Scheduled tasks hang while running

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Scheduled Tasks|Advanced|View Log may provide some details. If the job
connects to another machine you may need to add the user/ group 'logon as
batch job' rights (server side). Control Panel|Admin Tools|Local Security
Policy\Local Policies\User Rights Assignments
"Log on as a batch job"

Remember that if it involves network resources to make sure the user account
has permissions to the resources and also use UNC paths as mapped drives
won't exist when no one is logged on.

This article may help.

Result Codes in Scheduled Tasks Indicate an Error Occurred in the Task
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q267031


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"kgstrong" wrote:
|I have this weird problem on Win 2000 Pro. Some of the scheduled tasks
| start at the scheduled time, but they never finish - running for hours.
| Some....not all - I can detect no difference in the scheduled job
| setup between tasks that work and those that don't. They show up on the
| scheduled tasks window as running, but they never display on screen.
| They never give any error messages, they just seem to be stuck. All the
| tasks (working or not) are setup to run as Administrator. The programs
| run normally if executed from the START menu, but not if run from the
| scheduler window.
|
| Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot or fix this?
|
| Kudzuken

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"kgstrong" <kgstrong@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u9b12sxvFHA.3152@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I have this weird problem on Win 2000 Pro. Some of the scheduled tasks
> start at the scheduled time, but they never finish - running for hours.
> Some....not all - I can detect no difference in the scheduled job
> setup between tasks that work and those that don't. They show up on the
> scheduled tasks window as running, but they never display on screen.
> They never give any error messages, they just seem to be stuck. All the
> tasks (working or not) are setup to run as Administrator. The programs
> run normally if executed from the START menu, but not if run from the
> scheduler window.
>
> Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot or fix this?
>
> Kudzuken

Further to Dave's suggestions: Invoke the following batch file
with your task embedded in it:

@echo off
echo %date% %time% Start of task > c:\test.log
echo User=%UserName%, Path=%path% >> c:\test.log
c:\Tools\YourTask.exe 1>>c:\test.log 2>c:\test.err
echo ErrorLevel of c:\Tools\YourTask.exe=%ErrorLevel% >> c:\test.log
echo %date% %time% End of task >> c:\test.log

Now examine the two log files. They should tell you plenty.