tasksettings-startwhenavailable.md

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TaskSettings.StartWhenAvailable property	For scripting, gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates that the Task Scheduler can start the task at any time after its scheduled time has passed.	911de67c-baf8-4346-9b4c-e39e5f96c0fe	StartWhenAvailable property Task Scheduler StartWhenAvailable property Task Scheduler , TaskSettings object TaskSettings object Task Scheduler , StartWhenAvailable property	apiref	TaskSettings.StartWhenAvailable	taskschd.dll	COM	reference	05/31/2018

TaskSettings.StartWhenAvailable property

For scripting, gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates that the Task Scheduler can start the task at any time after its scheduled time has passed.

This property is read/write.

Syntax

TaskSettings.StartWhenAvailable As Boolean

Property value

If True, the property indicates that the Task Scheduler can start the task at any time after its scheduled time has passed. The default is False.

Remarks

This property applies only to time-based tasks with an end boundary or time-based tasks that are set to repeat infinitely.

Tasks that are started after the scheduled time has passed (because of the StartWhenAvailable property being set to True) are queued in the Task Scheduler service's queue of tasks and they are started after a delay. The default delay is 10 minutes.

When reading or writing XML for a task, this setting is specified in the StartWhenAvailable element of the Task Scheduler schema.

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

Task Scheduler