Scheduler (Start > in search type Task Scheduler and select when found).  

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  • Click OK  
  • Begin the task : On a schedule
  • Settings : Select the option needed...e.g. Daily

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  • Action: Start a program

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  • Leave the rest of the settings default and slect OK again to create the task.  You will be prompted to enter user credentials with administrative rights if "Run with highest privileges" was selected. If running on a DSSRV use the DSServiceUser user credentials.   

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Due to operating conditions, a Windows service requires routine or consistent restarts.

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Windows scheduled Task - Stopping & Starting a service

How can I go by setting up a scheduled task that will cancel a java console and then start it up again?

I need to restart my wowza service because of some java heap allocating memory error that seems to happen every night.

I tried few options but could not get it right.

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  • 1 type services.msc in run box, locate service you wish to kill, restart, schedule, etc. and perform your actions. –  Josh Campbell Jun 24, 2013 at 15:59

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Use PsKill to close the application and then start it again, put both instructions in a batch file.

Now create a new event using the wizard and carefully configure it.

Try to run the task manually, check the status of it and also try to check the event log.

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You can use net.exe start/stop to start and stop services, and sc.exe (XP+) if you need to query/change service config etc

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NET START/STOP/PAUSE/CONTINUE

The NET command is used to manage services as follows:

List the basic Services:

NET HELP SERVICES

List the running Services:

Stop the print spooler service and if sucessful restart it again:

NET STOP spooler && NET START spooler

To use a long service name, surround it with quotes:

NET STOP "HomeGroup Listener"

Error/return codes

Unlike SC , the NET command does not return the documented Win32_Service class return codes (Service Not Active,Service Request Timeout, etc) and for many errors will return Errorlevel 2. It will however echo its own errors on screen: "The service table is locked. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2180" "The service table is full. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2181" "The requested service has already been started. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182" "The service name is invalid. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185" "The service is not responding to the control function. NET HELPMSG 2186" "The service control is busy. NET HELPMSG 2187" "Invalid service program name. NET HELPMSG 2188" "The service could not be controlled in its present state. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2189" "The service ended abnormally. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2190" "The requested pause or stop is not valid for this service. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2191" "could not find service name. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2192" "service control dispatcher pipe read failed. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2193" "A thread for the new service could not be created. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2194" You can detect these errors by searching the output text with the FIND command as follows: NET START alerter 2>&1|FIND "2182" IF errorlevel 1 goto :sub_already_started

Related commands

NET.exe - Manage network resources. MODE - Configure a system device. SC - Service Control. PsService - View and control services. WMIC SERVICE - WMI access to services. List of Windows Services Equivalent PowerShell: Get-Service - Get a list of services. New-Service - Create a new service. Restart-Service - Stop and then restart a service. Resume-Service - Resume a suspended service. Set-Service - Change the start mode/properties of a service. Start-Service - Start a stopped service. Stop-Service - Stop a running service. Equivalent bash command (Linux): start-stop-daemon - start and stop system daemon programs.

Windows Command Line

Start or stop Windows service from command line (CMD)

We normally use Services.msc to start or stop or disable or enable any service. We can do the same from windows command line also using net and sc utilities. Below are commands for controlling the operation of a service.

Command to stop a service:

To start a service:

You need to have administrator privileges to run net start/stop commands. If you are just a normal user on the computer, you would get an error like below.

To disable a service:

To enable a service:

To make a service start automatically with system boot:

Note: Space is mandatory after ‘=’ in the above sc commands.

This SC command works on a Windows 7 machine and also on the down-level editions of Windows i.e Windows XP/2003 and Windows Vista. Again, if you do not have administrator previliges you would get the below error.

Note that the service name is not the display name of a service. Each service is given a unique identification name which can be used with net or sc commands. For example, Remote procedure call (RPC) is the display name of the service. But the service name we need to use in the above commands is RpcSs . So to start Remote procedure call service the command is:

These service names are listed below for each service. The first column shows the display name of a service and the second column shows the service name that should be used in net start or net stop or sc config commands.

I get this error when using this command, anyone have any idea why " [SC] OpenService FAILED 1060:

The specified service does not exist as an installed service."

Which OS you are trying this on? Verify that you have given the service name correctly. May be the service you are trying to disable is not installed on the OS edition you have.

you can find the correct service name by doing the following:

Start > Run > services.msc

right click on the service you want to control and choose Properties

the service name will be listed at the very top of the window as "Service name" and NOT "Display Name".

We can see which services are being run in the background by typing services.msc in the run window. Also msconfig utility is one of the programs which lets us see which all programs are being started at the startup.

Yes, I have the same issue (Win 7 Pro). srservice does not start and when trying, it says "The service name is invalid" and does not show up in the Services list using services.msc. I have had a HDD failure and lost some data, clearly.

How can I re-install a lost service?

I want to start or stop the windows service using a batch script but I also want to enable some kind of log to capture any failure while start/stop. Kindly help.

Any issues with a command like below?

to disable windows error reporting on windows 7 :

sc config WerSvc start= disabled

I keep getting Access Denied, even though I am the administrator and there are no other users on this win7 machine. I cant find out why sc stop just wont work!

I created service using SC. When I say start in cmd or in service in task manager, it says Access denied. I opened CMD with admin and I m admin of m achine

net start webclient and it was successful what to do then

I have full admin rights to my machine. I have changed all permissions to full control and still I get Access Is Denied when I try to stop services with net stop or sc stop. How can I get full control over the machine. OS is Windows 7 Home Edition

@John Douglas-Coley I had the same issue so what I did was, 1. Press the start button in the lower left corner. 2. In the search bar type “Command Prompt” without the quotation marks. 3. It should pop up right away when you see it right click and click run as administrator. 4. The command prompt should open up just type, net stop “windows update” 5. And boom it should stop! It worked for me anyways good luck to you!

Hey. I want to stop ekrn services, I’m an administrator, and when i type: “sc config ekrn start= disabled”, i’ve got this error: [SC] ChangeServiceConfig échec(s) 5:

Accès refusé.

(Im french, so Accès refusé=Acces denied) Someone help?

Looks like you are not running the command from elevated command prompt .

Great .. it is easy to understand & usable for respective situation .. Thank you srini….

Hello. I’m with the admin user who will give this command And see the error message follows SC Stop Schedule [SC] OpenService FAILED 5:

Access is denied.

If you ever get a 5 error code, you are not running the command line or powershell as an admin. Just because you are the admin of that box, does not automatically make you a command line / powershell admin. RIGHT CLICK THE COMMAND LINE / POWERSHELL LINK AND CLICK RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR

Great. Thank you

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How do you restart the Task Scheduler service without rebooting the server?

I am running into an issue with the task scheduler service and I have found that restarting the Task Scheduler service should do the trick in fixing my problem. Unfortunately, I do not have the option in services.msc (as Administrator) to stop, start, or restart the service as the options are greyed out. I have also attempted to use both the "net" and "sc" utilities to stop and start the "SCHEDULE" service, but I keep getting an "Access Denied" error when I try to stop it. I really need to restart this service but I cannot bring down the machine today as it is a workday.

The server's OS is Windows SBS 2011 Essentials. Thanks in advance for any help in the matter.

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  • Are you running your command prompts elevated when using net and sc ? If so, it sounds like you're out of options. –  HopelessN00b Aug 3, 2012 at 23:43
  • I ended up just waiting until it was safe to reboot the server. If someone knows how to perform this operation without rebooting though it would be fantastic if they could offer an answer for my own knowledge and to help others who might come across this message –  codewario Aug 7, 2012 at 14:54
  • Request for update: Have you found a way to do this yet? I have the same issue on a Windows Server 2012 machine that hosts several live Hyper-V VMs in a data center. –  Iravanchi Apr 12, 2013 at 0:07
  • Honestly, I haven't run into this issue again and I just rebooted the server once the workday was done. HaydnWVN below has a proposed solution that could work, but I haven't had the opportunity to try it. –  codewario Apr 12, 2013 at 12:22

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The only way I could stop this service without rebooting the server was to run a command prompt using the service account. Do this I used PsExec from Sysinternals

In the new window I was able to issue the service stop command with no problem

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  • Thank you. This really saved my bacon and lots of hours trying to figure it out myself! –  Hanno Aug 8, 2017 at 19:52

I guess I could restart the service by finding the process ID on the service and killing it. This causes the service to go to a "Stopped" state. Then I used SC command (probably net start will work too) to start it successfully.

Some points to consider:

Since the service is hosted by "svchost" process, killing the process will bring down many other services (in my case 11 services overall) all in the same time.

This is more of a forceful stop situation, not a graceful stop. So if the services are in the middle of something, they won't probably be happy.

After starting the task scheduler service, I was looking for the rest of the services to start, but I saw that all of those 11 services came back after a few seconds. So you don't need to worry about starting all of the services. (Although it might not be your case, better to be careful with system services)

I still don't know if I've caused any problems in my box, but everything seems to be fine.

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As mentioned by HopelessN00b you will need to run the NET and SC commands from an Elevated Command Prompt .

I restarted SQL and an Exchange Database Store earlier on our SBS2011, also testing SC STOP SCHEDULE successfully.

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  • This did not work for me - Access denied error persists. –  Hanno Aug 8, 2017 at 19:53

You cant exactly restart it even as admin, you the service is running under the system account.

  • Open a run box, and launch services.msc
  • Look for the Task Scheduler service
  • Right click on it and select properties.
  • Switch to the Log On tab.

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This command uses the Get-ScheduledTask cmdlet to get all scheduled tasks in the UpdateTasks folder. The command pipes this information to the Stop-ScheduledTasks cmdlet, which stops all running instances of these scheduled tasks.

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Q&a: how do i restart my windows service at a specific time every week.

Restart Windows Service at a Specific Time

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Hi Shanmuga.

Yes. With the help of the Windows Task Scheduler , you can use the NET command to restart a specific service at a specific time.

1. Find the name of your service

Each Windows Service has two names — a short service name and a friendly display name . We need the service name for the NET command.

If you don’t already know the service name, or want to validate it:

Launch the Windows Services application . You can find it by searching for “services” in the Control Panel, or by running services.msc at a command prompt.

Windows Services application

Double-click the entry to open the service’s properties. The service name is displayed at the top.

Here we see that the name of the Print Spooler service is actually “Spooler”:

Print Spooler service name

2. Create a batch file to restart your service

With the service name in hand, we can now use the NET command to restart the service.

Create a new batch file and enter the following two commands:

Please replace Your Service Name with the service name identified in step 1. The quotes are required if the service name contains a space.

For example, if your service name is “Spooler”, the batch file should look like this:

Save the batch file to a well-known location. We’ll use it in the next step.

Test the batch file

At this point, we recommend performing a quick test to ensure that the batch file works as expected. Run it from an administrative command prompt and confirm that it restarts your service.

3. Create a scheduled task to run the batch file at the time you wish to restart the service

Now that you are able to restart the service with the batch file, let’s schedule it to run whenever you like.

For example, here is how we would restart the Print Spooler service every Sunday at 1 AM:

Open the Windows Task Scheduler . You start it from the Control Panel or by running taskschd.msc from a command prompt.

Click Create Basic Task on the right:

Task Scheduler: Create Basic Task

The Create Basic Task Wizard window will come up.

Give the task a descriptive name:

Enter the task name

Click Next to continue.

Select Weekly and click Next :

Set the task to run weekly

Set the day and time to restart the service:

Set the day and time to restart the service

Ensure that the action is Start a program and move to the next step:

Set the action - Start a program

Enter the full path to the batch file you created to restart the service:

Specify the batch file to restart the service

Review the summary and make sure that everything looks good.

Check the Open the Properties dialog… box at the bottom because we’ll need to adjust one of the tasks properties:

Review the summary of the task

Click Finish .

And finally, in the Properties window, check the Run with highest privileges box. The batch file must run with administrative rights so that it can restart the service.

Run the task with highest privileges

Click OK to save your settings.

Going forward, the new task will come alive at the scheduled time to promptly restart the service. You should be good to go.

Improvement: Use ServicePilot instead of NET for better reliability

Use ServicePilot instead of NET.EXE

While NET.EXE will work for most situations, there are a few scenarios where it may fall short.

Does your service:

  • take longer than 30 seconds to shut down?
  • occasionally hang and refuse to stop?

If so, the NET STOP command may fail. And when that happens, the subsequent call to NET START will fail too (because the service will not be idle). The end result is that your service will be left in an unusable/unresponsive state!

Our free ServicePilot utility was built to work around NET’s shortcomings. It will wait for longer than 30 seconds if necessary and will do its best to forcibly terminate an unresponsive service.

To use ServicePilot instead of NET:

Download ServicePilot from our website. Save the executable in a well-known location (e.g. C:\Apps\ServicePilot\ServicePilot.exe).

Edit the batch file you created to restart the service.

Delete the two NET lines.

Add the following line (adjusting the full path to ServicePilot and your service name as necessary):

Note: The -wait 300 parameter instructs ServicePilot to wait up to 300 seconds (5 minutes) for the service to stop and restart. Feel free to increase (or decrease) the timeout based your specific use case.

Save the batch file.

As you did with the NET version, please perform a quick test to ensure that the updated batch file works as expected. Launch it from an administrative command prompt and confirm that it restarts your service.

Best of luck with your service!

 UPDATE: Use our free Service Scheduler utility instead of the Task Scheduler

We got tired of manually creating batch files and scheduled tasks to control our services so we created a free application to do it all. 🙂

With Service Scheduler , you can easily start, stop or restart any Windows Service — daily, weekly or monthly at a time of your choosing:

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Service Scheduler is completely free and super easy to use. You can schedule your service in seconds:

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Don't worry - It is just another untested theory. 

Sick Freak says:

If the service has a space in its name, like Print Spooler, make sure to put quotes around the service name.

First of all, there is no Service called "Print Spooler" - it is just "Spooler".

Followed by:

Once the batch file is created and you've tested it, just go to your scheduled tasks and add the batch file. Of course, you can also do this via a script or other methods if you'd like.

Of course Sick Freak has not tested that or described how to "add the batch file" to Scheduled Tasks or use a script or other methods if I like.  It would seem to be useful to know how to do that, huh?

And even if you were to come up with a Scheduled Task to restart stopped Services, that would not be fixing the problem - it would be fixing the symptom of the problem.  The problem is Services are stopping.

If Services are stopping and they should not be stopping it would make more sense to figure out why they are stopping and fix the problem and not come up with some convoluted way to address the symptom of the problem.

5 people found this reply helpful

I am using the described steps. I have a service which requires user input as [Y/N] response. How can I modify the script to pass 'Y' and a carriage return as the input?

you can still use:

net stop <servicename> /y

net start <servicename>

Hope this helps.

2 people found this reply helpful

You can make a bat file and inside the bat try something like this:

net stop {serviceName} & net start {serviceName}

and use the bat file as a program for a scheduled task.

Hope it helps.

thanks - remember to use quotations eg. "service name" for the service if it has a space in it

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An important point for both script or service is to make it run as admin, otherwise it won't work. You need admin rights to start or stop services. I have tested both:

net stop "Spooler"

net stop "Print Spooler"

and they work when executed as admin.

SumerZD

Use echo command.

echo Y| 

Keep a single space and then put your script.

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In this article, you will learn how to restart windows service and schedule the restart based on given date and time using windows task scheduler.

  • Task Scheduler

The Task Scheduler is a Windows component that can automatically run tasks at a specific time or in response to a specific event. For example, tasks can be run when the computer starts or when a user logs in. You can start tasks when a specific event occurs, and using a task scheduler, you can run commands and execute scripts on a specific day and time.

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In this demo, I am going to restart Cellular Time Service.

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Getting Started

Search task scheduler in Windows search.

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Right-click on Task Scheduler click New Folder give a name to the folder like Service reset and click OK.

NewFolder

Making a folder makes your tasks separate so that you can manage them easily.

Now right-click on the newly created folder, select Create Task, and provide the task name. In the general tab, enter Name and description, choose Run whether the user is logged on or not, and select Run with highest privileges.

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In the triggers tab, provide the scheduled date and time when you want to restart the service.

Schedule Servicve

In the actions tab, Enter NET in the Program/scripts path and put START “ServiceName” in the Add arguments(optional) text.

Action

Also, add one more action and put NET in the Program/script path STOP “ServiceName ” in the arguments text box, and click OK.

Task

Keep conditions and check Power options as selected in the given screenshot.

Properties

Your settings might be different, but I am keeping Allow task to be run on demand and Run task as soon as possible after a scheduled start is mossed and click OK.

Triggers

In the Task scheduled, you can see a created task, if can run right away or wait for the given scheduled time.

In this article, we have learned how to create a new task and set up Windows service restart using Windows 10 Task Scheduler.

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How to use Task Scheduler on Windows to create automated tasks

Running automated tasks using Task Scheduler on Windows is easy, as we cover in this simple guide.

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Once you know how to create an automated task using Task Scheduler on Windows, you'll never look back.

If you're running Windows 11 or are still on Windows 10 (or even earlier) you may not have been aware about a handy tool that's been hiding in plain sight the whole time. 

Windows Task Scheduler lets you open an app or run a script under predefined circumstances. For example, you may want Netflix to fire up at lunchtime so you know it's time to take a break with one of the best Netflix shows .

Whatever the reason, here's how to create an automated task using Windows Task Scheduler.

Note : The screenshots in this guide are from Windows 11, but the steps are the same for Windows 10.

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How to create an automated task using Task Scheduler on Windows

1. Open the Start menu and type " task scheduler ". Click on the Task Scheduler app icon when it appears.

2. Since every automated task in Windows is listed in the Task Scheduler, such as your PC automatically checking for app updates, it's a good idea to create a separate folder for personal tasks. To do this, click Task Scheduler Library on the left, then right-click on it before clicking New Folder . 

3. Enter a name for your task folder , then click OK when you're done.

4. Click the arrow next to Task Scheduler Library to expand the list, and you'll see your personal folder listed on the end. Click your personal folder then right-click it and click Create Basic Task .

5. You should now be in the Create Basic Task Wizard . To start, give your task a name in the first field. In the next field, add a description of the task if you wish, though this is optional. Click Next when you're done.

6. You now need to select what will trigger your task by choosing one of the options on this screen. Once selected, click next .

7. Now it's time to choose the desired action that will be performed upon the trigger. To get Windows to launch a program/app, select Start a program and click Next . You can also use this action to launch scripts, if you're familiar with how to use them.

Note : There are also options to send an email or display an on-screen message but these are deprecated, meaning they're no longer supported and may not work. As such, it's recommended to skip these.

8. On the next page, click Browse and locate the app or script you want to open , then double-click it . Once the app or script's path is shown in the Program/script field, click Next to continue.

9. Finally, click Finish to complete the process. 

10 . You should now also see the task appear in the personal folder you created earlier. Right-click the task's name and click either Properties or Delete to edit or delete the task, respectively.

And, that's all there is to it. Now you know how to create an automated task using Windows Task Scheduler, you might also find our guides on how to password protect folders on Windows , how to type emoji on Windows , how to open HEIC files on Windows , how to upgrade to Windows 11 from Windows 10 , how to fix a second monitor not detected on Windows , or how to set separate wallpapers on dual monitors in Windows 11 useful. If you're keen to maximise your professional productivity check out 11 Google Drive tips to save you time .

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How to create an automated task using Task Scheduler on Windows 10

Task Scheduler can automate tasks on Windows 10, and in this guide, I'll show you how.

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On Windows 10 , the Task Scheduler lets you create and run tasks automatically, and in this guide, I'll outline the steps to complete the process. Typically, the operating system and certain apps use the scheduler to automate maintenance tasks (such as disk defragmentation, disk cleanup, and updates). However, you can use it to automate your own tasks. For example, you can launch programs, run commands, and execute scripts at a specific time or trigger tasks when a specific event occurs.

Task Scheduler monitors the system's time and events to execute the task as soon as the condition is met.

When trying to use the scheduler app to run a task at a specific time or when an event occurs, you can create a task in at least two ways using the basic and advanced settings.

In this how-to guide , I will walk you through the steps to get started with the Task Scheduler experience to automate tasks on your computer.

How to create a basic task on Task Scheduler

To create a task with basic settings on Windows 10, use these steps:

  • Open Start .
  • Search for Task Scheduler , and click the top result to open the app.
  • Right-click the "Task Scheduler Library" branch and select the New Folder option.
  • Type a name for the folder – for example, MyTasks. (This step isn't required, but it's recommended to keep your tasks separate from the system and apps tasks.)
  • Click the OK button.
  • Expand the "Task Scheduler Library" branch and select the MyTasks folder.
  • Click the Action menu.
  • Select the "Create Basic Task" option.
  • In the "Name" setting, type a descriptive name for the task – for example, Notepad Launcher.
  • (Optional) In the "Description" setting, create a description for the task.
  • Click the Next button.
  • Select the Monthly option.
  • Quick note: Task Scheduler includes many triggers, including on a specific date, during startup, or when you or a particular user signs in. You'll have to configure additional parameters depending on what you're trying to accomplish. In this case, we'll select the option to run a task every month.
  • Using the "Start" settings, specify when the task should run and the time (very important).
  • Use the "Monthly" drop-down menu to choose the months of the year you want to run the task.
  • Use the "Days" or "On" drop-down menu to specify the days that the task will run.
  • Quick tip: Using the "On" setting may be your best option if you plan to run a task during a specific day of the week.
  • Select the Start a program option to launch an app, run a command, or execute a script file.
  • Quick note: The "Send an e-mail" and "Display a message" options have been deprecated, meaning they may or may not work because Microsoft is no longer maintaining them.
  • In the "Program/script" setting, specify the path for the app.
  • Quick tip: If you don't know the path of the app, click the "Browse" button to find it.
  • (Optional) In the "Add arguments" setting, you can specify arguments to run the task with special instructions.
  • (Optional) In the "Start in" setting, specify the folder in which the program will start. (Usually, you can leave this setting empty.)
  • Click the Finish button.

Once you complete the steps, Task Scheduler will save the task and run automatically on the specified schedule and event triggers.

How to create an advanced task on Task Scheduler

To create a task using advanced settings on Windows 10, use these steps:

  • Type a name for the folder – for example, MyTasks.
  • Expand the "Task Scheduler Library" branch, and select the MyTasks folder.
  • Select the Create Task option.
  • In the "Name" setting, type a descriptive name for the task – for example, PowerShell First Script.
  • In the "Security options" section, configure which administrator account will run the task.
  • Quick tip: The default user should be fine if you use an account with administrative privileges. If you want to run a Command Prompt or PowerShell command, select the "Run whether user is logged on or not" option to prevent the command window from showing up when the task runs automatically, as it's likely that using the "Hidden" option won't work.
  • (Optional) Check the "Run with highest privileges" option if the task requires elevated privileges.
  • The "Configure for" settings should be left alone unless a different compatibility option is required.
  • Click the Triggers tab.
  • Click the New button.
  • Use the "Begin the task" drop-down menu to select one of the many triggers, including "On a schedule," "At startup," "On workstation unlock," and many others. (I'll choose the "On a schedule" option for this guide.)
  • Using the "Start" settings, specify when the task should start running and the time (important).
  • Select the Monthly option from the left side.
  • Use the "Months" drop-down menu to select the months the task will run.
  • (Optional) In the "Advanced settings" section, select options to delay, repeat, stop, or expire a task. The "Enabled" option is checked by default. (Typically, you don't want to change these settings unless necessary.)
  • Click the Action tab.
  • Use the "Action" drop-down menu and select the "Start a program" option.
  • Under the "Settings" section, in the "Program/script" setting, specify the path for the application – for example, powershell.exe.
  • Quick tip: If you don't know the path of the app, click the Browse button to find it. Also, if it's a known application like PowerShell or Command Prompt, you only need to specify the file name.
  • (Optional) In the "Add arguments" setting, specify arguments to run the task with special instructions – for example -NoExit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass C:\PATH\TO\SCRIPT\first_script.ps1

The "powershell.exe" command and the above argument will run the script named "first_script.ps1." The argument "-ExecutionPolicy Bypass" ensures that the script runs successfully, and the "-NoExit" argument will prevent the window from closing after running the script. You can learn more about creating a PowerShell script in this guide .

  • (Optional) In the "Start in" setting, specify the folder the program will start. (You can always leave this setting empty.)
  • Click the Conditions tab.
  • (Optional) The "Conditions" tab includes settings that, combined with the "Triggers" settings, will determine when the task should run. (If you're creating a simple task, you don't have to change these settings. However, you want to ensure the "Power" settings are configured to your situation.)
  • Click the Settings app.
  • (Optional) The "Settings" app includes additional options that will directly affect the behavior of the task. It's not a requirement to change these settings, but it's a good idea to check the following options:
  • Run the task as soon as possible after a scheduled start is missed.
  • If the task fails, restart every. (Use this option with the default selections.)

After you complete the steps, authenticate with your account credentials, and then the task will run automatically, according to the configurations.

How to run, edit, and delete a task on Task Scheduler

Once you've created the task, you can use these steps to view, edit, delete, or run:

  • Search for Task Scheduler , click the top result to open the experience.
  • Expand the Task Scheduler Library branch.
  • Select the folder with your tasks.
  • To run a task on demand, right-click it and select the Run option.
  • To edit a task, right-click it and select the Properties options.
  • To delete a task, right-click it and select the Delete option.

You can also view the task information on the page, such as the triggers, when the task runs last, and when it'll run the next time.

Alternatively, you can always select the task and use the "Actions" pane on the right to perform actions, such as run, end quickly, disable, and edit the job.

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How to automatically run programs and set reminders with the windows task scheduler.

Do you want your computer to automatically run a program, remind you about something, or even automatically send emails? Use the Task Scheduler included with Windows -- its interface can be a bit intimidating, but it's easy to use.

Quick Links

Creating a basic task, advanced task settings.

The Task Scheduler has a wide variety of uses -- anything you want your computer to do automatically, you can configure here. For example, you could use the task scheduler to automatically wake your computer at a specific time .

To launch the Task Scheduler, click Start, type Task Scheduler, and click the Task Scheduler shortcut (or press Enter).

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Click the Create Basic Task link at the right side of the Task Scheduler window. This link opens an easy-to-use wizard that will walk you through the process of creating a task. If you want more advanced options, click Create Task instead.

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Provide a name and description for the task. These will help you remember what the task does later.

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Select when you want the task to "trigger," or start. You can have the task run daily, week, monthly, or only once. In addition, you can have the task run when the computer starts or when you log on. You can also have the task start in response to an event ID in the Windows event log.

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If you selected daily, weekly, monthly, or one time, you'll be prompted to specify a specific time for the event to occur.

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You can have Windows start a program, send an email, or display a message in response to the trigger you specific earlier.

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If you want to run a program, click the Browse button and locate the program's .exe file on your hard disk -- most programs will be located under Program Files on your C: drive. Select a program and it will launch automatically at your scheduled time -- for example, if you always use a certain program at 1pm, you can have Windows automatically open the program at 1pm every weekday so you don't forget.

You can also add optional arguments, which some programs support -- for example you can specify the /AUTO argument with CCleaner to automatically run CCleaner on a schedule . (The exact arguments supported will differ between programs.)

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If you want to display a message or send an email, you'll be asked to specify the details of the message or email you want to create.

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You're now almost done -- Windows will display the details of the task you created. Click the Finish button and your task will be created.

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If you want to disable a task you scheduled, locate the task in the list, right-click it, and select Disable or Delete.

To edit more advanced task options, right-click a task you've already created and select Properties. You can also click the Create Task link in the sidebar to create a new task in the advanced interface, skipping the wizard.

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From this interface, you can adjust quite a few settings that are hidden in the basic wizard interface, if you really want to customize your task.

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For example, you can set other types of triggers -- you can run a command when your computer locks or unlocks, or when your computer becomes idle -- this is ideal for maintenance tasks that shouldn't be run while someone is using the computer.

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You can also specify multiple triggers and actions -- for example, you could have Windows display a reminder and launch an application at the same time.

While there are a lot of options here, they won't be necessary for most tasks you want to create -- you shouldn't even need to open this interface if you don't want to.

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    NET STOP can be used to stop Windows services. When typed at the command prompt, service names of two words or more must be enclosed in quotation marks. For example, NET START "GSX Monitor" starts the GSX Monitor service. You can use this technique with any Windows Service responding to the NET command. Was this article helpful?

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  5. How to schedule the start and stop of a Windows service?

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  10. NET START / STOP / PAUSE / CONTINUE

    The command is used to manage services as follows: Syntax NET START [ service ] NET STOP [ service ] NET PAUSE [ service ] NET CONTINUE [ service] Key service : The service name as shown in Control Panel, Services. Examples. List the basic Services: NET HELP SERVICES. List the running Services:

  11. Start or stop Windows service from command line (CMD)

    We normally use Services.msc to start or stop or disable or enable any service. We can do the same from windows command line also using net and sc utilities. Below are commands for controlling the operation of a service. Command to stop a service: net stop servicename. To start a service: net start servicename.

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    Then I used SC command (probably net start will work too) to start it successfully. Some points to consider: Since the service is hosted by "svchost" process, killing the process will bring down many other services (in my case 11 services overall) all in the same time. This is more of a forceful stop situation, not a graceful stop.

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    Yes. With the help of the Windows Task Scheduler, you can use the NET command to restart a specific service at a specific time. To do so: 1. Find the name of your service. Each Windows Service has two names — a short service name and a friendly display name. We need the service name for the NET command.

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    net stop <service name> net start <service name> Note: If the service has a space in its name, like Print Spooler, make sure to put quotes around the service name. Once the batch file is created and you've tested it, just go to your scheduled tasks and add the batch file. Of course, you can also do this via a script or other methods if you'd like.

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  19. How to start and stop a windows service on a schedule?

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