Windows 10: Task Scheduler "Windows cannot find the specified file" when opening

Can't upload screenshot of the problemno i also can't upgrade to windows 10

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Task Scheduler error "One or more of the specified arguments are not valid."

Don't know why excel.exe is looking for march.xlsx in different folders:

EXCEL.EXE 34364 CreateFile C:\Users\Ian\Documents\?C:\Users\Ian\Desktop\March.xlsx
NAME INVALID

EXCEL.EXE 34364 CreateFile C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\vfs\SystemX86\?C:\Users\Ian\Desktop\March.xlsx

May be this is because you have a Office Click-to-run installation. And why does it open correctly when the file is outside your user profile.. still clueless. Saving "All events" to the log might help.

Step 1

• Close ALL running programs.
• Open Task Scheduler and snap it to the left half of the screen.
• Select the task that launches the excel file. (Don't run it yet.)

Step 2

• Open Process Monitor and dock it to the right side of the screen.
• Reset ALL filters. Clear the log (CTRL+X) and them. Start capturing
• Switch to the Task scheduler window, right-click the excel task and click Run.
• Wait until excel opens and throws that error (file not found?) (let that dialog remain)
• Immediately switch to Process Monitor window and stop capturing.
  

Save the log (ALL events), Zip it and upload. Also, post the exact error message shown by Excel

Let's see if we can find anything this time.

 

Task scheduler

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

What error message you're getting while using Task Scheduler?

Suggest you try the below mentioned steps to fix any issue with corrupted system files:

• 
  Press CTRL+Shift+ESC to open Task Manager.
  
• 
  Click File > Run New Task
  
• 
  Make sure you have a check mark beside “Create this task with administrative privileges”
  
• 
  Type CMD
  
• 
  Type or copy/paste the following commands at the CMD prompt:
  
  dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
  
  sfc /scannnow
  

Reboot the system and check if the issue still occurs. If the problem still persist, try to check the issue by creating other User Profile to see if problem still arises.

Hope this will address your query.

 

Task scheduler

No errors found by each suggestion. May have to do a clean install unless someone has a different solution