List, add, edit, delete Windows Scheduled Tasks from the command-line

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Is there a command-line tool that can be used to programatically list, add, edit and delete Windows Scheduled tasks?

I realize that there are better alternatives to Scheduled Tasks, but I need to make changes to an existing set of tasks on a large number of PCs and would like to script it.

Thanks, Jon

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 07 '09 at 15:50

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See This link at Microsoft on using at and schtasks to manage scheduled tasks from the command line.

answered Aug 07 '09 at 15:50

Marko Carter

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[at](https://ss64.com/nt/at.html) vs [schtasks](https://ss64.com/nt/schtasks.html): https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2004/09/22/how-can-i-manage-scheduled-tasks-using-scripts/ – Vadzim Nov 17 '17 at 12:00
Quote: **Schtasks replaces At.exe**, a tool included in previous versions of Windows. Although At.exe is still included in the Windows Server 2003 family, schtasks is the recommended command-line task scheduling tool. Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/schtasks – Wayne Phipps Apr 01 '19 at 09:46

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 26 '12 at 16:36

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schtasks.exe /change /TN pepe /ENABLE

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user9517

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answered Nov 29 '10 at 15:54

Martin

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List, add, edit, delete Windows Scheduled Tasks from the command-line

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