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Task Scheduler starts multiple times


So I've set up a Task Scheduler which should run every 20min but for some odd reason, it looks like it starts, and then try to start it again a couple of times? Have I set it up wrong?

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Solution

  • First, I'm confirming that I had the same issue as OP. My task is scheduled to repeat task every 5 minutes for a duration of indefinitely, and had the settings to repeat daily at 7:01AM.

    Based on this reading these two responses above, this had me look at my script logs... In my logs, there was an added run instance every so often, every few days (inconsistently), on the same start time at 7:01AM.

    These logs indicated to me that the problem was that I had "Daily" checked. I switched to "One Time".

    After making this change, so far my task still repeats every 5 minutes as I originally intended, and now I don't expect my issue to re-occur. This is yet to be verified, but based on my logs corroborating other's experience in this post, this has GOT TO work. I would say that I'll come back once proven correct, but I'm sure I'll forget. So no news is good news...