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by steve.doig

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Hi Folks,

I'm running Win2K pro, and vaguely remember changing the properties of task scheduler to start manually, so that it was removed from the system tray.

Since then I've changed it back to automatic, but it hasn't re-appeared in the system tray. I also can't see it in the running processes, tho I don't know the name of it.

Help appreciated.

Steve

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by joseph moore

My only suggestion is to go to Services, and look at the Properties of the Task Scheduler service. On the Log On tab, it probably runs under the Local System account.
There is a checkbox there for it to Interact with the Desktop (something like that). Is it checked? I think it should be. That might make it appear in the system tray.
If not, just make a desktop shortcut to the Task Scheduler.

One last thing: look in Task Manager for "mstask.exe". That is Task Scheduler.

Hope this helps.

by steve.doig

Hi Joseph,

Yes, it runs under local system and interacts with the desktop, and mstask is a running task.

I tried opening mstask.exe with a a double-click but it didn't appear in the systray :(

Thanks for your help Joseph.

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