'Task scheduler on windows server

I want to schedule a task which runs every 15 min during weekdays only. I've got the weekly option but confused what should I put in Recure every? As I want to run this indefinitely till I manually stop it. Thanks in advance.

windows-task-scheduler


Solution 1:[1]

Even though the Create New Scheduled Task Wizard only lets you specify a single simple schedule, a single Task can still have multiple schedules, which you can configure after the task is created.

  1. Open Task Scheduler > (your task) > (right-click) > Properties > Triggers
  2. Then add remove the default trigger you set in the wizard.
  3. Then add 5 separate schedule triggers for Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri as follows:
    • Begin the task: On a schedule
    • Weekly
    • Start: Midnight of tonight.
    • Recur every: 1 weeks
    • On (a single day corresponding to the trigger, so choose Monday for the first one).
    • Advanced settings:
      • Repeat task every 15 minutes
        • ...for a duration of 1 day
        • [X] Stop all running tasks at end of repetition duration (just for safety)
      • [X] Stop task if it runs longer than (X minutes) (also for safety)
      • (Ensure "Expire" is unchecked)
      • [X] Enabled
  4. Repeat Step 3 for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

So at the end, you should have something like this:

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