I have Windows 7 - I open a command prompt and type in "AT 12:30 "C:\temp\runthis.exe" The response? "Access is denied." ?????? I am an administrator!! So, all my scripts dealing with scheduling tasks are now not working?? Why can I not schedule a task on my own computer?? How do I script a scheduled task on my own computer now?

Hm... Did you run a normal command prompt, or an Administrator ditto? I heard there were supposed to be two different CLIs.

In Windows Vista and Windows 7, even administrators run in a limited-mode. You may want to try typing "cmd" in the search bar the go up to the icon in the Start Menu under 'Programs", right-click and choose 'Run as Administrator'. Get used to opening the command-line this way when working with system-level tasks. BTW, AT is still valid in Windows Vista and 7.

In Windows Vista and Windows 7, even administrators run in a limited-mode. You may want to try typing "cmd" in the search bar then go up to the icon in the Start Menu under 'Programs", right-click and choose 'Run as Administrator'. Get used to opening the command-line this way when working with system-level tasks. BTW, AT is still valid in Windows Vista and 7.

schtasks is the answer... just got to learn new commands...

You can't really "Right Click and choose 'Run as Administrator'" in a script. I'd be interested in a way to elevate the privileges from a script in order to use AT because, quite frankly, Schtasks is a LOT more complicated (more powerful too, but, eh!?). Why it allows Schtasks to work and not AT, I'm not sure - I'd like to know that as well. Maybe AT is on the road to being unsupported?

Could you do something with it by changing the permissions for C:\Windows\System32\at.exe ? Perhaps give Full Control to non-Administrator accounts?Rich Why can't I be different and original like everybody else? - Vivian Stanshal