Solved Disk Defragmenter Schedule Not Working

[SamTaClaus]

No, I just open the Disk Defrag, then click "Modify Schedule," then I select the time and stuff, and I click "OK." The "Run on a Schedule" box is checked and my disks are checked, and it says "Next Scheduled Run: 1/1/11 4:00 AM" (the date and time it is next set to run). I click "OK," and then it closes, but if I open it again, my schedule time is saved, and it says it's on the schedule, but it now says "Next Scheduled Run: Never." It never does run.

 

[richc46]

Set it for an hour so so and boot the computer.

 

[richc46]

No, I just open the Disk Defrag, then click "Modify Schedule," then I select the time and stuff, and I click "OK." The "Run on a Schedule" box is checked and my disks are checked, and it says "Next Scheduled Run: 1/1/11 4:00 AM" (the date and time it is next set to run). I click "OK," and then it closes, but if I open it again, my schedule time is saved, and it says it's on the schedule, but it now says "Next Scheduled Run: Never." It never does run.

OK I asked the right question
Lets try from task scheduler.

 

[SamTaClaus]

How do I do this? I tried to set it from there, but I don't think it works. Can you tell me what I have to put?

 

[richc46]

I do not have defrag on a schedule but all my other schedules
restore points
etc are from task scheduler
Use Task Scheduler To Fine Tune Automatic Disk Defragmentation In Vista

You have done it correctly per all the written documentaion, but it does not seem to work.

Lets think outside the bos.

 

[SamTaClaus]

I figured it out! In that link that you gave me, I was told how to get to the scheduled defrags that were already there. I was looking at something else, which I am not sure is. In these real defrag schedules, I was supposed to edit the time and date in one of them (the one called "ScheduledDefrag"), like the link told me to, but I noticed something. This "ScheduledDefrag" thing didn't say "Ready" like the others did. It said "Disabled." Fortunately, I remembered seeing a button on the right-side toolbar-thing that said "Enable" and one that said "Disable." Being as impulsive as I am, I didn't like that it was disabled, so I clicked "Enable." I realized that this might have been why it wasn't working, so I checked the Disk Defragmenter. It said "Next Scheduled Run: 1/1/11 4:00 AM" instead of "Next Scheduled Run: Never" like it did before. I clicked "OK" and opened it again. It still gives the next run. It's working! Thank you so much for guiding me to the answer!

 

[richc46]

Sam you are very welcome. Thats why we are here.
Happy New Year to you.

 

[SamTaClaus]

Happy New Year to you, too!

 

[Benjamin]

Just FYI, If the following services (in addition to the Task Scheduler for the schedule) are disabled, defrag will not run: Remote Procedure Call, DCOM Server Process Launcher and RPC Endpoint Mapper. That could also sometimes contribute to the Vista defrag not starting up on a schedule. I wish there was also a way to speed up the defrag and get a decent GUI/drive map....right now only the third party utilities have this for Vista/7 defragmentation.

 

[SamTaClaus]

Oh, that's very helpful. I wish I had known that before, but thank you for the information.