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Scheduled tasks created by schtasks do not run – “could not start”
The reason for this is quite simple, but once again the information on the web is misleading. The schtasks parameter concerned is /tr, this tells the scheduler what to run. The value must be enclosed in quotes inside the schedule job file if the path name contains spaces. Therefore the string that must be delivered is
“C:\Program Files\Scheduled\Program.exe” -Param=P
To include the double quote character in the string use \” (not ^”) so the /tr parameter looks like:
/tr “\”C:\Program Files\Scheduled\Program.exe\” -Param=P”
full details from Microsoft here, see the Workaround tab
