Leaving a scheduled task during uninstall

[sstrader]

Is there a way to have the installer create a scheduled task that will not be uninstalled when the application is? I need to add a utility scheduler that remains on the machine, if possible.

thx

[Daniel]

Hello,

This should be achievable if you follow the approach from "Make updater.exe scheduled task permanent" thread.

Hope this helps.

All the best,
Daniel

[sstrader]

Thanks, Daniel. I'm not actually using the updater.exe, but your comment prompted me to find the solution: I wasn't setting persistent properties for the scheduled task values.

It's always a simple mistake that gives you grief. :-/

Thank you for the quick reply!

[Daniel]

You are always welcome.

I'm glad you solved this out.

All the best,
Daniel

[sstrader]

I'm going to hijack my own thread and ask a related question: can a scheduled task be set as configured for Windows10?

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[Daniel]

Hello,

Unfortunately currently this is not possible. We have this improvement on our TODO list and hopefully it will be available in the future.

Thank you for your understanding.

All the best,
Daniel

[sstrader]

OK, thanks. And one final (!) thing: can the "Schedule" values be customized by the user? That is: can the person running the installer specify the start time of the task? The time and possibly OS may need to be configured per-install and not altered on re-install. At this point, it might just be better to have the user manually create the task, but a configurable schedule time may help.

Thanks,

[Daniel]

Unfortunately this is not possible either, but as a workaround you can try to develop your own custom action to create the scheduled task or just to update the one configured into "Scheduled Task" page.

All the best,
Daniel

[sstrader]

Thanks Daniel, that makes sense. And I promise that this is the end of the thread!

[Daniel]

You are always welcome anytime.

All the best,
Daniel

[Catalin]

Hello,

This improvement has been added in Advanced Installer 17.3, released on July 29th, 2020.


Best regards,
Catalin