Windows Task Scheduler

Windows Task Scheduler
Other namestaskschd.msc
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Written inC++
Included with
PredecessorSystem Agent
Service nameTask Scheduler (Schedule)
TypeWindows service
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Task Scheduler (formerly Scheduled Tasks)[1] is a job scheduler in Microsoft Windows that launches computer programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after specified time intervals.[2][3] Microsoft introduced this component in the Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 as System Agent.[4] Its core component is an eponymous Windows service.[5] The Windows Task Scheduler infrastructure is the basis for the Windows PowerShell scheduled jobs feature introduced with PowerShell v3.[6]

Task Scheduler can be compared to cron or anacron on Unix-like operating systems. This service should not be confused with the scheduler, which is a core component of the OS kernel that allocates CPU resources to processes already running.

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  3. ^ "What is Task Scheduler?". Computer Hope. November 30, 2020.
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  5. ^ Mueller, John Paul (2010). Windows Command Line Administration Instant Reference. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470930908.
  6. ^ Warner, Timothy L. (2015). Sams Teach Yourself Windows PowerShell in 24 Hours. Sams Publishing. ISBN 978-0134049359.