Task Scheduler (taskschd.msc)
The Task Scheduler (taskschd.msc) runs commands and scripts automatically.
- Many of Windows’s processes come with predefined schedules
- a task can be an application process or a batch file/script
- a trigger can be an event rather than a calendar date/time
- can contain multiple actions
- all activity is logged, can investigate failed tasks
- tasks can be organized into folders
- set the credentials a task will run under