Annoying ghost task

Jordan CYW · Jun 2, 2023

I had created a task in the task scheduler for the purpose of shutting down my laptop every night just in case if I forget to do it myself. I deleted the task recently but it still continue to run every night. I am confirmed that the task is removed from existence, how should I get rid of this annoying corrupted file?

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caramba · Jun 2, 2023

Jordan CYW said:
I deleted the task recently but it still continue to run every night.

Did you first click on End, Disable or Delete?

Try3 · Jun 2, 2023

I suggest that you check which task the Task scheduler, Task status reports that it is running at the relevant time.

Task scheduler (Local), Task status section.png

Best of luck,
Denis

Jordan CYW · Jun 3, 2023

caramba said:
Did you first click on End, Disable or Delete?

Well, I clicked Delete.

Jordan CYW · Jun 3, 2023

Try3 said:
I suggest that you check which task the Task scheduler, Task status reports that it is running at the relevant time.
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Best of luck,
Denis

My apologies, I don't understand what you mean.

caramba · Jun 3, 2023

Jordan CYW said:
My apologies, I don't understand what you mean.

Denis (Try3) simply asked you to check whether the task you created appears on the Task Scheduler list (marked with a green arrow)

Try3 · Jun 3, 2023

Jordan CYW said:
I don't understand what you mean

1 Run Task scheduler
2 On the left-hand side, select Task scheduler (local) [circled in purple]
3 Look in the middle of the middle pane and you'll see the sub-heading Task status [circled in purple]
4 In the Task status pane there is a dropdown selector for the time period. Select Last 24 hours.
5 In the Task status pane there is a big table area with headings Task name, Run result, Run start, Run end, Triggered by
6 If the Task status table is empty then look on the right-hand side of the Task scheduler window and click on Enable all tasks history [circled in green]. Then try this procedure again tomorrow.

7 If the Task status table is not empty then click on the + sign next to each entry to expand that entry and look in each one for the time that you reported the corrupt task ran.

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8 Armed with your list of which tasks ran at the relevant time, select Task scheduler library on the left-hand side of the Task scheduler window and browse through it for the task name concerned. It will be there.

Denis

Try3 · Jun 3, 2023

Jordan,

Caramba was trying to help but is wrong.

My last post expanded on the instructions to help you look in the right place.
The additional diagram shows the right place in purple.

I imagine that, like most people, Caramba has never noticed what is shown in Task status.

Denis

Jordan CYW · Jun 3, 2023

caramba said:
Denis (Try3) simply asked you to check whether the task you created appears on the Task Scheduler list (marked with a green arrow)

It doesn't exist, so I call it a "ghost task".

Jordan CYW · Jun 3, 2023

Try3 said:
1 Run Task scheduler
2 On the left-hand side, select Task scheduler (local) [circled in purple]
3 Look in the middle of the middle pane and you'll see the sub-heading Task status [circled in purple]
4 In the Task status pane there is a dropdown selector for the time period. Select Last 24 hours.
5 In the Task status pane there is a big table area with headings Task name, Run result, Run start, Run end, Triggered by
6 If the Task status table is empty then look on the right-hand side of the Task scheduler window and click on Enable all tasks history [circled in green]. Then try this procedure again tomorrow.
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7 If the Task status table is not empty then click on the + sign next to each entry to expand that entry and look in each one for the time that you reported the corrupt task ran.

8 Armed with your list of which tasks ran at the relevant time, select Task scheduler library on the left-hand side of the Task scheduler window and browse through it for the task name concerned. It will be there.

Denis

Now i stuck at step 6, I will update the info asap. Much appreciate for your instructions.