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i wanted开发者_运维知识库 to run a .bat file in windows task scheduler, so i opened it, added a new task, browsed to the bat file, and... nothing happened. so i changed the timing to see if it'll run, and it didn't. next i right-clicked on the task and chose "run"- it didn't run. the file itself is only one line, basically backups a folder to a another location. it runs fine when not in the scheduler.

what can be done?

thank you

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You should not give batch file directly as a task. Instead you should use

"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /C <completepathtobatchfile> <argstobatchfileifany>

the complete path to cmd.exe may vary in your case depending on which drive you installed OS and which version you are using.