Starting a remote scheduled task

Question

How is it possible to start a scheduled task that is not locally stored but on another computer on your network, using c#?

It seems that i cannot determine the path of the schedule task. Also I just need to start the task. I dont need to wait for it to finish and I do not need any error handling. Just run the task.

Probably you could use the [PsExec utility](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553) from PsTools Suite — Steve, Oct 08 '13 at 09:13

C4stor · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-22T07:20:29.597

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Install NuGet package: Task Scheduler Managed Wrapper and then you can use:

using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler;

using (TaskService tasksrvc = new TaskService(server.Name, login, domain, password))
{
    Task task = tasksrvc.FindTask(taskName);
    task .Run();       
}

edited Jun 22 '16 at 07:20

answered Oct 08 '13 at 09:25

C4stor

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Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler namespace does not exist. Is it in another .Net version perhaps? – jayt.dev Oct 08 '13 at 09:33
Oh, my bad, I totally forgot it was not a native library. It comes from here : http://taskscheduler.codeplex.com/ – C4stor Oct 08 '13 at 09:35
Great stuff. Note you're missing a closing parenthesis: `using (TaskService tasksrvc = new TaskService(server.Name, login, domain, password))` – Sir Crispalot Jun 21 '16 at 11:59
https://stackoverflow.com/a/41861081/1117305 helped me, if you're running the task with a user that is not the owner. – AJ AJ May 04 '20 at 13:01
taskscheduler.codeplex.com not found – Kiquenet Mar 17 '22 at 22:33

score -3 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 23 '15 at 10:30

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It is not working because you are missing the using closing brackets

using (TaskService tasksrvc = new TaskService("server.Name", "login", 
                                                             "domain", "password"))
{                   
    Task task = tasksrvc.FindTask("taskname");
    task.Run();       
}

Thanks.

edited Dec 23 '15 at 10:30

Tushar

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answered Aug 26 '15 at 13:51

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