Windows 10: Using Task Scheduler with a PASSWORDLESS Microsoft Account

I have some automation that I would like to run on my Windows 11 machine. The system uses my Microsoft account to login. The Microsoft account was made passwordless, using Authenticator as my 2FA to login in when needed.When setting up an item in Task Schedule and having it run "Whether the user is logged in or not," I am prompted for the user's password. What do I put in here? Do I create an app password in my Microsoft Account to use here, or is it necessary that my Microsoft Account as a whole have a password?

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Using Task Scheduler with a PASSWORDLESS Microsoft Account

I have some automation that I would like to run on my Windows 11 machine. The system uses my Microsoft account to login. The Microsoft account was made passwordless, using Authenticator as my 2FA to login in when needed.

When setting up an item in Task Schedule and having it run "Whether the user is logged in or not," I am prompted for the user's password. What do I put in here? Do I create an app password in my Microsoft Account to use here, or is it necessary that my Microsoft Account as a whole have a password?

 

Task Scheduler with error message The selected task »CreateChoiceProcessTask« no longer exists

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community. Let me assist you.

I suggest you to clear the task from Task Scheduler using the below steps and check if the issue still persists.

Steps:-

• Type Task Scheduler on Search bar.
• Click on Task Scheduler Library.
• Select the particular task and right click on it.
• Select End.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Passwordless Sign-in for MS account

On my desktop running Win10, 22H2, OS build 19045.2364 I'm the admin of the local account with no user accts.

While I was reading one of Shawn's excellent tutorial's:
Enable or Disable Passwordless Sign-in for Microsoft Accounts in Windows 10,
I was hoping to find where to disable Passwordless Sign-in for MS accounts.

I have it enabled because the sign-in screen into my Microsoft account lists "other sign-in options" (or something to those words). I also verified in the registry and netplwiz that its enabled.

When selecting other sign-in options, a security key that I set up, first of all, disappeared all by itself recently. The security key is only one of two sign-in options for Passwordless sign-in that I ever set up. The other option was a Windows Hello PIN which I had up until this year but its no longer an option after I removed it myself.

So where the problem comes in is after the authentication option using a security key is re-added, it ends up disappearing after about 24 hours later. When that happens, it leaves zero Passwordless Sign-in options to use (Windows Hello PIN was removed by myself in June). But Passwordless Sign-In will still remain enabled even though I can't sign-in Passwordless with any options. I'm left with signing in by using 2-step verification processes that I've had.

Perhaps this is grasping at straws. I was thinking if there's a switch to disable Passwordless Sign-in to Microsoft Accounts that's turned off first, maybe then the security key can successfully be re-added permanently.