Scheduled Tasks Reported as Complete as Soon as Started

 Last reviewed: May 17, 1996
Article ID: Q139436
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

Some tasks scheduled in System Agent may be reported as being finished as soon as they begin. The Last Ended and Last Result fields in System Agent, as well as in the Sagelog.txt file, may indicate that the scheduled task ended successfully as soon as it started, even if the task is still running.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur with scheduled programs that launch another associated program.

RESOLUTION

If possible, change the properties of the scheduled task to run the other program that is run by the originally scheduled program.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The behavior described in this article can occur if you schedule Microsoft Paint (Pbrush.exe) or Windows Explorer (Explorer.exe) as a program with no associated filename.

KBCategory: kbtool kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: win95 winplus
Additional reference words: 95 kbplus

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Last reviewed: May 17, 1996
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