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Configure a Scheduled Task Item

Applies To: Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server
2012

For computers that are running Windows Server® 2008 R2,

Windows® 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista®, Windows
Server 2003, or Windows XP, Scheduled Task preference items let
you create, replace, update, and delete scheduled tasks and their
associated properties. Before you create a Scheduled Task
preference item, you should review the behavior of each type of
action possible with this extension.

Configuring a Scheduled Task item

To create a new Scheduled Task preference item

1. Open the Group Policy Management Console . Right-click the

Group Policy object (GPO) that should contain the new
preference item, and then click Edit .

2. In the console tree under Computer Configuration or User

Configuration , expand the Preferences folder, and then
expand the Control Panel Settings folder.

3. Right-click the Scheduled Tasks node, point to New , and

select Scheduled Task .

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4. In the New Scheduled Task Properties dialog box, select an

Action for Group Policy to perform. (For more information, see
"Actions" in this topic.)

5. On the Task tab, enter task settings for Group Policy to

configure or remove. (For more information, see "Task settings"
in this topic.)

6. If creating, updating, or replacing a task:

1. Click the Schedule tab, and configure one or more

schedules for the task. (For more information, see "Schedule
settings" in this topic.)

2. Click the Settings tab, and enter any additional task settings
for Group Policy to configure. (For more information, see
"Other scheduled task settings" in this topic.)

7. Click the Common tab, configure any options, and then type
your comments in the Description box. (For more information,
see Configure Common Options.)

8. Click OK . The new preference item appears in the details pane.

Actions

This type of preference item provides a choice of four actions:

Create , Replace , Update , and Delete . The behavior of the
preference item varies with the action selected and whether the
scheduled task already exists.

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Create Create a new scheduled task for users or computers.

Delete Remove a scheduled task for users or computers.

Delete and re-create scheduled tasks for users or

computers. The net result of the Replace action is to
Replace overwrite all existing settings associated with the
scheduled task. If the scheduled task does not exist, then
the Replace action creates a new scheduled task.

Modify settings of an existing scheduled task for users or

computers. This action differs from Replace because it
only updates settings that are defined within the
Update
preference item. All other settings remain as configured in
the scheduled task. If the scheduled task does not exist,
then the Update action creates a new scheduled task.

Task settings

Note
All text fields accept preference processing variables. Press F3 to
display a list of variables from which you can select.

Type a name for the scheduled task. This name will

appear in the list of scheduled tasks in Control Panel
for users or computers. To modify or delete a task, this
Name
name must match the name of the existing task as it
appears in Control Panel for computers or users.
Preference items configuring tasks with the same task

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name can conflict.

Type the command to be run, excluding any

arguments.
Run
This field is available only if the action selected is
Create , Replace , or Update .

Type any command-line arguments required.

Arguments
This field is available only if the action selected is
Create , Replace , or Update .

To specify the working directory for the command

being run (typically to ensure the correct resolution of
any relative file names), type the working directory
used when the task is run. Do not include quotation
Start in
marks or a trailing slash.

This field is available only if the action selected is

Create , Replace , or Update .

Type a description of the task. This description is

visible for users or computers to which this preference
item is applied.
Comments

This field is available only if the action selected is

Create , Replace , or Update .

Configure the security context under which the task is

Run as
run.

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If the preference item is part of Computer

Configuration , by default the task is run in the
security context of the SYSTEM account.

If the preference item is part of User

Configuration , by default the task is run in the
security context of the logged-on user. The task is
run only if the user is logged on to the computer,
but can continue after the user logs off.

To run a task under the security context of a

specified account (enabling the task to run
regardless of whether that account is logged on),
select the Run as check box and enter credentials
for the account.

Security Note
This password is stored as part of the GPO in
SYSVOL and is discoverable, although obscured. If
you choose to store passwords in preference items,
you should consider creating dedicated accounts for
this purpose, and never store administrative
passwords in preference items.
These fields are available only if the action selected is
Create , Replace , or Update .

Select this check box so that the task will run. To

configure the task for users or computers without
Enabled letting it run, clear this check box.

This check box is available only if the action selected

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is Create , Replace , or Update .

Schedule settings

If creating, updating, or replacing a task, configure the frequency

with which to run the task on the Schedule tab. For a task
scheduled to be run daily, weekly, monthly, or one time only, select
the start time at which to begin the task.

Configure any optional scheduling settings desired:

To let a daily, weekly, or monthly task run only during a specific

range of dates, click the Advanced button, and select a Start
Date and End Date .

To run the task repeatedly, click the Advanced button, select

Repeat task , and configure the frequency and end time or
duration.

You can configure multiple schedules. To do this, select the

Show multiple schedules check box. For the first schedule
that you want to create, select a frequency, start time, and any
advanced options for the task. Click New to add another
schedule to the list, and then configure settings for it. Any
schedule modifications are applied to the schedule currently
viewed, but all the schedules are run.

Note
To return to a single schedule display, delete all except one of
the schedules in the list, and then clear the Show multiple
schedules check box.

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Other scheduled task settings

If creating, updating, or replacing a task, configure settings to

manage the behavior of the task upon completion, if the computer
is being used, or under specific power conditions on the Settings
tab.

Additional considerations

You can use item-level targeting to change the scope of

preference items.

Preference items are available only in domain-based GPOs.

Additional references

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