Task Scheduler

[liviuzak]

Hello,

I need to schedule a task to run only for a limited amount of time (minutes). The new task scheduler doesn't allow me to do this, it has only built in fixed amount of times (1 hr., 2 hr.,...) that are not good for me. Is there a way to set a custom amount of time for a task to be ran, like in XP (hh:mm)? Or maybe a way to install on Vista the task scheduler from XP? (by the way, what is the program or whatever is launched when you click on "Add Scheduled Task" in XP, like if I would like to launch the wizard from a command line/prompt?).

Thank you,

Liviu

 

[Brink]

Hi Liviu,

Welcome to Vista x64 Forums.

You can use this as a reference for below:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/132903-task-scheduler-create-task.html

In Step Five step 14, you can set it to Stop task if it runs longer than: 30 minutes.

Usually the task will stop automatically when it has finished running though.

The program for Task Scheduler is located at C:\Windows\System 32\taskschd.msc.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[liviuzak]

Hello Brink,

Unfortunately this is not what I need. The minimum time is 1 hour, without minutes capabilities. And I wanted the location of the Windows XP task scheduler to copy it on Vista, because it allows what I need.

Thank you,

Liviu