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  • Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:01 PM
     
     
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    Hello everyone. I would first like to apologize if this question is in the wrong category. I have no idea where to place my question so I just placed it where he did http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-GB/winservergen/thread/36fccd4a-a699-4913-9afa-c583383bc56a

    I have a problem with Task Scheduler. I made a task and I get an error message when I start Task Scheduler saying

    An error has occurred for task "task name" application. Error message: The specified account name is not valid.

    I tried looking for that task, but I can't find it. I think it's because I checked the "hidden" box when I made that task. I want to delete that task. Can anyone help me? 

     

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  • Sunday, January 13, 2013 6:20 PM
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    Hi,


    We can select Show Hidden Tasks to view hidden tasks.




    General Task Properties

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749579(v=ws.10).aspx


    Also, we can use Schtasks command-line utility to manage our tasks.


    Schtasks.exe (Windows)

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb736357(v=vs.85).aspx


    Hope this helps.

    Jeremy Wu
    TechNet Community Support

     
  • Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:06 PM
     
     
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    Hello Jeremy, Thank you for helping me out. I do have the show hidden tasks enabled in Task Manager but I still can't seem to find the task I created. I try to use the Schtask command-line utility, but when I open it the Command Prompt appears and then it closes by itself. I would like to just delete the task that I made, but I can't because it closes by itself. How do I use Schtask.exe?
     
  • Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:34 PM
     
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    You want to run Command Prompt as Administrator from start menu, and then type 'schtask /query' to view available schedule tasks.

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  • Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:17 PM
     
     
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    Thank you pateljy! Now that I know how to open the Schtasks command-line utility and I know how to use it thanks to this site

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff356867.aspx

    I was able to delete my task. 

     
  • Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:21 AM
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    Hi,


    Glad to hear that the issue has been resolved.


    Cheers!

    Jeremy Wu
    TechNet Community Support