registeredtask-stop.md

title	description	ms.assetid	keywords	topic_type	api_name	api_location	api_type	ms.topic	ms.date
RegisteredTask.Stop method	For scripting, stops the registered task immediately.	e4a533d8-5cf0-46ba-a603-f7a9c59ab0fd	Stop method Task Scheduler Stop method Task Scheduler , RegisteredTask object RegisteredTask object Task Scheduler , Stop method	apiref	RegisteredTask.Stop	taskschd.dll	COM	reference	05/31/2018

RegisteredTask.Stop method

For scripting, stops the registered task immediately.

Syntax

RegisteredTask.Stop( _
  ByVal flags _
)

Parameters

flags [in]

Reserved. Must be zero.

Return value

This method does not return a value.

Remarks

The RegisteredTask.Stop function stops all instances of the task.

System account users can stop a task, users with Administrator group privileges can stop a task, and if a user has rights to execute and read a task, then the user can stop the task. A user can stop the task instances that are running under the same credentials as the user account. In all other cases, the user is denied access to stop the task.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Type library	Taskschd.tlb
DLL	Taskschd.dll

See also

RegisteredTask