keep command line window open when running scheduled task executing batch file
batch-processing, scheduled-tasks, windows-console
Solution
In the Scheduled Task dialog, just before the name of the batch file it's going to run (it's labeled `Program/script`. You now have something like:
myscript.bat
Change it to
cmd
Add the following to the **Add Arguments (optional) entry:
/k "C:\My Batch File Folder\MyScript.bat"
Tested on my system (Win7 64-bit), and it worked perfectly. I'm looking at the open command window it created as I type this text. :-)
Problem
I would like to have the console window kept open when running a scheduled task which executes a batch file. If I run it manually meaning execute the batch file the window stays open but through task scheduler it doesn't open but I can see the task is still running. I put a pause at the end to do this. ``` @echo off TITLE PROCESS_MGR tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq JOESMO.exe" | find /I "JOESMO.exe">nul &&(echo PROCESS JOESMO.exe IS ALREADY RUNNING! echo %DATE% echo %TIME% pause ) || ( echo JOESMO PROCESS IS NOT RUNNING cmd /c start "JOESMO.exe" "C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\ Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Projects2013\JOESMO.exe" pause) ``` I found this suggestion cmd /k myscript.bat but having creating the task in task scheduler for windows server 2008 I am not sure where to apply this. I added /k to the add arguments box in edit action in task.