Why my scheduled task did not start ?

WinTask Scheduler is a Windows service called WTScheduler.

If none of your scheduled tasks start, you have first to check that WTScheduler service is installed properly:
When you install WinTask Scheduler, you must have administrator rights, and the software must be installed directly from the PC (it cannot be installed remotely). After installation, you must reboot the PC, then WTScheduler service will start. A small circle red icon with a clock inside in system tray tells that Scheduler service is started. If you don't see it, whereas you have rebooted, you can force the installation by typing at command prompt:
c:\progra~1\wintask\bin\SchedInd /install

You will then see the WTScheduler icon in system tray.

 

WTScheduler service is correcly installed and started, but your scheduled task did not start.

Create a simple task, for instance, a script just launching wordpad, so the SRC file would have just one line:
Shell("wordpad")

Run this test script and so you will have the .ROB file.

In Scheduler window, schedule a new task which runs this script once in one hour.

Test first this simple task by right clicking the task and in the context menu, select Run. The task should run immediately and you see wordpad started.

Schedule now this simple task to start in 5 mns. Stay in front of the PC in order to see the task starting when it's time. If the task does not start, the reason why it did not is written in Event log. To call Event Log, click Application Log in Scheduler window, and in Event Viewer window, double click Application. In Application log, double click the WTScheduler lines, it reports all the events from WTScheduler Service. If there is an error, the error message is written and you can see the error code.

If you still don't understand why the simple task is failing, contact us at info@wintask.com