Scheduled tasks could not start??!!

[puppet]

I have three scheduled tasks on a Win2K server that have been running fine for the last month (they all involve the ftp of files to and from the server). Now when I look at the tasks they show a last run date of 5/31/2002 and a status of 'could not start'. Another great Microsoft error message - any ideas why they couldn't start?

They are all simple batch files that I can run fine by double clicking them but I can't get them to run through the task scheduler even if I right click the task and choose run.

Any help appreciated.

 

[DigitalRolly]

Have you checked the event logs? Who do run the batch files as? You can set them up to run as someone (eg admin) Might be a permissions thing...

Rolly

 

[NeutronGizmo]

I have had that problem in the past (even it will bite me from time to time My problem was that, while I keep changing my admin account password, sometimes I fail to update that info in the scheduled task. Go figure.

 

[puppet]

No passwords have changed - I couldn't run any of the jobs so I recreated one of them - exactly the same and run it fine. Now all the jobs run fine as well??? I can't explain it but when things started working again I decided not to look any deeper and put it down to a Micro$soft hiccup. I have never had any probs with scheduled tasks before and have used them a lot.

yep 'go figure'!

Thanks for the replies

 

[NTurnbullJr]

I have had the identical problem. The password has not been changed. The job simply starts coming up with could not start. When I right click it and select Run, it still says could not start. I change the password to the same thing it has always been and it will run OK then.

I have also had one case where the could not start status is there and all I do is right-click and select Run, and it DOES run (with no changes whatsoever).