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I have scheduled a task in Task Scheduler to start Outlook at a certain time in the very early morning hours so it can execute a macro on startup. My settings in Task Scheduler are as follows.
- In the General tab, I have chosen options Run whether user is logged on or not and Run with highest privileges
- Under Actions > Edit Action > Settings, I have Program/script:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE"and Add arguments (optional):/recycle - In the Conditions tab, everything is unchecked
- In the Settings tab, I have checked Allow task to be run on demand so I can do a manual run to simulate what will happen in the scheduled run
I also did an Export the selected task to a file, increased the task priority from the default 7 to 4, then imported the task back into Task Scheduler.
Now, when I do a test Run from the panel on the right, Outlook does start running in the background (as can be seen in Task Manager), but Outlook does not actually appear/open on the screen (the way it usually opens to let you read mail, interact, etc.). I would like Outlook to actually open up, not just run in the background. Can Task Scheduler even achieve this? Thanks.
AHR
Posted 2018-12-31T09:58:07.927
Reputation: 11
Does this issue occur to other applications when scheduled to start using task scheduler? Not familiar with task scheduler, but found this article(https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/253942/fix-task-scheduler-task-only-runs-in-the-background-after-you-use-sysp) discussing a similar issue for your reference.
– Yuki Sun – 2019-01-01T05:33:33.270@YukiSun: Thanks, Yuki. This issue did not occur when I scheduled another application to run using Task Scheduler. – AHR – 2019-01-02T02:18:53.883