Running Windows Task Scheduler through Python

Question

I am new to SO. I am given the task of creating a windows task schedule to run a .BAT file using our Python API to push it to our fleet of remote PCs.

I am having issues with passing the arguments over to the schtask.exe.

Here is the code:

import subprocess path = "c:\windows\System32\schtasks.exe" subprocess.Popen([path, "schtasks /create /SC ONLOGON /TN 'Update_Automation_Beta' /TR 'C:\test\run_admin.bat'"], shell = True)

Note: The task is just a test task right now, while I try to figure it out. Also if typed directly into command prompt window, it will work, removing the quotes etc.

If you want to use a list, split the entire command line into separate arguments, but don't repeat schtasks. And don't use shell=True, since there's no reason to run this using cmd.exe. — Eryk Sun
– Eryk Sun, Commented May 26, 2015 at 14:45
Thank you, I did figure it out by doing the following: - parsing the code using shlex.split() which made it out to be something like this - '/delete', '/tn', 'update_auto_beta', '/f' - Removing the schtasks thank you — KJ Jr
– KJ Jr, Commented May 26, 2015 at 15:15
The command line must already be quoted properly if shlex.split works. On Windows Popen has to rebuild the list it into a string for CreateProcess, so just pass the command as a string. — Eryk Sun
– Eryk Sun, Commented May 26, 2015 at 15:28

abuzze · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-30 10:57:30Z

This worked for me:

import subprocess subprocess.call('schtasks /create /SC ONLOGON /TN "Update_Automation_Beta" /TR "C:\test\run_admin.bat"')

Use single quotes outside and double qoutes inside. Also you can put in the full path to schtasks, if you need.

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