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How to auto run a program at a certain time in Windows 8.1 / 10?


The solution is simple to auto run (start) a program or application at a certain time in Windows 8.1 / 10.



Here is the example to start the MS-Explore and auto browse to C:\Windows folder at 09:00 clock. You can simply copy the command, and change the time and program name (exe path).

 
C:\Windows>schtasks /create /TN Start_MS_Explorer_9 /SC ONCE /ST 09:00 /TR "explorer.exe c:\Windows"


To delete this auto start task use the command: SCHTASKS /Delete /TN Start_MS_Explorer_9 /F 

Start the Windows CMD.exe and use the command SCHTASKS /? to explore another function and possibilities of SCHTASKS.


See also:

► ... run cmd.exe (command prompt) in administrator mode on Windows 8.1/10!
► ... auto Shutdown the Windows-8 and 8.1 (Turn-off)!!
► ... where are the entries for auto run in Windows 8.1, or 8 registry?





Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200] (c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Administrator>SCHTASKS /? SCHTASKS /parameter [arguments] Description: Enables an administrator to create, delete, query, change, run and end scheduled tasks on a local or remote system. Parameter List: /Create Creates a new scheduled task. /Delete Deletes the scheduled task(s). /Query Displays all scheduled tasks. /Change Changes the properties of scheduled task. /Run Runs the scheduled task on demand. /End Stops the currently running scheduled task. /ShowSid Shows the security identifier corresponding to a scheduled t ask name. /? Displays this help message. Examples: SCHTASKS SCHTASKS /? SCHTASKS /Run /? SCHTASKS /End /? SCHTASKS /Create /? SCHTASKS /Delete /? SCHTASKS /Query /? SCHTASKS /Change /? SCHTASKS /ShowSid /?

SCHTASKS /Create /?




C:\Users\Administrator>SCHTASKS /Create /? SCHTASKS /Create [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]] [/RU username [/RP password]] /SC schedule [/MO modifier] [/D day] [/M months] [/I idletime] /TN taskname /TR taskrun [/ST starttime] [/RI interval] [ {/ET endtime | /DU duration} [/K] [/XML xmlfile] [/V1]] [/SD startdate] [/ED enddate] [/IT | /NP] [/Z] [/F] [/HRESULT] [/?] Description: Enables an administrator to create scheduled tasks on a local or remote system. Parameter List: /S system Specifies the remote system to connect to. If omitted the system parameter defaults to the local system. /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. /RU username Specifies the "run as" user account (user context) under which the task runs. For the system account, valid values are "", "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" or "SYSTEM". For v2 tasks, "NT AUTHORITY\LOCALSERVICE" and "NT AUTHORITY\NETWORKSERVICE" are also available as well as the well known SIDs for all three. /RP [password] Specifies the password for the "run as" user. To prompt for the password, the value must be either "*" or none. This password is ignored for the system account. Must be combined with either /RU or /XML switch. /SC schedule Specifies the schedule frequency. Valid schedule types: MINUTE, HOURLY, DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, ONCE, ONSTART, ONLOGON, ONIDLE, ONEVENT. /MO modifier Refines the schedule type to allow finer control over schedule recurrence. Valid values are listed in the "Modifiers" section below. /D days Specifies the day of the week to run the task. Valid values: MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN and for MONTHLY schedules 1 - 31 (days of the month). Wildcard "*" specifies all days. /M months Specifies month(s) of the year. Defaults to the first day of the month. Valid values: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC. Wildcard "*" specifies all months. /I idletime Specifies the amount of idle time to wait before running a scheduled ONIDLE task. Valid range: 1 - 999 minutes. /TN taskname Specifies a name which uniquely identifies this scheduled task. /TR taskrun Specifies the path and file name of the program to be run at the scheduled time. Example: C:\windows\system32\calc.exe /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. Defaults to current time if /ST is not specified. This option is required with /SC ONCE. /RI interval Specifies the repetition interval in minutes. This is not applicable for schedule types: MINUTE, HOURLY, ONSTART, ONLOGON, ONIDLE, ONEVENT. Valid range: 1 - 599940 minutes. If either /ET or /DU is specified, then it defaults to 10 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. This is not applicable for schedule types: ONSTART, ONLOGON, ONIDLE, ONEVENT. /DU duration Specifies the duration to run the task. The time format is HH:mm. This is not applicable with /ET and for schedule types: ONSTART, ONLOGON, ONIDLE, ONEVENT. For /V1 tasks, if /RI is specified, duration defaults to 1 hour. /K Terminates the task at the endtime or duration time. This is not applicable for schedule types: ONSTART, ONLOGON, ONIDLE, ONEVENT. Either /ET or /DU must be specified. /SD startdate Specifies the first date on which the task runs. The format is mm/dd/yyyy. Defaults to the current date. This is not applicable for schedule types: ONCE, ONSTART, ONLOGON, ONIDLE, ONEVENT. /ED enddate Specifies the last date when the task should run. The format is mm/dd/yyyy. This is not applicable for schedule types: ONCE, ONSTART, ONLOGON, ONIDLE, ONEVENT. /EC ChannelName Specifies the event channel for OnEvent triggers. /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. /NP No password is stored. The task runs non-interactively as the given user. Only local resources are available. /Z Marks the task for deletion after its final run. /XML xmlfile Creates a task from the task XML specified in a file. Can be combined with /RU and /RP switches, or with /RP alone, when task XML already contains the principal. /V1 Creates a task visible to pre-Vista platforms. Not compatible with /XML. /F Forcefully creates the task and suppresses warnings if the specified task already exists. /RL level Sets the Run Level for the job. Valid values are LIMITED and HIGHEST. The default is LIMITED. /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. /HRESULT For better diagnosability, the process exit code will be in the HRESULT format. /? Displays this help message. Modifiers: Valid values for the /MO switch per schedule type: MINUTE: 1 - 1439 minutes. HOURLY: 1 - 23 hours. DAILY: 1 - 365 days. WEEKLY: weeks 1 - 52. ONCE: No modifiers. ONSTART: No modifiers. ONLOGON: No modifiers. ONIDLE: No modifiers. MONTHLY: 1 - 12, or FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, LAST, LASTDAY. ONEVENT: XPath event query string. Examples: ==> Creates a scheduled task "doc" on the remote machine "ABC" which runs notepad.exe every hour under user "runasuser". SCHTASKS /Create /S ABC /U user /P password /RU runasuser /RP runaspassword /SC HOURLY /TN doc /TR notepad ==> Creates a scheduled task "accountant" on the remote machine "ABC" to run calc.exe every five minutes from the specified start time to end time between the start date and end date. SCHTASKS /Create /S ABC /U domain\user /P password /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /TN accountant /TR calc.exe /ST 12:00 /ET 14:00 /SD 06/06/2006 /ED 06/06/2006 /RU runasuser /RP userpassword ==> Creates a scheduled task "gametime" to run freecell on the first Sunday of every month. SCHTASKS /Create /SC MONTHLY /MO first /D SUN /TN gametime /TR c:\windows\system32\freecell ==> Creates a scheduled task "report" on remote machine "ABC" to run notepad.exe every week. SCHTASKS /Create /S ABC /U user /P password /RU runasuser /RP runaspassword /SC WEEKLY /TN report /TR notepad.exe ==> Creates a scheduled task "logtracker" on remote machine "ABC" to run notepad.exe every five minutes starting from the specified start time with no end time. The /RP password will be prompted for. SCHTASKS /Create /S ABC /U domain\user /P password /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /TN logtracker /TR c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe /ST 18:30 /RU runasuser /RP ==> Creates a scheduled task "gaming" to run freecell.exe starting at 12:00 and automatically terminating at 14:00 hours every day SCHTASKS /Create /SC DAILY /TN gaming /TR c:\freecell /ST 12:00 /ET 14:00 /K ==> Creates a scheduled task "EventLog" to run wevtvwr.msc starting whenever event 101 is published in the System channel SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR wevtvwr.msc /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=101] ==> Spaces in file paths can be used by using two sets of quotes, one set for CMD.EXE and one for SchTasks.exe. The outer quotes for CMD need to be double quotes; the inner quotes can be single quotes or escaped double quotes: SCHTASKS /Create /tr "'c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplorer.exe' \"c:\log data\today.xml\"" ... C:\Users\Administrator>


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