Manage Scheduled Tasks in Windows using Powershell

Create

$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "notepad" -Argument "file.txt"
$now = Get-Date
$interval = New-TimeSpan -Seconds 5
$forever = [System.TimeSpan]::MaxValue
$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Once -At $now -RepetitionInterval $interval -RepetitionDuration $forever
$settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet
$task = New-ScheduledTask -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -Settings $settings
Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'TEST' -InputObject $task

Can't use : in the task name!

List

Get-ScheduledTask
schtasks /query
Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "Tom - *"

Sources

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/814596/how-to-use-schtasks-exe-to-schedule-tasks-in-windows-server-2003
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/scheduledtasks/set-scheduledtask
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/scheduledtasks

To-Do

https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/17736-run-powershell-scripts-from-task-scheduler

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/weekend-scripter-use-the-windows-task-scheduler-to-run-a-windows-powershell-script/

Await Stack Overflow help on scheduling the task

https://stackoverflow.com/q/59569150/2715716