It doesn’t look like there’s a good way filter this like you are thinking of, but you could add a couple actions to your task to disable logging first, enable it after. There is a chance that there is another scheduled task trying to write to the log at that time, so you would need … Read more
Proper scheduling of future tasks by local time, taking into account time zones and daylight saving time, is a very complex subject. I’ve written about it before from a programming perspective on Stack Overflow here and here. I’ll summarize from a non-programming perspective: Define your recurrence patterns by local time – not UTC. For example, … Read more
I have no authoritative reference but I have just tested the behavior of multiple different Stop conditions in Task Scheduler on both Windows 8.1, Server 2008 R2 and 2012 R2. They both apply! Whichever stop condition is met first, stops the task. Per trigger stop condition: The Stop task if it runs longer than-condition specified … Read more
This is a user right that’s applicable to the local system. You can grant the right locally or define it in a GPO that applies to the system in question.
I struggled a while with the same problem. In my case, the problem was the setting “Start the task only if the computer is on AC power”.
FYI – I have confirmed with Microsoft through a support ticket I opened yesterday that this is a bug. The support tech confirmed it is internally classified as a bug and a patch is being developed. I was given a target date of release of the patch for July/August. This affects both Windows 10 and … Read more
I believe that return code is a generic .NET console app crashed code. The way the job is set up in Task Scheduler is not causing this issue. Check the Application event log on the server for any errors that occurred near the time the job ‘completed’. Those events should give you more information as … Read more
My fix was simple… I had already manually ran the scheduled task, but I created the scheduled task for the intent of using it daily… I had several TB to copy over to a backup server so I could not schedule the task just yet. My fix was to update the Start date to the … Read more
Congratulations! You’ve come up against a problem that has stumped many a Windows user/admin. No, you cannot rename a task except for exporting, renaming and importing again. Yes, it’s rather silly. Perhaps an enterprising scripter could create a simple PowerShell script that automates this, but until then, you’re stuck with your export/import two-step. Sorry. =( … Read more