Step-by-step for using Windows Task scheduler, e.g. for automating language lab assessment emailing

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2013/06/05 plagwitz Leave a comment Go to comments

Press + R, type “Taskschd.msc”, press “OK”.
On right menu, click “Create Task". To provide students with their assessments and possibly instructor feedback quicker, I run the LangLabEmailer repeatedly after end of business day. I show some settings that you can experiment with.
On tab: “general”, name your task:
Tab: Actions, button:new / window:new action, button:browse, desktop/LangLabEmailer , button:open
Next up: tab:“Trigger”, where you can set your schedule:
Finally, access additional (tab:)“Settings”:
Result:
I advise setting the scheduler to end a prior task if it is found still running.
The above example is using an old ClickOnce distribution of the langlabEmailer– your installation executable will differ and look similar to this:
Troubleshooting:
1. When a scheduled task fails, an entry gets written to the event log here: Press + R, type “eventvwr.msc”, press “OK: Application and Services Logs /Microsoft /Windows /Task Scheduler /Operational:
2. Watch out for permission problems, tasks that have not been enabled, and disabled task histories (for troubleshooting).
3. You might also want to dig deeper and schedule a task to alert your when your scheduled tasks failed.