I have come across a scenario where there is batch script need to be run daily, recurring in every 15 min without any human interaction using the windows task scheduler.
a typical script , path has been pointed to correct location.
as per the requirement script has been been added to the task scheduler and all the settings been configured correctly. but in the #1 attempt script run with out any errors and complete it's intended tasks but when it's come to it's #2 attempt in next 15 min script run and finished without any errors , but it's not completing it's expected tasks on the script it self.
I tried to go through task sheduler events , but there's no any faliures , warning events or anything to isolate this issue , so tried to manuelly run this script , and noticed.
- running the script manually , it execute it's all tasks successfully , but when it's come to run the script with task scheduler only, script start to fail in it's second attempt and continued.
After spending some time on troubleshooting , I noticed the root cause for script to fail and the resolution to fix.
The primary problem was, ones the task started it's #1 attempt and finished , it should be mentioned the object residing place to for next scheduler task occurrence to find the path. if it's not mentioned on " Start in(Optional)" the script won't execute , but task scheduler will mark as that task has been performed successfully .
so the resolution is :
- Select the action as "Start Program".
- Brows the path to script ( "path\file to script with in quotation mark " )
- mention the folder path ( C:\Folder\script\ )
After configuring above setting , the script and scheduler started working the was it expected.
I hope this will save some ones Day or time :) !
Nice work Dinusha.
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