The forsaken world of Windows Task Scheduler

by sedatkon 3/13/2026, 10:23 PMwith 11 comments

by metalcrowon 3/14/2026, 2:51 AM

I would say the user task scheduling is one of the things that linux actually does better then windows! (well, nowadays the list is a lot longer but pre windows 11 it was a few). Systemd services are really simple and quite easy to make, and just run a task like you'd expect.

by evikson 3/14/2026, 3:52 AM

> deleted the files. How about them apples, Task Scheduler? > Obviously, Windows wasn't going to let me go by without punishment.

Obviously! You just rent this piece of deprecated garbage, not own!

> Now, I would receive errors for tasks not existing.

And after fixing it, how do you deal with a system update that restores them? Have you found a way to monitor for a list of tasks and delete them should they ever appear again?

(this would also be helpful if you delete some app tasks that come back on app updates)

by kemotepon 3/14/2026, 1:07 PM

No wonder RMMs don’t use Task Scheduler. Easier to just run scripts on a timer you control.

by abstractspoonon 3/14/2026, 9:28 AM

Excellent read