Solved Task to run at bootup in Task Scheduler isn't running at bootup

I'm not sure this is the right forum to post in but this is my best guess. If I should post this elsewhere, just let me know.

I have defined a task in the Task Scheduler to run at bootup. It's just a .bat file. It runs fine when I tell it to "run now." But it didn't run when I booted up earlier today. Looking at the task definition, I see it says it will run only when the user is logged on. Well, my suspicion is that running at bootup occurs before the system logs me on. So I was trying to change the properties to run even if the user is not logged on. When I try to make that change, it prompts me for the user password. The user doesn't have a password. It's a local administrator user & I have no password so that a bootup doesn't prompt me for a password. This is a safe environment, a home computer, & I'm the only person with physical access to the computer. The error message I get from Task Scheduler when I try to modify the task is that a user with no password can't modify the task definition.



I've looked at the Policy Editor & I am not seeing anything obvious that I could change to make the Task Scheduler accept my change for a user without a password.

Please help.

1. Tasks scheduled to begin on System Start will normally trigger before any user is logged on. You must check the box so it runs with no logged on users.
2. Tasks can't be creatd for users without a password, it's a Windows security requirement.
3. If you need to run on System Start, check run with Highest Level of security so it doesn't require you providing the password for a given account. The task will run with Administrator rights.

@garlin Thank you for your answer. It seems I have a catch-22. I decided to delete the existing scheduled task & define a new one. The problem is that when I set the radio button for "Run whether user is logged on or not", when I go to save my definition, I get prompted for the password of my user ID. It doesn't have a password. Catch-22. Oh well. Never mind. I will simply add the .bat file to my Startup folder.

But this was educational.