taskeng.exe pop-up issue

Question

Hi,
I have created a scheduler application which uses Windows Task Scheduler to launch a task on a specific time. But issue I am facing is, while launching, task schedule starts TaskEng.EXE. So if i launch 20 application instances on a perticular time, 20 taskEng.exe is coming as pop-up.

Is there any way to stop\minimize this behaviour. Any silent Execution or exeution after minimizing these taskeng.exe window.

Kindly let me know.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
I have created a scheduler application which uses Windows Task Scheduler to launch a task on a specific time. But issue I am facing is, while launching, task schedule starts TaskEng.EXE. So if i launch 20 application instances on a perticular time, 20 taskEng.exe is coming as pop-up.

Is there any way to stop\minimize this behaviour. Any silent Execution or exeution after minimizing these taskeng.exe window.

Kindly let me know.

Thanks.

Hello, i have exactly the same problem. Please respond anyone who can help :)

Answer 2

I  had the same problem and finally found the solution. Tested on Windows 7 32bits.

Use hstart : http://www.ntwind.com/software/utilities/hstart.html

In your schedule task...

Action: start a program
Program/script: "C:\some-path\hstart.exe"
Add arguments: /NOCONSOLE + the actual program and parameters you want to launch.

I use this method to call a php script using the task scheduler:
Program/script: "C:\Program Files\hstart.exe"
Add arguments: /NOCONSOLE ""C:\Program Files\PHP\php.exe" C:\cron.php"

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Try using the php-win.exe executable instead of php.exe. Tested in Windows 7 64 bit.

IE:
Program/Script: c:\PHP\php-win.php
Add arguments: -f script.php
Start in (optional): C:\cron