Scheduled Task

[Bozo]

The Scheduled Task utility in Windows 7 sucks donky balls.
I have been trying some free utilities without much success.
Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Mercutio]

I haven't had any problem with the Windows 7 Scheduled Tasks Applet. What is the basis for your objection?

 

[Bozo]

I have one computer that has 28 scheduled task on it. We always leave the scheduled task window up so we can see what's happening, if there was a problem, and whats running. The Windows 7 scheduled task window must be refreshed manually if want to see what is happening or what happened. Windows XP scheduled task window updated in real time, automatically.

 

[Mercutio]

Maybe you should look at Event Viewer instead?

 

[BingBangBop]

Doesn't the logs of event viewer need to be refreshed manually if left up on the screen?

 

[blakerwry]

The Windows 7 scheduled task window must be refreshed manually if want to see what is happening or what happened. Windows XP scheduled task window updated in real time, automatically.

Sounds like a job for a scheduled task....

 

[CougTek]

Yes, keep the computer busy looking at its belly button.

 

[Bozo]

The computer in question is dedicated to doing scheduled tasks. Usually 4-6 an hour, 24/7/365.
It's nice to be able to look at the screen an see what task has run and when, if there were any errors, and what is going to run next. With Windows 7 you must refresh the screen each time you need to see an update on anything. SUCKS.

I decided to install XP on the new hardware. MS is going to support it for a couple of years yet and I should be retired by then. :-D

 

[Handruin]

Since refresh doesn't work for the TaskScheduler, how open are you to creating your own monitoring tool of the Windows 7 TaskScheduler? There is a library in the codeplex that offers some insight into TaskScheduler.

Below is just an example of accessing certain properties of scheduled tasks. There is no output or anything, but a simple gui or tray-based application could alert you every n number of minutes for certain types of task status. What would be better is if I can find events that were exposed to catch when a task has changed state, etc, but I don't see them with this library. The next best case is to define your own polling value and have it update that way.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler;

namespace WinTaskScheduler
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (TaskService ts = new TaskService())
            {

                RunningTaskCollection rtc = ts.GetRunningTasks();
                
                foreach(Task t in rtc)
                {
                    if (t.Enabled)
                    {
                        
                        String name = t.Name;
                        DateTime dt = t.LastRunTime;
                        int lastResult = t.LastTaskResult;
                        DateTime nextRun = t.NextRunTime;
                        int numRuns = t.NumberOfMissedRuns;
                        String path = t.Path;
                        TaskState taskState = t.State; //taskState.ToString();
                        
                        
                    }
                }

            }

        }
    }
}