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New Task in Task Scheduler

Hi,

how can I programmatically (VB.net) add a new task (with a given executable,
parameters and time) to the task scheduler of the local system?

Thanks a lot
Peter
Jul 21 '05 #1
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Peter,
how can I programmatically (VB.net) add a new task (with a given executable,
parameters and time) to the task scheduler of the local system?


Here are some Task Scheduler API wrapper code samples

http://www.mvps.org/emorcillo/dotnet...asksched.shtml
http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/eng/samples/misc.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/ta...lerlibrary.asp

Mattias

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