schtasks /create (Have a task that runs every day and repeats every hour

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Ivan S picture Ivan S · Jan 29, 2014 · Viewed 25.7k times · Source

Sorry if this or similar has been asked, and I hope I'm missing something stupid and this is easy, but. How do I make a task using the schtasks /create command that will start say every day at 7 and repeat every hour either indefinitely or for the duration of a day?

If I do

schtasks /create /tn "test" /tr "\"C:\Program Files\test.exe"" /sc HOURLY /mo 1

it will only trigger if the specified date and time are hit.

If I do

schtasks /create /tn "test" /tr "\"C:\Program Files\test.exe"" /sc DAILY /mo 1

it will only trigger once a day.

Thanks in advance!

Answer

Ivan S picture Ivan S · Jan 30, 2014

Figured it out, Repeat Interval is essentially what I needed along with duration

Below is how to schedule something to run at 7:00 every day every 1 hour for a duration of 1 day.

schtasks /create /tn "test" /tr "\"test.exe"" /sc DAILY /st 07:00 /f /RI 60 /du 24:00

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