Windows 10: Task Scheduler python script - task starts and completes, but script doesn't run

I have a simple script to change my wallpaper that I want to run every 24 hours (separate script that runs fine to download APOD daily). I'm on Windows 10.

The script is a .pyw python file. If I run the script using IDLE or simply manually running it by double clicking, it works perfectly. If I run it through Task Scheduler, the history tells me that it runs the task successfully, but nothing happens.

I have the task set to run at highest priority, it doesn't require user to be logged in, and it's set to run the correct version of python with the python script file as an argument and is set to run in the script's correct folder.

The script is below. Any thoughts as to why this will run manually but not using Task Scheduler?



import struct

import ctypes



PATH = 'C:\\Users\\yeetboy\\Pictures\\APOD\\background.jpg'

SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 20



ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParametersInfoW(SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, 0, PATH, 3)

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Task Scheduler doesn't run script

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Are you able to run the script manually? If yes, does it do what it is intended to?

Disable the UAC temporarily.

Make sure that the Task scheduler
service is running.

Press ‘Win+R’.

Type Services.msc.

Locate the service Task scheduler
and make sure that it is in running state.

Go to the Conditions
tab in task scheduler and make sure that no such condition is set which could block the task from running.

Enable All Tasks History in Task scheduler and run the scheduled task.

Refresh the task scheduler and check if you find any error message/code for any step in the task run.

Also try with disabling Run whether the user is logged on or not
option and see if the script runs.

Hope it helps.

Peer Samie

Microsoft Community-Moderator

 

Task Scheduler doesn't run script

Hey Microsoft Community,

I'm trying to create a task in Task Scheduler that runs a specific script. The issue is that when the task runs (whether I do it manually or if it's scheduled), the script doesn't actually get executed. I know that the script works, and I have tried using
both .EXE and .BAT scripts. I have set the task to run whether I'm logged in or not, using Highest Privileges, from my Administrator account; I have Full Access to the script file and the directory it's in; I have tried putting the directory it's in into the
"Start in" field; I have tried opening Task Scheduler as an Administrator. Every time the task runs successfully, but the thing my script is supposed to do isn't done, from which I am inferring that the script doesn't get executed. The script isn't using any
network connections. It's also not being blocked by my antivirus, I checked by temporarily turning it off.

System info:

Windows 10 x64 version 1803

Thanks in advance!

 

Windows Task Running multiple times before the schedule

Hi All

i have scheduled a python script to send mail based on a certain condition. I scheduled the script in Windows task Scheduler to run every 1 hour each day.

But the Script is running randomly every 10 minute or every 5 minutes.

Please suggest what can be done to correct the schedule.

Regards