Can't interact with Scheduled Task

[mj.redfox.mj@gmail.com]

Hello,

I have a Scheduled Task that is set to run at Startup on a Windows
Server 2003.

I have allowed 'interact with desktop' in the Task Scheduler service.

However, when I Remote Desktop to the server and log on as the same
domain user that the Scheduled Task runs under, I still can't interact
with the GUI of the application that the scheduled task launches. (The
process is definitely running in Task Manager).

I suspect the problem is somehow caused by the Scheduled Task kicking
off at System Startup (i.e. following the nightly server restart,
which is when I need it to start) before anyone is actually logged in
- is there any way of accessing the application under these
circumstances, without launching a separate instance of it?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[mj.redfox.mj@gmail.com]

P.S. Just to clarify, under normal circumstances, the application sits
minimized in the bottom taskbar. This is how I would hope it would
appear when I RDC to the server.


On 20 Sep, 12:45, mj.redfox...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Scheduled Task that is set to run at Startup on a Windows
> Server 2003.
>
> I have allowed 'interact with desktop' in the Task Scheduler service.
>
> However, when I Remote Desktop to the server and log on as the same
> domain user that the Scheduled Task runs under, I still can't interact
> with the GUI of the application that the scheduled task launches. (The
> process is definitely running in Task Manager).
>
> I suspect the problem is somehow caused by the Scheduled Task kicking
> off at System Startup (i.e. following the nightly server restart,
> which is when I need it to start) before anyone is actually logged in
> - is there any way of accessing the application under these
> circumstances, without launching a separate instance of it?
>
> Thanks for any advice.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

<mj.redfox.mj@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190288757.907300.196400@n39g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have a Scheduled Task that is set to run at Startup on a Windows
> Server 2003.
>
> I have allowed 'interact with desktop' in the Task Scheduler service.
>
> However, when I Remote Desktop to the server and log on as the same
> domain user that the Scheduled Task runs under, I still can't interact
> with the GUI of the application that the scheduled task launches. (The
> process is definitely running in Task Manager).
>
> I suspect the problem is somehow caused by the Scheduled Task kicking
> off at System Startup (i.e. following the nightly server restart,
> which is when I need it to start) before anyone is actually logged in
> - is there any way of accessing the application under these
> circumstances, without launching a separate instance of it?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>

AFAIK you cannot interact with a scheduled task while running
an RDP session. Why would you want to?

 

[mj.redfox.mj@gmail.com]

The app is a secure FTP client - I just need to be able to access the
GUI occasionally to check progress, preferences etc from time to time.
We get problems if we open a duplicate instance though.


On 20 Sep, 14:59, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote:
> <mj.redfox...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1190288757.907300.196400@n39g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I have a Scheduled Task that is set to run at Startup on a Windows
> > Server 2003.
>
> > I have allowed 'interact with desktop' in the Task Scheduler service.
>
> > However, when I Remote Desktop to the server and log on as the same
> > domain user that the Scheduled Task runs under, I still can't interact
> > with the GUI of the application that the scheduled task launches. (The
> > process is definitely running in Task Manager).
>
> > I suspect the problem is somehow caused by the Scheduled Task kicking
> > off at System Startup (i.e. following the nightly server restart,
> > which is when I need it to start) before anyone is actually logged in
> > - is there any way of accessing the application under these
> > circumstances, without launching a separate instance of it?
>
> > Thanks for any advice.
>
> AFAIK you cannot interact with a scheduled task while running
> an RDP session. Why would you want to?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -