Scheduler under Vista or Windows 7 or Windows 2008

WinTask Scheduler is available only under Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. It has not been developed under Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 2008, as it is not possible to force an automatic logon with those new Windows, plus the Task Scheduler 2.0 is very powerful in those Windows.

Note : An interactive script cannot activate a window or a web page when Task Scheduler window is opened. You need to close Task Scheduler window after you have scheduled your scripts.



Here is the list of steps for scheduling a WinTask script execution using Windows Task Scheduler 2.0.

  1. Click the Start button. Select Programs/Accessories/System tools/Task Scheduler. Or in the Search box, type Task Scheduler and press Enter.

  2. if the "User Account Control" dialog box comes up, click the Continue button.

  3. The Task Scheduler main window is displayed

  4. In Actions pane on the right, click Create Task. The Create Task dialog box is displayed.

  5. In Name field, type the name you want for the task that you are creating, let's call it "Notepad launch". Leave checked Run only when user is logged on if the script that you are scheduling uses interactive functions such as UseWindow, UsePage, ...

  6. Click Actions Tab.

  7. Click New... button in the Action Tab. The New Action dialog box is displayed. In Program/script field, click Browse... button and browse for the TaskExec.exe file (by default, it is under c:\program files\wintask\bin, or with a x64 Windows under c:\program files (x32)\wintask\bin). The screen looks like below.

  8. In Add arguments field, type the name of the script that you want to run, including its full path and its .ROB extension, for example "C:\program files\WinTask\scripts\launch_notepad.rob". If the application that the script automatizes needs to start in a specific folder, fill the Start in field. The dialog box looks like below. Click OK button.

  9. Click now the Triggers Tab. The Triggers dialog box is displayed.

  10. Click New button. In the New Trigger screen, specify when the task must start and click OK button when done.

  11. You can click Settings Tab for advanced options:

  12. Look too at Conditions Tab if needed:

  13. Click OK button, the task is now scheduled. You can see all the scheduled tasks by double clicking Task Scheduler library in the left pane of Task Scheduler main window: