script to create a New Daily Task in Task Scheduler for current user

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Current User Task Scheduler

RUN AS LOGGED IN USER

The procedure takes the following as a parameter from the user and creates a new daily task in Windows Task Scheduler.

task_name='task name COMODO'
task_run=r'C:\windows\system32\calc.exe'
hour_at=18
minute_at=54

To identify the procedure whether it is run successfully, check the log whether which contains the same message like "SUCCESS: The scheduled task "task name COMODO" has successfully been created." otherwise given the valid value for parameters.

Note:

hour_at parameter will support only 24-hours format, please don't try 12-hours format

Task will be scheduled based on the Local Time of the Windows Endpoint

Procedure's Instructions

task_name='task name COMODO'
task_run=r'C:\windows\system32\calc.exe'
hour_at=18
minute_at=54

import subprocess
import ctypes

class disable_file_system_redirection:
    _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection
    _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection
    def __enter__(self):
        self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()
        self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))
    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
        if self.success:
            self._revert(self.old_value)

with disable_file_system_redirection():
    process= subprocess.Popen('schtasks /create /sc daily /tn "%s" /tr "%s" /st %s:%s'%(task_name, task_run, str(hour_at), str(minute_at)), shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
result=process.communicate()
ret=process.returncode
if ret==0:
    if result[0]:
        print result[0].strip()
    else:
        print result[0]
else:
    if result[1]:
        print result[1].strip()
    else:
        print result[1]

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