taskschedulerschema-delay-logontriggertype-element.md

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Delay (logonTriggerType) Element	Amount of time between when the user logs on and when the task is started.	daab29f7-5d05-4e6d-a0c0-7b83b4d0b941	Delay element Task Scheduler	apiref	Delay	Schema	reference	05/31/2018

Delay (logonTriggerType) Element

Amount of time between when the user logs on and when the task is started. The format for this string is PnYnMnDTnHnMnS, where nY is the number of years, nM is the number of months, nD is the number of days, 'T' is the date/time separator, nH is the number of hours, nM is the number of minutes, and nS is the number of seconds (for example, PT5M specifies 5 minutes and P1M4DT2H5M specifies one month, four days, two hours, and five minutes). For more information about the duration type, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=106886.

<xs:element name="Delay"
    type="duration"
 />

The Delay element is defined by the logonTriggerType complex type.

Parent element

Element	Derived from	Description
LogonTrigger	logonTriggerType	Specifies a trigger that starts a task when a user logs on.

Remarks

For scripting development, the logon trigger delay is specified using the LogonTrigger.Delay property.

For C++ development, the user identifier for the logon trigger is specified using the ILogonTrigger::Delay property.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]

See also

Task Scheduler Schema Elements

Task Scheduler