So I went to add a scheduled task on a Windows 7 Home Premium system this afternoon and was running under a user level account. The user level account has access to running batch files and exe's so I didnt think logging on as system admin was necessary.
However after creating the scheduled task it complained about the account not being part of a group that allows for scheduling of tasks and suggested that I add the ability for the user account to be able to do this. So at that point I figured ok I might as well logon as system admin and have the scheduled task run from that level.
However now when making a scheduled task with all the same info including task name, it complains that that already exists. When looking at what schedule tasks were on the system, it wasnt listed even when using refresh.
I decided to look online and see what is going on. As for I cant have a partially created orphan scheduled task out there that might hang up the system when it runs at 2am because it wasnt happy with the privilege restriction of the user account that by which it was created from.
Found this article here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/0f985ec9-51a5-4ebe-9b83-aec746f18223/where-are-my-custom-scheduled-tasks-they-disappeared-from-all-2008-r2-server?forum=winserverManagementThe scary thing about this issue is that the scheduled task was created but not completed. When running a query for it it was no where to be found such as here:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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C:\Users\admin>schtasks /query
Folder: \
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
CCleanerSkipUAC N/A Ready
CLMLSvc_P2G8 N/A Running
CLVDLauncher N/A Ready
User_Feed_Synchronization-{EBE7246C-C4F9 1/22/2018 12:56:19 AM Ready
Folder: \Hewlett-Packard
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Microsoft
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Active Directory Rights Management Services Client
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
AD RMS Rights Policy Template Management Disabled
AD RMS Rights Policy Template Management N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser 1/22/2018 4:22:48 AM Ready
ProgramDataUpdater 1/22/2018 12:56:39 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Autochk
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Proxy N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
UserTask N/A Ready
UserTask-Roam Disabled
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Consolidator 1/21/2018 11:00:00 PM Ready
KernelCeipTask 1/25/2018 3:30:00 AM Ready
Uploader N/A Ready
UsbCeip 1/24/2018 1:30:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Defrag
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
ScheduledDefrag 1/24/2018 2:32:17 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Diagnosis
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Scheduled 1/28/2018 1:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataColl Disabled
Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver Disabled
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Location
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Notifications N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
WinSAT 1/28/2018 1:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Media Center
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
ActivateWindowsSearch N/A Ready
ConfigureInternetTimeService N/A Ready
DispatchRecoveryTasks N/A Ready
ehDRMInit N/A Ready
InstallPlayReady N/A Ready
mcupdate N/A Ready
MediaCenterRecoveryTask N/A Ready
ObjectStoreRecoveryTask N/A Ready
OCURActivate N/A Ready
OCURDiscovery N/A Ready
PBDADiscovery N/A Ready
PBDADiscoveryW1 N/A Ready
PBDADiscoveryW2 N/A Ready
PeriodicScanRetry Disabled
PvrRecoveryTask N/A Ready
PvrScheduleTask N/A Ready
RecordingRestart Disabled
RegisterSearch N/A Ready
ReindexSearchRoot N/A Ready
SqlLiteRecoveryTask N/A Ready
UpdateRecordPath N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
CorruptionDetector N/A Ready
DecompressionFailureDetector N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\MobilePC
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
HotStart N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\MUI
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
LPRemove N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Multimedia
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
SystemSoundsService N/A Running
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\NetTrace
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
GatherNetworkInfo N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\PLA
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Power Efficiency Diagnostics
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
AnalyzeSystem 1/30/2018 10:11:05 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\RAC
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
RacTask 1/21/2018 1:13:14 PM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Registry
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
RegIdleBackup 1/28/2018 12:51:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Shell
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
WindowsParentalControls Disabled
WindowsParentalControlsMigration Disabled
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\SideShow
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
AutoWake Disabled
GadgetManager N/A Ready
SessionAgent Disabled Could not start
SystemDataProviders Disabled Could not start
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\SystemRestore
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
SR 1/22/2018 12:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Task Manager
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Interactive N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Tcpip
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
IpAddressConflict1 N/A Ready
IpAddressConflict2 N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\TextServicesFramework
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
MsCtfMonitor N/A Running
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
SynchronizeTime 1/28/2018 1:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\WDI
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
ResolutionHost N/A Running
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
QueueReporting N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Windows Filtering Platform
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
BfeOnServiceStartTypeChange N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Windows Media Sharing
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
UpdateLibrary N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\WindowsBackup
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
ConfigNotification 1/22/2018 10:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\WindowsColorSystem
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Calibration Loader Disabled
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Wininet
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
CacheTask N/A Running
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows Live
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows Live\SOXE
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Extractor Definitions Update Task 1/28/2018 1:54:23 PM Unknown
C:\Users\admin>In this Microsoft article it pointed me to looking for the task in the system32 folder of Windows under tasks folder, and in there I saw the scheduled task that I tried to set up that failed but by which it said it already exists when trying to create a new task as same name with correct privileges, so it appears that Windows Scheduled Task Manager writes the scheduled task file to
c:\windows\system32\tasks prior to confirming that the user actually is allowed to create a scheduled task.
So I deleted this file and then went back in as system admin and created the scheduled task and success. And this time its properly registered with the task schedule manager and shows in the query as
[ Daily Backup 1/22/2018 2:00:00 AM Ready ]C:\Users\admin>schtasks /query
Folder: \
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
1014avUpdateInfo N/A Ready
Adobe Flash Player Updater 1/21/2018 1:22:00 PM Ready
Antivirus Emergency Update 1/21/2018 2:50:39 PM Ready
AVG EUpdate Task 1/25/2018 3:09:46 PM Ready
CCleanerSkipUAC N/A Ready
CLMLSvc_P2G8 N/A Running
CLVDLauncher N/A Ready
Daily Backup 1/22/2018 2:00:00 AM Ready
GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore 1/22/2018 4:03:36 AM Ready
GoogleUpdateTaskMachineUA 1/21/2018 1:03:37 PM Ready
RMCreator 2/4/2018 12:50:34 PM Ready
User_Feed_Synchronization-{624AB842-0945 1/22/2018 6:37:42 AM Ready
User_Feed_Synchronization-{6F7301C8-1718 1/21/2018 1:35:19 PM Ready
User_Feed_Synchronization-{7BD42CC1-8413 1/22/2018 9:09:27 AM Ready
User_Feed_Synchronization-{EBE7246C-C4F9 1/22/2018 12:56:19 AM Ready
Folder: \Hewlett-Packard
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Hewlett-Packard\HP Support Assistant
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
HP Support Assistant Quick Start N/A Ready
PC Health Analysis 1/22/2018 8:59:37 AM Ready
Update Check 1/23/2018 8:55:26 PM Ready
WarrantyChecker_backup 1/21/2018 1:16:04 PM Unknown
WarrantyChecker_DeviceScan 1/28/2018 11:58:48 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Active Directory Rights Management Services Client
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
AD RMS Rights Policy Template Management Disabled
AD RMS Rights Policy Template Management N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser 1/22/2018 3:59:42 AM Ready
ProgramDataUpdater 1/22/2018 1:09:12 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Autochk
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Proxy N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\CertificateServicesClient
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
UserTask N/A Ready
UserTask-Roam Disabled
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Consolidator 1/21/2018 11:00:00 PM Ready
KernelCeipTask 1/25/2018 3:30:00 AM Ready
Uploader N/A Ready
UsbCeip 1/24/2018 1:30:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Defrag
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
ScheduledDefrag 1/24/2018 1:39:08 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Diagnosis
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Scheduled 1/28/2018 1:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\DiskDiagnostic
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataColl Disabled
Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticResolver Disabled
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Location
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Notifications N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Maintenance
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
WinSAT 1/28/2018 1:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Media Center
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
ActivateWindowsSearch N/A Ready
ConfigureInternetTimeService N/A Ready
DispatchRecoveryTasks N/A Ready
ehDRMInit N/A Ready
InstallPlayReady N/A Ready
mcupdate N/A Ready
MediaCenterRecoveryTask N/A Ready
ObjectStoreRecoveryTask N/A Ready
OCURActivate N/A Ready
OCURDiscovery N/A Ready
PBDADiscovery N/A Ready
PBDADiscoveryW1 N/A Ready
PBDADiscoveryW2 N/A Ready
PeriodicScanRetry Disabled
PvrRecoveryTask N/A Ready
PvrScheduleTask N/A Ready
RecordingRestart Disabled
RegisterSearch N/A Ready
ReindexSearchRoot N/A Ready
SqlLiteRecoveryTask N/A Ready
UpdateRecordPath N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
CorruptionDetector N/A Ready
DecompressionFailureDetector N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\MobilePC
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
HotStart N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\MUI
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
LPRemove N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Multimedia
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
SystemSoundsService N/A Running
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\NetTrace
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
GatherNetworkInfo N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\PLA
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Power Efficiency Diagnostics
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
AnalyzeSystem 1/30/2018 8:23:08 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\RAC
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
RacTask 1/21/2018 2:00:47 PM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Registry
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
RegIdleBackup 1/28/2018 12:02:02 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Shell
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
WindowsParentalControls Disabled
WindowsParentalControlsMigration Disabled
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\SideShow
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
AutoWake Disabled
GadgetManager N/A Ready
SessionAgent Disabled Could not start
SystemDataProviders Disabled Could not start
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\SystemRestore
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
SR 1/22/2018 12:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Task Manager
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Interactive N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Tcpip
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
IpAddressConflict1 N/A Ready
IpAddressConflict2 N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\TextServicesFramework
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
MsCtfMonitor N/A Running
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Time Synchronization
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
SynchronizeTime 1/28/2018 1:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\WDI
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
ResolutionHost N/A Running
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
QueueReporting N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Windows Filtering Platform
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
BfeOnServiceStartTypeChange N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Windows Media Sharing
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
UpdateLibrary N/A Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\WindowsBackup
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
ConfigNotification 1/22/2018 10:00:00 AM Ready
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\WindowsColorSystem
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Calibration Loader Disabled
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows\Wininet
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
CacheTask N/A Running
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows Live
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
INFO: There are no scheduled tasks presently available at your access level.
Folder: \Microsoft\Windows Live\SOXE
TaskName Next Run Time Status
======================================== ====================== ===============
Extractor Definitions Update Task 1/23/2018 5:08:22 PM Ready
C:\Users\admin>Figured I'd share this in case others run into this at some point. Microsoft should really have made this state that you cant create a scheduled task until permissions have been set for a user account vs allowing you to get to finalizing the scheduled task to where it states you cant and then it writes the scheduled task anyways to tasks folder of system32.
Here is Microsoft Documents of Task Scheduler:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722152.aspx
