Make Windows Task Scheduler alert me on fail
Problem
I have an automated script that pulls backups from my website to my local computer. This script could fail; once my server was down, another time I accidentally moved my script. How do I make Windows Task Scheduler tell me with the script fails (or doesn't run/not found)? I don't care if a prompt comes up, an email or something that appears on my desktop. I want to be notified if something goes wrong. On my server, crontab emails me about errors - which is great. I want something like that on my windows 7 local computer.
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Fix for: Make Windows Task Scheduler alert me on fail
When a scheduled task fails to start, an event is written to the TaskScheduler event log: Note: The Task Scheduler log is located at (under Administrative Tools) Windows lets you trigger scheduled tasks to start when a variety of events happen, e.g.: time of day system startup user login event recorded in event log Armed with this knowledge, you can create a scheduled task that that runs when your scheduled task fails: This scheduled task's action can then be set to something that sends you an …
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