Using PsSuspender to suspend a process by a task

Question

Can somebody explain me how to set a task (in Task Scheduler) to run a command. Okay, I know nothing about this, but I couldn't find any tutorial. So, I don't know:

1. How to install PsSuspend
2. How to use PsSuspend
3. How to pronounce PsSuspend

And, then I want to put it into a task that would run and try to suspend a specific program (specified by process's name). Can you please explain me how to accomplish the previous, step by step?

Thanks in advance! :)

Answer 1

I'm assuming from your previous post that you're trying to suspend sppsvc.exe upon logon.

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• First start off downloading PsTools from here
• PsTools isn't something that needs to be installed per se. You just extract the zipped folder anywhere you want, although generally it's a good idea to put it in a folder path set in your Environmental Variables so you can easily run it from the command line in the future without needing to CD into its specific directory. A good place to copy the pstools folder that you unzipped is into C:\Windows
• Next open up Task Scheduler by going to Start Menu > Type out Task Scheduler and hit Enter
• In the Task Scheduler window click on Action at the top left corner and then select Create Task

• Give your task a name, and a brief description if you want
• Towards the bottom look for the Run with highest privileges checkbox and select it
• Underneath that where it says Configure for choose your version of Windows

• Now go to the Triggers tab and click on New towards the bottom
• In the Begin the task: dropdown menu select At log on
• Click OK to close out of that window

• Now back at the Create Task window go to the Actions tab and click on New towards the bottom
• Under Program/script click on Browse
• Navigate to where you put the PSTools folder. In this example it is located at C:\Windows\PSTools
• Select the file named pssuspend64.exe and then click on Open
• In the Add arguments(optional) field type in sppsvc.exe (if my earlier assumption is correct that that's the process you're trying to suspend at logon
• Click OK to exit that window

• Now click OK again to exit out of the Create Task window and you're done.
• Log off your PC and log back in and you'll see that sppsvc.exe is suspended in Task Manager