Windows Task Scheduler

Windows Task Scheduler
	Management console for Task Scheduler 3.0 in Windows 11
Other names	taskschd.msc
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	1995
Written in	C++
Included with	Internet Explorer 4.0 and later; (Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0); Windows 98 and later; (Windows 9x family); Windows 2000 and later; (Windows NT family);
Predecessor	System Agent
Service name	Task Scheduler (Schedule)
Type	Windows service
Website	docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/taskschd/task-scheduler-start-page

Task Scheduler (formerly Scheduled Tasks) is a job scheduler in Microsoft Windows that launches computer programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals. Microsoft introduced this component in the Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 as System Agent. Its core component is an eponymous Windows service. The Windows Task Scheduler infrastructure is the basis for the Windows PowerShell scheduled jobs feature introduced with PowerShell v3.

Task Scheduler can be compared to cron or anacron on Unix-like operating systems. This service should not be confused with the scheduler, which is a core component of the OS kernel that allocates CPU resources to processes already running.

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