Windows 7 Task Scheduler

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Very new to this, and I have no idea where to start.

I want to schedule a python script using Task Scheduler in Windows 7. When I add a "New Action", I place the following command as the script/program :

c:\python25\python.exe

As the argument, I add the full path to the location of my python script

path\script.py

Here is my script:

import datetime import csv import os now = datetime.datetime.now() print str(now) os.chdir('C:/Users/Brock/Desktop/') print os.getcwd() writer = csv.writer(open("test task.csv", "wb")) row = ('This is a test', str(now)) writer.writerow(row)

I got an error saying the script could not run. Any help you can provide to get me up and running will be very much appreciated!

Thanks,

Brock

Although your question contains code, it's not really programming related since it's more how to use a feature of Windows. Nudging this across to SU where you'll get a more targeted response. — paxdiablo
– paxdiablo, Commented May 12, 2010 at 3:19

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:55:21Z

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Not sure how to do it properly through the GUI, but see here for a nice solution involving the schtasks command.

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:55

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answered May 12, 2010 at 2:38

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Ben Hoffstein Over a year ago

Just realized you asked the same question and got the same answer last month. Did the command not work?

Btibert3 Over a year ago

It pointed me in the right direction - use the GUI - but the GUI isn't so straight forward.

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