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Scripting scheduled tasks with Run As

How does one script the creation of Windows Scheduled Task and set the Run As property of the task at the same time? I can create a scheduled task easily though vbscript, but can't for the life of me find anything that says how the Run As property can be set through code. Thanks!

matt023

there is a corresponding executable for the "Run As" property. It's appropriately called "runas.exe". However, it will ask you a password which you must some how have your script pass to it.

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RUNAS USAGE:

RUNAS [/profile] [/env] [/netonly] /user:<UserName> program

/profile if the user's profile needs to be loaded
/env to use current environment instead of user's.
/netonly use if the credentials specified are for remote access only.
/user <UserName> should be in form USER@DOMAIN or DOMAIN\USER
program command line for EXE. See below for examples

Examples:
> runas /profile /user:mymachine\administrator cmd
> runas /profile /env /user:mydomain\admin "mmc %windir%\system32\dsa.msc"
> runas /env /user:user@domain.microsoft.com "notepad \"my file.txt\""

NOTE: Enter user's password only when prompted.
NOTE: USER@DOMAIN is not compatible with /netonly.

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drazak1

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