Questions tagged [tasks]

Tasks are processes that are to be done. A task can be an item on a to-do list, a process that needs to be completed, a scheduled event to take place, or any number of things that need to be accomplished.

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explorer.exe Window Steals Focus

I've been having intermittent problems with a window stealing focus in Windows 10 Professional. I ran Windows Focus Logger (by Adminscope) and it indicates the Process_name stealing the focus is ...
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How to change windows 10 “task view” Virtual Desktop Keyboard shortcut?

As you know, when we use Windows Key+Ctrl+Left / Right it'll change Virtual Desktops in windows 10 but I want to change (or add) to a new keyboard shortcut to change virtual desktops in Windows 10. I ...
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Can I use Task Scheduler or Group Policy Management Console to close Microsoft Sticky Notes when clicking 'Shut Down' on my PC using Windows 10?

I have created a task in Task Scheduler for the Microsoft Sticky Notes app downloaded from the Microsoft Store, to open 30 seconds after I turn on my PC and enter the Desktop, but in order for this ...
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Thunderbird: How to customize task list?

How can the visual appearance of the task list be customized in Thunderbird ? I need to change the colors, backgroundcolors and font styles of current/overdue/completed tasks when selected/unselected. ...
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How do I automate tasks in EmEditor?

Does EmEditor have a way to automate a workflow? My workflow involves a sequence of commands that could easily be automated if there was a way to do so.
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ms project 2010 roll up task, milestones hidden behind tasks

I am trying to use roll up tasks in project, however my milestones are being hidden behind the tasks, is it possible to force the milestone tasks to the front view?
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How Windows handles scheduled tasks when restarting computer?

I have an indefinitely running scheduled task that repeats every now and then and runs for few minutes. What happens when this task is running and I click restart or shutdown computer? Will Windows ...
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In Windows Task Scheduler, Task runs at startup

So i have a Sleep.bat file that runs at say 10pm. Sometimes, it runs the next morning when i turn on my computer. it has always had the box unchecked next to "run task as soon as possible after a ...
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Group Outlook tasks by due-date categories: "Today," "Tomorrow," "This Week," "Next Week," etc

I use Outlook's Task "peek" to organize my to-do list. When I let Outlook "Automatically group [tasks] according to arrangement," as in this picture— —it groups them by the ...
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Share Outlook task manager custom view with user defined columns

I have created a task manager view in Microsoft Outlook which contains user defined fields as well as other Pre-defined fields in the view. I am trying to share this task manager with the rest of my ...
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How to launch a scheduled task as AzureAD user?

I am working on an AzureAD-joined Win11 computer with logged on AzureAD-user. I need to create a scheduled task to run an executable as this user, but this is not possible. E.g. when I try to run c:\...
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Unable to print Outlook tasks

I'm unable to print (or print preview) Outlook tasks. All other areas of Outlook print successfully (email, calendar, etc.). Here are some details about my system: 1) Windows 7 2) Outlook 2007 3) ...
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Windows 10 - Disable UWP process group apps from running automatically

Edition: Windows 10 Home | Version: 1909 | OS build: 18363.693. Just came across a specific process group on Windows 10, in the Task Manager. It is known as UWP and represented with a leaf, as one ...
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Task Scheduler running a Program incorrectly

I have created a python exe that copies data from a NAS to a external HDD. This is on a Windows sever 2012 and the NAS and External is accessible to use. Also using the user account with full admin ...
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How to search for tasks and events in Mozilla Lightning/Thunderbird?

I can't find this function nowhere yet reading this post from ssitter in Integrate Unifinder into Lightning as it is in Sunbird bug in Mozilla's Bugzilla it looks like it was already implemented 3 ...
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Close specific file in Acrobat Reader via the command line

I am working on something questionably useful (because better executions exist) which is a Sublime Text 3 PDFLaTeX build system with preview. I want to open files in Acrobat Reader, and so far all is ...
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Create a task that triggers on a process launch

I'm looking to boost GTA5.exe's priority to "Realtime" whenever it launches So far, I've tried the following trigger: <QueryList> <Query Id="0" Path="Security"&...
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How to subscribe to task list assigned from a Google Chat space from Thunderbird?

Thunderbird can subscribe to task lists provided by Google from the Tasks tab as separate calendars. However, those task lists won't include tasks assigned from a Google Chat space. How can I ...
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Task Scheduler Monitor Off and Monitor On

I am trying to achieve something that I thought would be simple, but everything I try to use doesn't work. Looking for a way to schedule a Monitor Off and Monitor On from task scheduler. Very simple. ...
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In Windows 10, how to automate a set of actions? i.e. turn the Internet off, wait 2 sec, turn on again

My Internet randomly disconnects and I have to go to Adapter options to turn it off and back on again in order for it to start working again. It's tedious and I wish I could just press a key combo to ...
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ConEmu: How to call msys2 as tab?

I want to create a 2x2 grid of console, and I want it to be my default setting, meaning when I open ConEmu, this setting to be the startup setting. I have written a task like below: >* cmd -...
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I can't start Windows Explorer without administrative privileges

I can't start File Explorer Task without administrative privileges in Windows 8, but if I start it with admin privileges, I can't open Windows 8 Apps, and it shows:
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Why does this bat not work

@echo off start ButtonFix.exe cd "D:\KASE-EO\FruitMachine\LED\LEDBlinky" start AttractActivate.exe cd "D:\FME FX3\JoyToKey\bin" start JoyToKey.exe" cd "D:\FME FX3" ...
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Start Python script with Task Scheduler via PowerShell

With PowerShell, I want to create a new task that starts a Python script: Setting it this way via the GUI Task Scheduler works, but in my PowerShell code below, I don't know how to specify the "...
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Fixed duration is inactive

In summary task information, Task type is set on " fixed duration" and is inactive (I can't change it). How can I change the duration?
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Is it possible to print a report in Outlook 2010 of all current and completed tasks?

I use the task list quite extensively in Outlook 2010 to keep track of tasks I'm working on, and mark them completed when they are complete. This works well for me. I'd like the ability to print a ...
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Cannot end Windows 7 process, even tried ntsd

As descriebed in My VirtualBox virtual machine freezes, when I try to use the webcam, I end with a process which can't be deleted by taskmanger, pskill nor even ntsd, which was recommended here. BTW....
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Fill a cell with text & find match of a reference cell from previous entries, then automatically fill the respective "semi-adjacent" cells with a word

I am doing a daily task list excel sheet containing columns titled Month, Day, Task, Status, and Update. Cells under Status have a dropdown list choice of either "done" or "missed",...
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Calculating least number of light fixtures for a run

Good afternoon all, I've been using Stack Exchange on a school site, and found it very helpful. Hopefully my question will be topic appropriate and well phrased. I am a Project Manager for a ...
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Cannot end Windows 7 process, even tried pskill

I am having a problem where processes are hanging and absolutely refuse to die. I have tried using the task manager and pskill from the console (with admin rights) and while the program will state ...
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End task when access is denied (even when using cmd taskkill / powershell kill)

I have found a process running on my computer "rsEngineSvc.exe" and i want to uninstall this application from my laptop, meaning i must end the process to do so. I have tried using taskkill ...
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Taskkill.exe: don't throw an error if the process is not running

I'm running a Visual Studio post build event that shuts down IIS if it's still running after compilation: taskkill /f /im w3wp.exe The following works perfectly if IIS is still running, but throws ...
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In Microsoft Outlook 2010, how do I sort Tasks by Due Date so they are ascending, but things without a Due Date are at the bottom?

I'm not sure if this is possible, but what I would like to have is a list of tasks such that the first thing in the list is the thing that is due first. Things that do you have an explicit due date ...
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Windows server's task sheduler not working after few months

I am using windows task scheduler to run few tasks. But the tasks stop running time to time. May be after few months. Can I know why this happens? dose this happen because of user password expiration?
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I need to restart my PC if theres no network connection after about 1 minute

I manage a number of Microsoft teams rooms. They do a nightly reboot and sometimes they come up without network. The environment they are in is very locked down so no ICPM traffic is allowed. What Im ...
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How to see details of an error in Task Scheduler with 0XFFFFFFF code

I am running a Task in Windows Server 16 but the Status always shows 0XFFFFFFF Is there a way to see more descrption of the error. Will you get this if the Process which it is trying to start is ...
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Firefox Portable : "Another instance [...] is already running" but taskkill says there is no running instance

I wanted to change the folder from which I run FireFoxPortable, but now I get this when trying to open Firefox : "Another instance of Firefox is already running." But when I run taskkill : ...
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How to schedule taskkill in bat file

I want something like this:- taskkill 7z.exe after 50sec. code 1 code 2 code 3 7z.exe will be killed after 50 sec but the program should execute code 1 code 2 code 3 without waiting for the ...
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Task scheduler vs shell:Startup

Is creating a task on the task scheduler to run a particular application/script at a startup good or should use shell:startup? I have an old unused computer, am planning to use it to run some python ...
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Start Django App When Windows Starts

I would like to start a Django App automatically when Windows starts. I created a .bat file (that I intend to execute using Task Scheduler) containing the following: C:\Users\HP\project-name\Scripts\...
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Taskkill can't end process but taskmanager can [closed]

I recently found out something interesting: I can't kill tasks with taskkill but the Task-Manager kills them. I can end the process with the task manager just fine, but when I try it with taskkill, it ...
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Is there a way to know what a process is doing on Windows 10?

Windows 10 has a lot of strangely named process running and we don't know exactly what they're doing. For example, the "Runtime Broker.exe" task is described as a process that helps to ...
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Windows Server 2019 Task Scheduler - Task running but not appearing anywhere

I imported a Task on Windows Server 2019 and I got some errors. The Task Scheduler was completely stuck so I deleted the task from c:\Windows\System32\Tasks and from the registry. I then re-imported ...
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Looking for a system to handle internal control execution [duplicate]

We are a fast growing company that needs to suddenly meet requirements by external auditors, in order to pass IT security guidelines. As part of the guidelines, we need to ensure that various internal ...
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Windows Task Scheduler Custom Handler

From Windows Task Scheduler within the Actions tab on some scheduled tasks there are values of Custom Handler assigned to the Action attribute. Question Is there a way to see custom handler details ...
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Schedule image pop-up using task scheduler

I would like to know how to schedule a pop-up image every 1 hour on Windows 8.1. I tried to make a batch containing file name and file type and open the batch through Command Prompt by setting a CMD ...
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Finding all not responding tasks from the command line in Mac OS X?

I know I can do ps -aux | xargs kill etc but I want to list the PIDs of all tasks that are not responding (the red ones in Activity Monitor). What command I can execute in the terminal to list these ...
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Can you increase the console popup menu with task submenu entries?

I have to work with a lot of vms and I'm using task submenu to group vms in console popup menu. The issue is that now I have more vms than entries in the task sub-menu to create putty sessions. I ...
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msfeedssync.exe what does it do?

I had a program msfeedssync.exe as a scheduled task on my machine. Wondering what is this for and how did it get scheduled on my Windows 7 machine?
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Prevent scheduled task from running when an app is running (Windows 7)

I have a task scheduled for robocopy.exe for backup of some files and SQL database daily at 22.00. Is there a way to prevent this task from running when an XYZ.exe application is running?

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