Scheduling a Task to Run Indefinitely

Question

I suppose what I want is closer to a service, but I'd like to know if I could just accomplish this with a scheduled task.

I can create a task with these parameters:

$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Once -At 7am -RepetitionInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 5) -RepetitionDuration ([timespan]::MaxValue)

But if the computer boots up after 7 AM the task never fires right?

How can I have a task that repeats every 5 mins no matter the time when the computer is on?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 16 '21 at 11:09

I use the following method to achieve the desired result:

$T = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup
$RT = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Once -At 7am -RepetitionDuration (New-TimeSpan -Days 1)  -RepetitionInterval  (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 1)
$T.Repetition = $RT.Repetition

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 20 '23 at 18:34

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If you skip the -RepetitionDuration it defaults to Indefinite.

answered Jan 20 '23 at 18:34

Jeffery Field

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '16 at 20:39

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Instead of using -Once -At you could be using -AtStartup or -AtLogon

-AtStartup

$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup -RepetitionInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 5) -RepetitionDuration ([timespan]::MaxValue)

-AtLogon

$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogon -RepetitionInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 5) -RepetitionDuration ([timespan]::MaxValue)

answered Mar 22 '16 at 20:39

Tim Penner

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Hmm I didn't think Atlogon supported repetitioninterval. When I run that command I get this error: New-ScheduledTaskTrigger : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters. – red888 Mar 22 '16 at 21:16
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-1. `AtStartup` does not support `RepetitionInterval`. @red888 what did you end up using as a solution? – Justin Helgerson Sep 01 '16 at 00:22

Scheduling a Task to Run Indefinitely

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